A Good To-Do List Is More Revealing Than a Journal Entry

I’d be mortified if anyone read my daily tasks from the past year

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A lot of people despise the tyrannical, never-ending nature of to-do lists. I am not one of them. To-do lists have always imbued a sense of order into my world. To-do lists keep track of things I can’t. In my life, to-do lists are a friend, not a foe.