Go Over Your List

Home
House: Maintain, Design, Real Estate
Partner: Quality Time, Shared Responsibilities, Conversation
Family: Parents, Siblings, Kids

Work
Make: Time, Space, Supplies
Show: Online, IRL, Print
Sell: Services, Products, Events

Self
Wellbeing: Mind, Body, Soul
Admin: Time, Paperwork, Money
Social: Communities, Friends, 1×1.

About The List

The doctor looked at me and asked, “Why didn’t you rest?” Without thinking, I answered, “It wasn’t on my list.” I was 40 years old, busy with work and kids. Long story short: I fainted. The doctor was frustrated. “You need a list to know you need rest?” He kept me in the hospital for a few days. Lying there, I realized my list was running my life. If something wasn’t on it, it didn’t happen. What else was missing?

I remember thinking: I’m enrolled in an invisible school. I only find out I’m taking a course once I’m failing it. Can I please know all the courses I’m taking by default? If I want to succeed, I want a chance to see the whole curriculum. That question stayed with me for more than two years. Eventually, I named the system—and found a simple way to organize it into three categories: Home. Work. Self.

Then The List Started Working

At first, I thought I had simply created a way to make sure the important things didn't get lost among the urgent things.

But then I realized: what a great curriculum for my kids. And for me, too.

The List taught me about real estate, for example. Today, I own my home outright. That would never have happened without The List.

I took The List with me to therapy. I asked my therapist to go over it with me every week. It gave me the framework I needed to move through my divorce and move to the city.

In a world where everything changes all the time, The List became a center—a place to stand that felt like sitting on a rock.

What Else Can It Become?

On this site, The List is a celebrity blog.

But I can't help wondering: What else can The List become next?

How The List Actually Works