Is your "to do" list an attic?

I found this picture a while back, and I stumbled upon it again last week. I'm pretty nerdy when it comes to Getting Things Done, which means moving away from to do lists, and moving toward task lists and next actions.

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Task lists are for current "next actions." Do items stay on your to do list for years? Do they keep getting written and rewritten on list after list? Maybe they show up when you clean out your car and make you think, "Oh yeah, I was going to do that!" Hopefully, pockets get cleaned out before each laundry load. Attics, on the other hand, get cleaned out... at Christmas? when you move to a new house? Never? I have a couple of task lists hanging out there, climbing the steps toward the attic... I should probably get on that! Thursday is weekly review day, which means it's time for me to quit procrastinating on those lists.