The List Sickness

I am an avid list-keeper.

It’s a bit of a sickness.

It’s also extremely handy for those times when I find myself light on time, lighter on ideas, and still needing to blog.

I keep lists of things I want to ask readers. I keep lists of people I want to interview. I have a list of ideas for blog posts, of course, but also of questions I might ask those people I want to interview. I have a list of series that I could write someday and a list of quotes.

I have lists of topics that I can suggest for guest posts and lists of books I should review (and maybe even give away). I have lists of things that are just plain interesting (and therefore possibly bloggable) and lists of things that relate to writing.

I’ve just discovered Evernote for organizing these lists and it’s helpful (if a bit of a sickness all its own).

In a season when I find myself shy on time for much of anything, my lists have been keeping me afloat.

How do you keep your lists organized? Better yet, how do you use lists for your blogging and/or other writing?
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Sarah Reinhard, author of Welcome Baby Jesus: Advent & Christmas Reflections for Families, is a Catholic wife, mom, blogger, reader, and farm girl who can be found at SnoringScholar.com. She’s also active on Twitter and Facebook.