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A List Of 30 Things We Love

April 6th, 2005 |  Published in Collecting & listmaking

“Our urge to compile lists probably starts at age 40-something. If you are thoroughly convinced you routinely kept lists in your 20s or 30s — it didn’t happen. But the value of a list is no longer underrated. It’s our shorthand for long-term thinking. A list focuses us, sets priorities, gets things done: the grocery list, the errands-to-do list, the New Year’s resolutions list (hah! lists get old if you plan too far out).”



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