The To-Do (or die) List

I am a high strung person. As we speak, I'm having Tums for breakfast with a tea chaser. I don't have an ulcer (at least I don't think I do), but I definitely have stomach issues when I get wound too tight for too long a period of time. The only way I have found to ease these symptoms is to make a to-do list. I make to-do lists for all sorts of things like projects, groceries, house work, day to day things, party planning, you name it, it has a list. I have a little spiral notebook that I carry around until I have used every page, sometimes front and back. Sometimes I lose it, which creates a panic much like when I misplace my cell phone. It helps me to feel less stressed to have a list, even if that list is an entire page long and has two or more columns. It also gives me a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day when I look at that list, especially if I realize the day is at an end and I don't feel like I have gotten anything done! I should also add that I have little to no concept of time or how long things are really going to take. It usually takes at least 3-5 times longer to do something than I think it does or should, therefore I am also habitually late. Anyway, back to the list. I really think that if I didn't have a to-do list, I'd either have ulcers or have to go to the nut house. It's like steak with no A-1, cottage cheese with no pears, yen without yang! It just can't be done, at lease not without sacrificing quantity and or quality. Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I'm off to make a list of things that I have coming up.