Reading the 'To Do' List

I have been driven by the ‘To Do’ list lately. It’s unusual for me to even write these kinds of things down. Others tell me that they feel satisfied when they cross things off their list, that the list brings them pleasure – I feel pressure. Sometimes it’s clearer to me when I see things written down, when I see the list lying on the table before me…but what about the things that you don’t write down on the ‘To Do’ list but that you really need to do more than any of the things on the ‘To Do’ list.

Smell
Walk
Touch
Smile
Read
Ride

And when do you know if it’s enough, if it’s time to cross it off the list? The ‘To Do’ list is so purposeful and quantifiable. Is it at all in keeping with my wandering?

The verbs on my current ‘To Do’ list are:

Redo
Report
Reassess
Mark
Revise
Reassess
Write
Give Feedback x 7
Pay
Write
Call
Write
Call
Submit
Edit
Call
Copy edit

Don Quixote is under siege by the Duke and Duchess…
He’s been accosted and pinched by mysterious intruders.
He’s been worried about his chastity and he’s tested.
Sancho is the victim of an elaborate ruse which is now extended to include his wife and daughter who is cooking eggs and rashers of bacon for a ‘hot’ page.
Theresa Panza is preparing a package of fat acorns for the Duchess.
I feel a sense of injustice. I find it hard to laugh at DQ and Sancho. They fill me with too much wonder. And with them I wander and we fail to focus on the 'To Do' list.