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July 07, 2007

Things to Do

Are you a list maker? My wife is. I'm not. Everything she does is on a list, I never make them. Needless to say, she's the organizer around the house.

I'd like to be a list maker. List makers get things done. They know what needs to be done and they know how far along they are. I sit around sometimes wondering, "what should I do next?" Usually that "next thing" ends up being sitting on my buttocks (aside: one must imagine Forrest Gump's voice whenever reading that last word) doing nothing particularly productive. Ya know...like blogging.

The great thing about list makers is that live life with an incredible sense of accomplishment. Every time they cross something off the list it tells them they're making progress. My wife even has a habit that has boggled me for years, but it works for her. If she does something significant during the day that wasn't on her list, she'll add it at the end of the day. Then she immediately crosses it off. Go figure.

Like I said, I'm not a list maker. But I recognize the value of lists, and there is a part of me that wishes I was better at making and maintaining lists. Oh, I've tried...multiple times. It's just not in my DNA. It used to frustrate me to no end until I figured out that's exactly why God gave me the wife He did. Isn't He smart that way?

Even though I'm not a list maker I happened upon a list of things to do yesterday that I'm going to adopt for my own. It won't be hard to maintain it either, because my wife is more than excited to help me stay on track.

Back around 200BC a bunch of Greek dudes got together and asked the question, "What's the most amazing thing you've ever seen?" They talked and talked and talked and finally came up with a list that has been historically known as the Seven Wonders of the World. Today that list is obsolete, because six of the original seven wonders no longer exist. They're gone, destroyed, kaput.

So a bunch of modern smart dudes got together recently and decided we need a new list. They came up with 21 candidates and people have been voting online for the sites of their preference. The winners of this list will be announced today. (You can check it out here.)

As I was reading about this list of candidates, it struck me: wouldn't it be great to visit each of these places before I move onto heaven? And BOOM, my to-do list was born. The Colosseum in Rome. The Statues of Easter Island. The Pyramids of Giza. The Great Wall of China. Now that's a list I can get excited about. It may take me the rest of my life to scratch each one off the list, but--WOW--it'll be worth it.

In a way I can say I've just become a list maker. That feels good.

I guess I can cross that one off my list.

Posted by bubba138 at July 7, 2007 09:07 AM