I’m a big fan of making lists. My desks throughout my educational career were always littered with post-it notes of various sizes and colors, lined and unlined, for me to use to keep up with my many lists.
Lists of the things I needed to accomplish that day, grocery store lists, lists of leisure reading I wanted to do over the summer (which, come to think of, is probably one list that never got more than a few items crossed off it).
Either way, a big part of my reliance on lists has to do with the fact that lists are oftentimes precursors to efficient game plans.