JoyfulMama Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I like lists. Well, I should clarify that by saying that *I* like to make lists, but not when someone else makes one for me. :tongue_smilie: Try as I may, I just can NOT do a check-off list. I am a cross-off person. It doesn't look done to me if it's just checked off. How about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Definitely cross-off. I love lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 There is something liberating about crossing off; you can still see what you've done, but know that its all over now. Checks are too wimpy; it kind of looks like there might be a little left. Not so when its crossed out. Can't scribble, either, because then I can't see what I've done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I love making lists. It's the execution that suffers. I voted "Other" because despite my best intentions, I rarely get things crossed off a written list. Things on the list in my head always get in the way. :lol: Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Well, if it's on paper, I'm a scribbler. If I can still read it, it'll drive me crazy. If I could have chosen two options, though, I'd have also picked 'other' because half of my lists are on a whiteboard and get erased as I complete them! Erasure... ahhh... the OCD side of me is happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam101 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I'm scribbler! I want to make sure it is gone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I have to erase it off the whiteboard or white it out if it's on paper. It has to be gone, never to be seen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Of course I put other. This all depends upon what type of list it is. Is it a list where I'm going to need to know later what was on it such as a library list? I'd check it off so I could have a record later of the books I had returned. Is it a chore list? Most likely it was written on the big white board and divided among family members so it was just erased. Grocery List? Crossed-out and thrown in the trash. List of people to call on the phone? Scribbled out, doodled all over, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 There is something liberating about crossing off; you can still see what you've done, but know that its all over now. Checks are too wimpy; it kind of looks like there might be a little left. Not so when its crossed out. Can't scribble, either, because then I can't see what I've done. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 There is something liberating about crossing off; you can still see what you've done, but know that its all over now. Checks are too wimpy; it kind of looks like there might be a little left. Not so when its crossed out. Can't scribble, either, because then I can't see what I've done. Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I am a list-aholic. I make them too long every.single.time. I put more on my list than any one person could hope to accomplish, and then get mad at myself for not finishing...especially now that I have to type them up, print them out, and try to get them done one armed. I now refuse to make them...and then feel like nothing gets done! :lol: Grocery lists are frustrating too...since a) I have to either type them or dictate them, and b) hand them over to Wolf, who somehow manages to skip one essential item from every recipe I have planned! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Ah, a nice check mark next to the chore looks so neat and final. If I cross it out, I can't read what it is that I accomplished :D (my handwriting stinks and a line through it makes it worse) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 If my list is on the fridge whiteboard, I make a little box next to each item and mark an X in said box. :lol: Paper grocery list items are crossed with great vigor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMom Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Ah, a nice check mark next to the chore looks so neat and final. If I cross it out, I can't read what it is that I accomplished :D (my handwriting stinks and a line through it makes it worse) Thank You!! I gasped when a pp said that check marks are wimpy!!:lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in AL Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I *have* to scribble my lists, because I've been known to 'overlook' the single line or check mark and go looking for something/plan to do something, only to find I had purchased it/completed it!! Plus, the OCD part of me is incompatible with a check mark/single line.... if I can see it, it draws my eye so I keep double-checking to see if I did/bought the item, which often makes me 'miss' the next item(s) on the list because I.can't.stop.double-checking!!!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I am personally a check off person, perferably in the order in which the list was written. It just looks so much neater that way. If I print a list on word, I format it with the little check boxes and that is the kind I buy for my planner as well. I first make a scratch list in which I prioritize and then transfer to an official list. I have problems, I know but I am OCD, what can I say? :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 There is nothing better, at the end of the day, than a list with crisp black lines through every item. I love seeing what I set out to do and knowing that it is DONE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 There is something liberating about crossing off; you can still see what you've done, but know that its all over now. Checks are too wimpy; it kind of looks like there might be a little left. Not so when its crossed out. Can't scribble, either, because then I can't see what I've done. :iagree: So could have written this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I cross off completed items. A check mark beside an item means I worked on it but didn't complete it. I'll check additional marks everytime I work on it. A circled item means this is jumping in importance, pay attention. I love lists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMom Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 There is nothing better, at the end of the day, than a list with crisp black lines through every item. I love seeing what I set out to do and knowing that it is DONE. See, I'd have to use a ruler to make the line neat.:blush5::lol: Also, sometimes I make a list for the whole family to work off of on a Saturday or before company and I cannot stand when they don't check things off properly!:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slug hollow Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I'm a list lover, too I have code for the things on my daily list. If it's part of routine or general cleaning it gets crossed off. If it's the intended school subjects for the day it gets a check mark so I can transfer to my school records. If it's really the next thing I should work on I'll add a star when I review the list. If it's partially completed it gets a dot to give a little of that in progress satisfaction e.g. laundry gets dots for each load washed, dried or folded & put away. It didn't seem strange until I took the time to write it all out. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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