Re. Magnum to-do lists

[geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA]

 Richard Mateosian's suggestion of prioritizing your to-do
 list into categories (A = urgent, B = do after the As, C =
 probably discard) is excellent, but not a panacea. Like any
 other organisational tool, it's only a tool and you
 shouldn't use it blindly.

 My "C" list includes dozens of things I'd like to do when
 time permits. When some of the A and B items are done, I
 can promote any Cs that are still relevant or that are more
 relevant because of a change in context. Examples:

 - Many books on my "read them someday" list are Cs, but
 when I run out of A books, I won't have to look far for
 replacements.

 - Listing something, even a C, means that the idea seemed
 important at the time. Less important than the As and Bs,
 but that doesn't trivialize it. Moreover, some Cs are quick
 to accomplish, and make excellent filler when the time
 between As is too small to fit in a B.

 Size per se ain't an indicator of performance, Richard. My
 to-do list is about a dozen pages long, but that's because
 the list is a wordpro file arranged as a calendar. Every
 day when I boot my computer, the first thing I see once
 booting ends is that wordpro file, with a list of
 priorities staring me in the face. It's trivial to shuffle
 them around to reflect changes in priority. More than half
 of the to-dos are birthday reminders, seasonal tasks that
 are Cs now but that become As later in the year, reminders
 that tomorrow is a vacation and that I shouldn't come to
 work <grin>, and so on. But the current A list is far
 shorter, as you suggest (currently about 6 items).

 --Geoff Hart    @8^{)}
 geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca

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