My biggest problem with these list making solutions are what I call the collateral tasks. For example, my list says &quot;Buy a Christmas gift for Jen&quot;.<p>When I start shopping online, I realize that I don&#x27;t know much about Jen, so I need to call a friend. Lots of discussion later, I finalize on something to buy then I need to think of a personal note to write.<p>At the checkout, my banking application tells me that my internet password needs to be changed. The whole process gets aborted!<p>Probably, I exaggerated a little but my point being that each task involves a million micro steps which may or may not be anticipated. No wonder there is a lot of procrastination!