To Do List...

Yesterday, I did a stupid thing. As I was scrolling through the Notes pages on my mobile, I accidentally deleted my To Do List. What a calamity, I thought. How will I ever remember what was on it, with my memory? I started that list years ago and kept adding and adding to it. I had to scroll down and down to reach the end. I don't think it would have been humanly possible to ever get to the end of that list. What if I was supposed to be doing something for someone and I let them down because I don't complete it? I thought.. They'll contact me to chase me up, I thought back in response. Nothing like a conversation with yourself. What about all the fabulous ideas I'd come up with and scribbled down to complete. one fine day? I felt like Alice in Wonderland falling down the rabbit hole. I was in a bit of a dilemma for a while until I had an epiphany.

If there is nothing on my To Do list, then I have nothing to do...I was suddenly set free. I had to let it go. I had to start again. I wrote a few things I knew I needed to get done but other than a handful of things, all the items fitted within the space of the screen. I didn't even need to scroll down to see more. No wonder I have been in such a good mood since then. I have had a relaxed smile on my face all day. I've been positively beaming. What a gift to myself. The only things on the list were things I had put on there. Nothing was life or death. I'm not a nurse or doctor. No-one really will care if I do those things or not and if it's really important, they will chase me up. Eureka!