Checking It Twice
This year, for the first time, my Christmas list is electronic. I’m using the “notes” feature of my smart phone.
It has worked surprisingly well — with one exception. There’s no easy way to “check off” the purchased items. I’m making do by typing an asterisk beside each one.
How I wish I could draw a thick black line or make a decisive “X” through the gifts I’ve bought. I suppose I could just delete them, but that’s no fun.
Makes me realize that a list is not just about what I have to do; it’s about what I’ve already done. Checking off the finished tasks makes me feel competent and efficient — which at this time of year I most decidedly am not! All the more reason to crave the illusion.
It’s a pathetic little revelation, but a revelation just the same!
One thought on “Checking It Twice”
But so easy to check them off or strike through them on a 3 x 5 paper note. And I can confidently say that no one has purloined a single one of my reminders from a device in a dragnet of my personal information.
And yes, the objective of these notes is to remind us, but the payoff is to reward us with the ones we've face up to, tiny victories..