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The only thing I seem to worry about is making sure that the total amount of work on my 'list' is smaller when I quit the day than when I begin it. Most days I seem to be losing that battle.

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I don't think this is the criterion you want - if I won the lottery, for example, my to-do list would explode with all the new possibilities presented before me; however, if that happened, I certainly wouldn't consider it a bad day. :)

Good point, I had in mind that all things being otherwise equal and being occupied with more or less the same stuff for the duration of the existence of said list.

And I don't play the lottery ;)

"I had in mind that all things being otherwise equal and being occupied with more or less the same stuff for the duration of the existence of said list."

Fair enough.

"And I don't play the lottery ;)"

Nor do I; 'twas just a thought experiment :)

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