No, really - a list can make you a better person.

I love lists.  I cannot grocery shop without my list; if I try, I forget at least one thing (if not two or three).

I fully believe that part of the reason I love teaching college so much is because I get to write syllabi.  As a student, I have always been a total syllabus junkie.  It got so bad that half way through grad school, I started trying to get the syllabus before the first day of class, even if it was just a few hours before the first class meeting. I really was like a junkie who needed a fix.

This is why I am enamored with the 101 in 1001 project and, now, the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog project.  I don't recall how I found the 101 project, but my dear friend Delightfully Sweet turned me on to the 31 Days project.  Since I can't turn away from any kind of self-betterment project (I think self-betterment is one of the keys to a good life), I had to sign up.

Yesterday was Day One for me and the task was to write an elevator pitch: i.e. a sentence that can sell your blog in the length of time that elapses in an elevator ride.  Since my blog already has a tag line (I dream of having the time to read all the books I own), I didn't go out of my way to create a new one.  However, I realized that while I think that accurately sums up my life - wanting lots of free time to read but being overwhelmed (sometimes happily) with too much to do - it maybe doesn't accurately do the job in layman's terms.  I don't want to change my tagline, though, because I feel it captures me in a very succinct and appropriate way for the blog.  I do have a longer description about me on the, you guessed it, "About Me" tab, though - so I feel those are sufficient for now.

Day Two's assignment is to "Write a List Post."  Well, with my 101 in 1001 tab and follow-up posts, I am already working on this.  However, I haven't ever written a true list post - a post whose title is "X ways in which to do Y" (or something similar).  So that is what I'm going to work on today.  This way it is a challenge for me and I have an idea that I think will be beneficial to me (so it has a true purpose).  Stay tuned!

Comments

[delightfullysweet]

Oh I am so excited that you decided to sign up! I forgot to ask you last night if you were going to...glad to see that you did!!