{"id":2420,"date":"2016-11-15T17:42:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T17:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/the-other-list\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T18:11:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:11:46","slug":"the-other-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/blog\/the-other-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The Other List"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cBeware the barrenness of a busy life.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Socrates<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Preparing for a trip recently, I found myself overwhelmed with an especially long to-do list.<\/p>\n

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As I plowed through each task, diligently checking off the completed items, it suddenly occurred to me that many activities I consider essential \u2014 the kind that make my heart glad \u2014 never get jotted down the way that stop the mail <\/em>or water the plants <\/em>do.<\/p>\n

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So for fun, and as a break from the more mundane jobs I was tackling, I turned over the to-dos, and on the other side of the paper, created The Other List.<\/em><\/p>\n

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