Comments on: List Making, Procrastination and Stress

By: The Stress Of Making A List | Fraying Edges | Depression Help

The Stress Of Making A List | Fraying Edges | Depression Help — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:41:16 +0000

[...] wrote about my feelings on Procrastination a few posts ago. Then I stated that I really didn’t believe that making a list and not [...]

By: zania

zania — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:29:19 +0000

That´s just how feel Andy.
I have so much trouble trying to contain my thoughts without writing them down somewhere.
I tried all those ´to do´lists you can join or download, but that makes it worse, because I now have another list in my bookmarks so that I can find them and add to my lists!
Much better to write it all down on a scrap of paper and throw it away!
I can see where people could get stressed with all this list making, but it´s the only way that works for me… sort of!

By: Andy Alt

Andy Alt — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:36:25 +0000

I think it’s fine to make a list. Maybe some people don’t need to, or maybe it works better for some than others. I think it causes more stress to try to consciously and unconsciously remember everything you need to do. Once you write things into a list, you know you can forget about that item, and it frees up your mind a little bit. You don’t have to worry about forgetting it anymore, you can focus on other stuff a little bit better.