I love lists.

I make a list before I clean my house, go to the grocery store, or settle down to serious work for the day.   If I attend a lecture or workshop, and there’s a Q & A, I jot down a list of questions before raising my hand.  I have lists of bookstores, media contacts, books I want to read in the future, books I want to write in the future, workshops I want to develop, and marketing and publicity ideas.

Now, I’m getting ready to leave for California for a two-week mini-publicity tour, with time allotted for research, and I have a whole SERIES of lists.

-         Launch party RSVP list

-         Launch party invitees who haven’t RSVP’d, so I need to call and harass

-         Press members who haven’t yet scheduled an interview

-         People I have to call re: local research items

-         Events list (with outfits planned)

-         Full clothing packing list, including shoes, underwear, accessories and jewelry

-         List of toiletries needed

-         List of medications and vitamins to pack

-         List of people to contact and notify I’m going to be out of town.

-         List of emergency contact numbers in California

-         List of things I’m having shipped to California (books, posters)

-         List of bookstores where I am not signing, but need to go by and sign stock

-         List of marketing materials I am carrying with me

-         List of business tools I need so I can write/work while I am there

-         List of things I need to get done around the house before I leave

Oh, GAWD, it’s a list of lists.   This reminds me of my corporate days, when we once had a meeting about meetings.

Is there a twelve step group for this?  There should be.