For those of us who live by "to do" lists, there is an art to what kind of tasks you include on it. Mine is fairly daunting this morning and it got me thinking.
For instance, one item is "food pantry minutes." A classic "to do" - I am the recording secretary, and I must write up the last board meeting, edit the minutes and send them off to the board. No brainer for a "to do list" - a discreet project that can be completed. Ditto with the food pantry summer newsletter. (When you are a writer you get every possible writing job in volunteer organizations.)
Then you've got the kind of mundane chores like "return books to library," "deposit check," "call pet sitter," which are more or less part of everyday life, but nonetheless must get accomplished in a timely fashion. But in my mind stuff like "do laundry" or "go to grocery store," have no place on the list, because these are such ongoing routines that you might as well put "brush teeth" or "keep breathing" on there.
Which brings me to "correct endnotes." Yes, they are back. The editorial assistant even apologized when she returned the manuscript to me yesterday, saying she was sorry to give me yet more work, but that the copy editor was having trouble with some of my inserts. GRRRRRrrrrrr. I do not include "work," "book" or even "endnotes" on my "to do" list. But dear Lord, when is this going to be come a discreet task which I can check off as finished?!
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