List-a-holics look away now
Are you a dedicated list writer? A list-a-holic? Could you throw yours away? Even for a day? Is that idea liberating or terrifying? Why does list writing tend to be a gender thing? And is it a generation thing?
Jenny Éclair asks all these questions on an entertaining, thoughtful and insightful BBC Radio 4 podcast HERE.
23rd Nov 17, 11:23 am
Are you a dedicated list writer? A list-a-holic? Could you throw yours away? Even for a day? Is that idea liberating or terrifying? Why does list writing tend to be a gender thing? And is it a generation thing?
Jenny Éclair asks all these questions on an entertaining, thoughtful and insightful BBC Radio 4 podcast HERE.
If you don’t have 28 minutes available to listen to the whole thing right now, here is a soupcon:
Lists are one of the few places left where we still use hand-writing
They can reveal honest portrayals of our lives and our lifestyles, which often makes them something to keep private
Perhaps the process of writing a to do list is a statement of what we intend to achieve with the day, making it linked to a sense of life satisfaction
Does living without a list mean living in fear of forgetting?
Or is it just a means to impose tasks on yourself that you would otherwise avoid?
Jenny herself carries a set list with her when she performs, and this acts as a comfort blanket to her on stage
Why don’t so many men make lists? Don’t they see the value in writing them?
Jenny says that lists help to de-clutter her mind and quieten the constant nagging in her head
Our feeling here at CiD, purveyors of a fine to do list, is that the beauty of lists is that they are highly personal and adaptable.
Priorities and ideas can be grouped in a very unique way – un-tethered by an app or pre-defined structure.
They don’t have to conform to anyone else’s way of thinking and might not even be understandable to someone else.
They can capture a moment’s thought, which could be too fleeting to be recorded by technology.
Or they could initiate an action that sets a course and direction which shapes a life.
Phew – we went deep there. Now try wrenching that list from a list-a-holic’s hands!
