Making a list, checking it concurrently

Sometimes, getting through Monday involves a little creative finagling of productivity tools.

Rather than making a checklist, I'm making a list of all the things I have already accomplished this morning.

Today, I:

• Heard the alarm clock.
  
• Got out of bed.
• Made the bed.
  
• Did something with my hair.
• Cleaned my room, including the stack of birthday cards on the dresser.
• Paid bills.
• Killed a cricket that jumped from the closet ONTO MY FOOT.
• Ate breakfast.
• Sent an email.
• Opened the blinds in the house.
• Watered my plant.
• Washed dishes.
• Gathered laundry to wash.
• Made a revised budget.

Not bad!

(The things I have not accomplished are on another list, one that has a far less cheering effect.)