Save Your To-Do Lists (repost)

Note: I posted this at the end of June and the post seemed to eat my blog. . .people complained that I had removed links and posts when I had not, so I just deleted it. Finally I'm taking a moment to repost. (and hopefully it works this time!)
When I was pregnant with Tess, I fought a difficult battle with depression. My last few months, all of the kids were in school all day for the first time and I knew I needed something to keep me going so that I didn't wallow away in self pity. So I made this little journal to put to-do lists in. I knew that if they were in a book like this, I'd keep it for a long time and I didn't want to look like a slacker to future generations by not getting my to-do lists done! I'm here to report that it really helped! I also used it as a little journal. Now as I thumb through it, I see what occupied my time in that season. It has turned into a wonderful keepsake. Through this, I have realized how valuable of a record to-do lists are. They give an accurate record of what occupies our time. What would I give to have this kind of a glimpse in my grandmas' or great grandmas' lives--or even from my own 10 and 15 years ago!
Besides big-master lists of things I wanted to accomplish (as shown above), I also kept a few daily to-do lists in here (below). In that season of my life, having that little bit of creative something everyday was essential. I enjoyed it so much that I kept it up as long as I could after Tess was born.With those thoughts, I decided to post our summer job list to document this era of our lives. This is actually last year's list because getting a new computer at the beginning of the summer threw all things computer off for a while. But this one worked for the most part. Each day of the week we have a different list so that the all household jobs are maintained and rotated between us. And because I pencil my daily to-do lists on the list each day (whatever it is: visiting teaching, Primary work, scouting projects etc.) I need to save a few actual lists so I have and accurate documentation (besides this post) of what occupied my summer time in the years 2008.
Tuck a few of your to-do lists away. You'll be glad you did. (make sure you put a date on them!)