The problem with lists like this is that they are biiiiiiiiig. I’ve made lists like this, and because there is so much on them they become psychologically scary to look at, so I don’t. That makes me feel bad because I am not achieving anything on them so I don’t look at the list. And so the cycle continues.
Take your number 42 – Get a passport. That is a huge project in its own right, and pretty scary what with all that form filling and photographs, then getting them signed then then the risk of making a mistake on the form and then posting it – special or recorded? – what if it goes missing? So much could go wrong. Far better just to forget about it for now and leave it languishing on the 101 list where it is far less scary. Is this familiar to you? It is to me.
A far better list would be Google passport website and add to bookmarks, create login, read form, enter details and save form, locate birth certificate (in box under bed), visit bus station (when next in the town) and get photo taken, ask so-and-so to sign photo when we next meet, etc, etc. Lots of nice little jobs to do and none too scary and none too time consuming.
No reason you couldn’t have 101 project lists full of little jobs to be done when you get a moment.
Am I starting to sound like a Getting Things Done evangelist yet?