{"id":3694,"date":"2024-02-13T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2024-02-12T20:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T01:40:42","slug":"more-musings-the-to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=3694","title":{"rendered":"More musings – the to-do list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I wrote about resolutions in this post<\/a>. Today I thought I would write about the to-do list that so many of us have, whether it’s on our phone, calendar, dry-erase board or note pad. There are dozens of apps and specialty ways to keep track of things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I love to use lists. Everything from dinner ideas to long term planning of projects ends up on a list. I found that it helps a lot if I am very specific on my lists. Putting “quilt” on a list doesn’t really give me any focus. I could wander into the studio and spend half a day looking at things without accomplishing very much. I saw this method of list makings once described as writing goals, not tasks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the studio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I usually have a few different projects going in the studio. Sometimes I want to be working on a project that doesn’t take a lot of concentration, so I might work on a simple quilt to donate. At other times, I may feel highly focused and work on a project that uses all my attention. When I was straightening up my studio a few weeks ago, I realized I had way too many projects going. I counted over 20! These pictures show a complex quilt on the left and some simple quilts on the right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I started a list – what else. My list noted the project and where the quilt was in the process – needing to be assembled, needing borders, quilting or binding. I then looked at it and decided what to work on first. My weekly to-do list then included the specific things I wanted to work on, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n