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Ps do you make to-do lists?

gromit

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I know the stereotype is of Js doing this. I do it to help me remember things that I might forget otherwise but which are very important. Sometimes write it on my hand if it is very very important.

I was wondering if other Ps do it.
 

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I'm not a P (obviously) but the Ps I know -- especially my INTP dad and ENFP friend -- constantly make to-do lists. They probably make them more often than I do, make them more effectively than I do, and stick to them better than I do. I think it's because even though I naturally have a to-do list in my head all the time, they don't, so they've had to train themselves to work that way?
 

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No, but I make shopping lists due to fail si.
 

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I'm bad at it. I've gotten so bad at it, that I've put important things on my phone's calendar. I only do to-do lists at work, and I can sometimes dismiss it.
I've stopped doing it for anything other work because I will neglect it/forget about it. I sometimes literally need a to-do list to look at my to-do list, and then a to-do list to actually follow through with my to-do list.

I just remembered that I have an overdue library book I meant to return a week ago. It was on my phone's calendar, but after it popped up I became distracted and forgot about it...
 

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Yup, I do it all the time, and have for a very long time.

I can't say the lists always get done, but I find that most Ps make lists!
 

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Pretty much never for me.
 

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Only in threads like this...

On my to do list;

Go to gym
Find Kirsty money
 
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Yes, and I never use them after that. I prefer to think the act of creating them solidifies the facts in my mind.
 

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I do keep sort of an evolving list of stuff not to forget about. I don't know if it's exactly a "to-do" list. More of a "don't fuck up" list.
 

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^ LOL. I know what you mean.

I would argue Ps do this more than Js. I think because Js are more systematically minded, they are able to mentally create and order a list, whereas Ps struggle to juggle those things in their head alone. Personally, if I have several things to do, I feel stressed, anxious and out of control because I'm having to force my (naturally non-linear) brain to work methodically. I need to write stuff down to make sense of it.

Also my memory is crap.
 

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Yes, and I never use them after that. I prefer to think the act of creating them solidifies the facts in my mind.

Same here. If I write something down, I'm not going to forget it even if I don't look at it again. I use this method to study as well.

I will mark up my iCal like crazy. I need it...I have OOSOOM in a bad way.
 

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I have an imaginary to-do list that I just use to chalk things into that I find interesting to check in the future. Unfortunately I seldom do, as the checking is usually also chalked up in there. :thinking:
 

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No, I generally free myself from obligations quite quickly so that I have nothing to do. Besides from that I am pretty good at self-organisation thats why I often thought I am a J in the past. People in the past often has put me in charge to manage things, cause I am quite easy going and still care a lot that things get done.

My boss at work tho and my boss at home, as in gf, forced me to make a to-do list, so they can keep track of what I am planning. That was quite evil of them. :)
 

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What not to do makes better sense for me. So when something goes wrong, I say it is a mistake, and I learn not to continue to make the same mistake.

And I remember my mistakes so I don't have to write them down, and if I forget them, I bump my nose against them to remind myself once again.
 

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No, I do make shopping lists sometimes because if I dont I wont ever get the everything I needed from the store. Now I dont remember the list half the time, then the other 75% of the time I dont write down a list so maybe 12.5% of the time I have a list though that number seems high. I can make 3 trips to walmart in a day :shrug: My memory is half-baked and shot.
 

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I almost never make to-do lists. Notable exception: packing, which I suppose could be considered to-do (bring pants!).
 

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Yeah, it's generally so I don't forget to do anything.


I do keep sort of an evolving list of stuff not to forget about. I don't know if it's exactly a "to-do" list. More of a "don't fuck up" list.


This describes it pretty well. :laugh:
 

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Te makes me :cry:

Then Fi helps me go :2up: and I forget instantly about the list :D

Ne appreciates Te kicking me in that way though. It does help to solidify those things that are vital.
 

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Then Fi helps me go :2up: and I forget instantly about the list

Can you elaborate on that? For me, Fi is what makes me make the list in the first place, because I care enough not to want to forget whatever it is I am writing down.
 

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Can you elaborate on that? For me, Fi is what makes me make the list in the first place, because I care enough not to want to forget whatever it is I am writing down.

I have a rebellious streak wrt being told what to do. It goes so far that when I tell myself what to do, I also occasionally :2up: at it. It is highly inefficient and impractical but I haven't found the offswitch yet :sorry:

From what I can tell, it stems from that Fi-value of refusing to be controlled/give up my freedom. Even if I can logically justify it to myself, if I don't *feel* it in that moment, I can really trip myself up that way :doh:
 
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