Lists

Ten Things To Do Before Monday:

1. Hug an old friend.
2. Control my breathing.
3. Sing Loudly.
4. Finish The Historian.
5. Work on my golf swing.
6. Smell sage brush.
7. Write something.
8. Budget.
9. Play a game with my wife.
10. Win a shooting tournament.

I guess the act of making the list itself sort of makes me feel valuable. Actually planning to do something (whether it gets done or not) makes me feel better than not planning at all. We need expectations, and we need to define them ourselves. We need to teach one another how to do this, and why it is important. My wife is a compulsive list-maker. I think it empowers her. She will teach our future children how to make a real good list. In fact, I'll make sure she puts that on her list.