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The Power of The List

Making a TO DO LIST, another thing to do on your list of to do's....

If it weren't for me taking out a piece of paper one day and writing a monetary figure down on it and then listing under it ALL my expenses in a month...I' don't know that I ever would've started on the path I took. True. There is a power to seeing something with your eyes. It is no longer a "visualization", you have brought it into the really real world and there it is before you. The TO DO list is a lot like you taking a big piece of chalk and making a FINISH LINE for yourself. Remember you're just going to keep running (in circles, the wrong way maybe...) unless you have a finish line. And it doesn't even have to be a TO DO list per se, you can make lists for anything and the pleasure of CROSSING THEM OFF is a big boost and keeps you motivated. I forget from time to time but eventually it always comes back down to a list. What I need to get done in a day, by the end of the week. My goal for the month is always making at least $800 to pay rent/bills/food. Yes. I can live that cheaply. I've been using a little old application called STICKIES on my computer. Its basically the equivalent of a Sticky Note and you write, cross things off and it stays on your screen reminding you to GET IT DONE. I also remember in my healthier days that I was keeping a list of my food. A food log to show me where I was slipping, where I was excelling and in general my eating habits. I was doing it for medical reasons but I see now I need to get back to that. Seeing that I ate a cheeseburger for lunch with a giant serving of fries AND had a big dinner of nachos smothered in cheese will make me think twice about my meal planning....or lack thereof. I hit the gym yesterday after a two week hiatus and the scale wasn't very nice. Back to lists. Back to the workout routine. But this blog was about being productive not.....drool.....nachos. 
I'm going to shoot for keeping an accurate list for two weeks, let's see if it's the most productive two weeks in my life. Try it, you'll be amazed at what you get done, what results you see. Visualizing is wonderful, being active and getting those things crossed off your list is where the real magic happens.
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