A Good To Do List

Beni was stressed. The Beaver couldn’t believe all the things she had to do this day, this week or even this month. Usually, Beni didn’t have much to do and she liked that, which means having lots of things to do would be the opposite.

“How did I come to having so many things to do?” Beni wondered, “Did I walk underneath a ladder, or open an umbrella indoors recently?”

Beni had so many things to do she didn’t even know how to start. She could finish all the things that involved leaving the house first, then she could move on to completing all the tasks inside the house. Or she could mix some inside-the-house tasks with some outside-the-house tasks, that way the switch-offs between inside and outside could be little bits of rest and also help break up the monotony of doing tasks.

“Oh even deciding the order of the tasks is a very tall order at this moment indeed,” Beni lamented. “I’ll have to decide this later.”

Beni then added ‘Decide which order to do the ‘To-Do list in,’ to the ‘To-Do list.’

Beni collapsed onto her sofa. Totally wiped from having to think about all the tasks she still had ahead of her. She hadn’t even started on her tasks. Which means as soon as she starts her tasks she still knows she’s only right at the beginning of her list. That’s when the list feels the longest. When you can only cross one thing off.

“Well, which of my tasks are the most urgent?” Beni thought to herself. “That one should probably be the highest priority”

Beni looked at her list. The most urgent task on her ‘To-Do’ List was “make a to-do list” and that was already done and crossed off. Uff, this whole ‘to-do list’ business has turned out to be very circular and not helpful at all!

“Well,” Beni thought, “If the most urgent thing on my to-do list is done, that means I’m already off to a pretty good start. I guess I can take it easy for the next few hours and then tackle some more tasks.”

Beni made herself a cocktail and then kicked up her feet. She had had an exhausting day and now she just wanted to relax and enjoy her time on earth.