Where-do list

Continuing my previous to-do list variations, including the to-do blocks and why-do list, I have an interesting one I've been using recently that I call a where-do list. The concept is fairly predictable from the name, but I think there are a few features that make it interesting.

Where-do lists are useful for tasks that you tend to need reminding of on a regular basis. Classic examples include washing dishes or casual exercise (like a few push-ups here and there). Trying to stay reminded of these maintenance tasks on a constant basis doesn't work very well and leads to a certain degree of low-level background stress. Instead, you create lists that are attached to particular places, like the entrance to the kitchen or the side of the couch. When you see a where-do list it prompts you to do the stuff on the list at the time you see it.

You could, of course, put all those things on a regular to-do list, but since they're never really done all they do is clog it up. Instead you can clear maintenance tasks both out your main list and out of your brain, since you don't need to think about them except in the time between the where-do list reminding you of what to do and you doing it.