To Do List, And/or Grocery List

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  1. Joy Martin

    Joy Martin Veteran Member
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    I can honestly say that I've never had to make a To Do List....what I need to do I have always rememberd and my to do's have been pretty simple, as that's How I Live, Simple.

    And thinking back over my life I think I've had 1 or 2 grocery lists. Again, when I walk thru stores I knew what I needed or wanted. And in the cart the stuff went.


    I have a friend who is alone, owns a little house thru a divorce settlement. and she forever talks about her To Do List.....she deals with OCD also.

    What say you all, I believe most here live pretty Large.....
     
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  2. Don Alaska

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    I used to have sizable To-Do lists when I was working and we had sled dogs and livestock, but now I have few things to tend to, but I still forget to do much of what I should do. I think I spend too much time on SOC when I should be working on something.:)

    We still have grocery lists for our twice monthly shopping, but those are my wife's issue.
     
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    I haven't had a "to-do" list since I retired. While working I did need to keep up with projects, meetings, etc. so I used a day planner. I use the calendar on my electronics to keep up with special occasions, birthdays, etc.

    I seldom make a grocery list, but since I order groceries delivered I can go onto the grocery store website and add items to upcoming deliveries as I think of things I need. I can't remember the last time I set foot in a grocery store.
     
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  4. Shirley Martin

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    I have always kept a list of things I needed to buy. Whenever I see something is getting low, I put it on my list. I'm very organized. :)
     
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  5. Joy Martin

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    I'm organized and don't forget things, but with t he slowed down body I live in, I don't sweat the disorganized clean mess.
     
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    I have always used a List of things that need to be remembered for the week.Plus my grocery app is wonderful and have used for years. I put what items cost on it and before I go to store or order anything, have good idea as to what i will spend. I am like Shirley Martin ..organized :D
     
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    This would be me. I keep a magnetic dry erase board on my fridge and note things that I'm out of or that are getting low. I'd be lost in a grocery store without my list, especially when picking up stuff for specific dishes.
     
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  8. Shirley Martin

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    I don't have a dry erase board on my fridge because I have notes to myself covering the fridge. :)
     
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  9. Bobby Cole

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    I figure that if I don’t do what needs to be done, it’s because my wife didn’t think it was important enough to remind me to do it.
     
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    :p:p
     
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    This one really struck a cord with me as when working on often quite technical stuff I rarely had to refer back to the 'instructions' but sadly I now need notes to myself for even the most simple things. Some days are better than others and I am very aware that there are folks way worse of than I but it get bloody annoying when ya cant remember where ya put the note.....
     
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  12. Shirley Martin

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    Put them on the front of the fridge. :)
     
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    I keep a running grocery list on a post-it pad, on the counter under the phone. Yep we still use a landline phone on the wall in the kitchen. No cell phones here at the Luddites house.;)
     
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    I used to write down grocery lists; but now that I do most of the grocery shopping online, I just add things to the grocery order on Walmart+ until I am ready to send in an order.
    Then, I usually look around in the refrigerator and cupboards to see if there is something else we need that I have not put on the list, and if there is, then I add it on .
    Walmart always has a list of things I usually order, so my last check is to look through that list and make sure that I am not forgetting something I needed and forgot about .

    Items other than groceries mostly come from Amazon, so we seldom even go to any store, unless it is a quick stop off at the dollar store for something on our way home from the fitness center.
    The to-do stuff just gets done when it gets done, for the most part; so I do not make lists about that either, but I do put it on my iPad calendar if it is something like a doctor appointment, or important phone call, which is shared by Bobby.
    We also try to remind each other of things we intend to do, so between Bobby and I , we pretty much do not need any written notes.
     
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  15. Mary Stetler

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    I make a hard copy list before heading out and leave it on the kitchen table.:rolleyes:
     
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