I think that’s the benefit of a someday/maybe list, is that you don’t do it right away. Sometimes, by letting it sit on a list for a few weeks, you realize that it’s something you don’t really want to do, and then you can let it go, instead of always feeling like you “should” do that thing. I think it can make us more creative, because then you aren’t censoring at the same time that you’re dreaming; you save the evaluating for later. My someday/maybe list is mostly work projects, articles that might be interesting to write or projects I might like to do in the future after one project is finished. It’s more like a freewrite than a list. And I often lose it or forget where I saved it. So I need to work on that.

@Malika – an interesting idea…I’m not sure if it would be able to process it or not! I don’t always use the same categories so it’s not like just processing regular excel data…

That is great.
Now, I have just added 3 new items to my list. These are items that I’d possibly like to do but life would continue even if I don’t. It’s just that I have hand-written down all items in this list on paper. To view the now-updated list of mine, Ms. Laura Vanderkam, we will need to be able to either exchange emails or connect on LinkedIn.

@Grateful Kae – I like that you’re are logging with the memory keeping aspect in mind – I wasn’t thinking about that in the beginning (I was more interested in the #s) but then over time I realized that I cared less about the numbers and more about the memories!

@Yukun – I think of the someday/maybe list as a list of things that either do need to get done (but I don’t have a firm date) or that I’d possibly like to do but life would continue if I didn’t (order replacement silverware…we can always just wash the spoons we have more often…)

@Sophie – yes, Trello could be a great place for such a list to live. Or anything like Apple Notes… some catch all type spot.