When I say I like things to stay the same, I think I really mean it. I just ate the very same omelet I eat every day at this time, and these are the twelve Moleskin planners I’ve used for the last twelve years.

I do many things the same, day after day after day. I like the consistency, the simplicity, even the ”rut” if you want to call it that. And yes, I know that trying new things are good, very good actually, so I am working on that idea…in certain areas. One thing that I don't plan to change is making my daily to-do list. Each evening before bed, I look at the things I have written in my Moleskin planner (allocating activities, appointments, and action steps to various days in the future) and write those items on the next day’s to-do list. This is my list for today.

Yesterday, a friend who knows me well sent me a link to this Lazy Genius podcast episode about to-do lists. Without adding the podcast to my to-do list to listen to (surprise! surprise!), I simply clicked on the link, saw that the episode was only 15 minutes long, and decided to listen right away while I was in the kitchen making dinner. And wow, it was good! Some of my favorite lines were these:

I quickly identified myself as a tracker, among the three list-making types Kendra identified. I won't give all the details away here in case you choose to listen to the episode, but as Kendra said that trackers are prone to do, I depend on my list to move forward during the day. That is 100% me. I keep the notebook with my list on the kitchen island, and my list is what directs me from one thing to another as the day progresses. I love this system and I feel like it works well for me. But if you’re not a tracker, there’s probably a better system for you. Gretchen Rubin talks often about building our habits on the foundation of who we are. I’m a tracker; who are you?

P.S. I wonder what would happen if I put “try something new” on the list every once in a while? Watch out!