I love lists. I love lists. Checking an item off a to-do list gives me a rush. Always has.
As a result, I'm pretty darn efficient. If something gets on my list, it gets done. I've always patted myself on the back for my organization skills and my ability to get lots of stuff done in a timely manner.
But then it occurred to me... isn't list-making a form of 
Visualization?
I'm a Franklin Planner kinda gal. Have been since 1992 when my employer Great-West Life included a full day of Franklin Planner training in their orientation program. I'm not remotely interested in switching over to a PDA/Blackberry/Treo or whatever, although I will confess I do love my Top Producer to-do lists...
So, every morning, I write down my list of things I need to do that day. With my very own hand, my very own pen. And most of the time, everything I write down gets done; if not that day, usually by the next.
‘Cause I'm so cool? Maybe. But maybe not. Maybe it's just Visualization in Action - I write it down, I look at it several times throughout the day, I get great pleasure from checking it off.
I just looked at my Dry-Erase board on my wall. A few months ago, I wrote down a bunch of projects that I wanted to get done when time permitted - for example, finish up my Charming Old Denver website, create the index for the 2nd edition of SWS, come up with a new subtitle for the 2nd edition of SWS; stuff like that. And whaddya' know? Almost ALL of the items written on that board are done! Yowsa!
I love this stuff.
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