To do lists, bucket lists, wish lists. List making for me is a form of therapy. I write lists about absolutely everything. Do I need something in town? List. Make-up I want to buy eventually? List. Packing for a festival? List. Things to do today? List. Getting ready for a night out regardless of how many times I go through the exact same process? List.
Lists help my head become clear and organised because when I'm thinking of a million things at once, it becomes exactly how it sounds, my brain gets so over crowded and smothered by all these thoughts flooding my brain, so it's so much easier to write it all out and see it in front of me and that way I can go over it and revise it, make sure I'm not forgetting anything, and add to the list when I need it. I can't describe the stupidly good feeling when I finish writing a list and I'm able to kick it out of my head and stop worrying about it because, hey, it's right in front of me now!
Personally I prefer to write out my lists in physical form rather than making ones online or on my phone. That's not to say I don't make them on my phone because more times than not I have it written on my phone and then also written down on paper too!
If I use an online form of list making I usually use Todoist which comes in app form and they also have a website where you can sync your lists from your app to the site. Another amazing website I love to use is Listography, I love the layout of this website because you can add friends and see their lists and get ideas for your own and you can sort your lists into individual little sections that are fully customizable so you can have colour co-ordinated sections based one what kind of lists you have or you can just change the colours to make it fit with you overall theme.
Listography also have some amazing books! They have just about everything to fulfill your list making wants and needs. They have books such as My Life in Lists, My Future Listography, as well as parenting, music, film, love and travel listography books (and more!). When I say they have a list book for everything I mean everything.
List making is also known to be very beneficial for your health, it reduces stress and anxiety (like for me when I realise I have things organised), it improves your focus, helps to organise your thoughts and it can even help your self esteem. Think about it. If you write out a to do list, and write down even the little things (shower, make up, grocery shopping) and you can tick them off it feel like you've gotten things done, like you're accomplishing something!
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