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One of my quirks is that I adore lists. I have since I was a kid. I'd make lists of useless, trivial things - long ones. I'd fill notebooks. Every movie I'd seen. Every song I liked. Every dachshund I'd ever met. I eventually had to recognize the pointlessness of it, but I kind of had a little mental fantasy of somehow categorizing my life: like I'd feel more on top of things if I could file away every experience and look back on them later, in a short, simple format (journaling was too time-consuming and complicated and I'd always leave things out).

I recently got a little journal and started filling it. One-page lists, with a title at the top right corner: THINGS I DON'T GET (algebra), FAVORITE SONGS, FAVORITE MOVIES (Crash, Closer, My Life Without Me...), GREAT COMPLIMENTS ("Sometimes, you just radiate." - my ex), SOUND ADVICE, SONG LYRICS (I just want you to know who I am), RECIPES, etc.

And I find it extremely comforting and fun. I seem to have found a part of my childhood Aspie traits that I can reformat into a somewhat-less-consuming, very enjoyable part of my adult life. Anyone else done something similar?

Kind of.

I like to have everything written down, because I'm scared I'll forget something important otherwise. I have lists of wonderful things I've seen which will make good presents for people. I have a list of CDs I want to listen to and possibly buy. I have a file labelled "cool stuff" in which I collect things special to me - newspaper articles, cartoons, drawings, adverts, letters.

I don't want to forget.

Learn lisp if you like lists

I like lists alot but I'm not big on making them myself (although I do make themselves sometimes in my areas of interests). I would probably make them more if I completed the lists I started.

I've always been hooked on lists and League Tables etc. I've done things like making up
my own music charts and counting the number of times celebrities are mentioned
in the media. It keeps me amused until I find something more interesting to do !
I think it's an attempt to try and restore order and logic in a world that is illogical most
of the time.

I once did a lsit of my top 200 albums

You guys would love one of the books I have then. It's called "The Top Ten Lists of Everything" or something like that. It doesn't really have everything persay, but it does have a ton of stuff!

What I Like about Lists

• Lists are fun to make
• They keep things organized
• They're esthetically pleasing

I have been making them for anything and everything for as long as I can remember. Right now I have a magnetic notepad on my fridge that says:



I thought that was cute.

I make grocery lists and meal lists and Christmas card lists. When I have too much time on my hands I make activity lists to schedule my life. I do better with some structure. Calories and gifts and birthdays. Mutual funds and girls and statistics. Books and music.

I've made a list of games I wanted and made a list of movies I wanted to see but I haven't added anymore down lately. I mainly keep a wishlist online of things I want. I have a wishlist on nintendo and bestbuy and columbia house.

Post some of your lists here

I like the Top Ten lists on David Letterman.

Tim

...but I am an even bigger fan of Headlines on Jay Leno.

Tim

Mostly I list things I have to do. That's the first step in any project for me: what are the steps I need to complete in order to complete the project. I break the project, and then the steps down until they are reasonable and then I go at it.

This isn't really a list, but any time I read something I think would make a good quote, I write it down. Recently I have started putting citations with each quote in case I want to use it in a paper.

I have always written lists obsessively. I don't think a day goes by when I don't make some sort of list.I do them for practical things like shopping, and usually have a 'to do' list for the day.
I also make lists of songs that I know will remind me of the present once it has slipped into the past. I constantly make playlists on RealPlayer and burn them onto discs which I sometimes give to people. I write down words and phrases that make me laugh or that I just like the sound of. I write lists of thoughts about stuff. I have folders full of information that I printed out from the internet and have not even read since - these folders live in a cupboard in the spare bedroom! I think I'd go mad if I couldn't make lists!

I am the opposite,I write nothing down and then get mad when I don't remember it.but the next time I need to remember something I still won't write it down.