What custom lists do you have?

[cojo]

Throw 'em out there - I know there's some lists out there I can use!

My favorite David Allen custom list is "Whenever you're in..." He uses it to list all those things people say, like "Whenever you're in Niagara Falls, you've GOT to go to Suze Q's Barbecue!" I don't travel enough to use it, but I like the idea.

Here are mine:


Movie theme party ideas
Food tasting party ideas
Time reporting codes
Books to read
Movies to watch
Songs to download
Things to do this summer
Home improvement ideas
Things that make me happy

[whitesco]

I keep birthday and christmas gift idea lists for each of my three kids, and my lovely wife!

Other than that, an @Errands list for when I'm just out and about but I think "standard GTD" may have that one covered.

Maybe get - music - for when I hear some cool song in a commercial I haven't heard in years :). Also one for books and blogs...

[GTDWorks]

Here are my lists:

Affirmations
Areas of Focus-Work
Areas of Focus-Personal
Checklists-Me
Checklists-Work
Checklists-Volunteering
Church
Company
Goals
Passwords

I have all the standard context list categories in OmniFocus.

[nick.gtd]

Affirmations
Movies to Watch with GF - Two lists, one is mine and one is hers and we alternate when looking for something new.
Prescriptions I take
Packing List - Work
Packing List - Personal

[Toby Jarvis]

Work in progress, here's what I have so far:

Category: Areas of focus
* Current job
etc.

Category: Checklists
* Travel - Overseas work trip
etc.

Category: GTD system (general checklists and notes while I get used to my system)
* E-mails - 1. Processing and organising overview
* E-mails - 2. Someday
etc.
* Outlook setup
etc.

Category: Loans
* Borrowed
* Lent

Category: Might like to try/buy
* Books
* Music

These all sync with the Notes app in my Nokia 6220 phone, so I can see them at any time and also add new notes. The phone notes is also where I capture ideas on the move - better than having a notebook and pencil in the pub (not quite that old yet!).

[sdann]

These are taken directly from my phone:

- clothing info (sizes, colors, or other info)
- dog qualities (just in case we come across him/her)
- health & beauty info (some make-up info and vitamin types)
- music
- office supplies needed
- presents people want
- shows/movies to watch
- skin irritants (I need hypoallergenic)
- vision board (all the items on my vision board typed in text format)

[Cpu_Modern]

books to maybe buy
gardening jobs per time of year
life's goals
software packages to keep an eye on
plus various professional ones

[Oogiem]

I have lots of lists in various places.

Lists as Open Office text files
Books Owned - Fiction
Books Owned - Nonfiction
Books on Kindle
Books Wanted
Books Wanted on Kindle (in Amazon save for later list)
Video & DVDs Owned
Video & DVD's Wanted
Music CD's Owned
Music CDs Wanted

Lists on my Treo phone as notes
Clothing notes for hubby & me (sizes, colors, prices and where to buy)
Electronet sizes and repair status
Sheep Drug Doses for common Drugs
Knitting Needle Inventory
Historical Pattern Inventory
Scrapbook Retreat Packing List
Lamb Bag inventory
Sheep Semen Inventory
Horse Semen Inventory

Lists in SplashShopper
Packing List for normal trips and for camping
Scotch to try
All shopping lists

Lists in Omnifocus as Someday Maybe projects
Places to Visit
Gift Possibilities by Person
Recipes to try
Writing Story Ideas

Lists the Paper Reference Files
Reading order for book series of favorite authors
List of movies rented on Netflix

[cojo]

OK Oogiem, with some of those lists I just can't help myself but to ask what it is that you do??

[mcogilvie]

OK Oogiem, with some of those lists I just can't help myself but to ask what it is that you do??

Why, she's a Black Sheep Shepherdess, of course!

[Oogiem]

OK Oogiem, with some of those lists I just can't help myself but to ask what it is that you do??

Raise sheep. On a small farm in western Colorado. Also do all sorts of fiber art, also own Arabian horses and have lots of hobbies.

[JohnV474]

I currently have:

List: Accounts Payable (all payees, with columns for Past Due (just in case), One-time, and Recurring payments)
List: Accounts Receivable (not a long enough list, I'm afraid)
List: Address Book
List: Four hour Workweek notes (I'm currently reading this)
List: Jokes
List: Toiletries (I have a toiletries bag with everything and this is a list of what other stuff I have supplied away)
List: Nonviolent Communication notes (reading this great book by Marshall Rosenberg)
List: Someday/Maybe (To Buy, Clothing, Learn, Music/Movies/Books, Organize Fix or Make, R&D, Talk To, Travel, Work-Related)
List: Thoughts about relationships I'm in
List: Quotes I like
List: Vocab to look up

Lists that I'm not adding to anymore go into paper or digital storage (the "Vault"), and I have dozens of those.

JohnV474

JohnV474

[whitesco]

Just added "vocab to look up" to my lists. Good one, that.

[JohnV474]

That one has come in VERY handy! I make a note of any good word (or phrasing I like) that I come across.

I used to try to expand my vocabulary by looking up random words or using vocab books, but they have no application. By writing down virtually every new word I come across, I expand my vocabulary specifically to suit my needs. Having an immediate connection to a new word makes it all the easier to implement them. It also helps in picking up regionalisms in dealing with the public.

Here are a few of the latest additions, just for kicks:
jessant
winsome
"Katy bar the door"
Duke's mixture
wet blanket man
hatchet man
attribution (as used in medical diagnosis)

JohnV474

[sjohnson1140]

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