Read My List of Reasons Why You Are Better Off Without Lists

1. You already embody the ultimate, universal list of all you need in every given moment.

2. "Here, now, the universe, and you" is always your best - and getting better and better - all-purpose list.

Now read my how-to list for ending list-dependency:

1. Starting here and now just think, say, and do the next right thing according to your present understanding amidst the current situation you are in.

2. Repeat the first item on this list as needed and get through the day. (You and today are always your best - and getting better and better - all purpose universal list!)

3. Do do what you can do and don't do what you can't do.

4. Remind yourself of the third item on this list as often as it takes to jog you out of dead ends and keep your life flowing.

5. Choose one trouble and scribble it down on a scrap of paper, then scratch it off this tiny un-list, then tear up the scrap of paper. (This is optional, of course!)

Next, read my list of once-per-hour extras for simple happiness creation:

1. Play, smile, and laugh once (each) every hour, any way you want.

2. Get grateful - about anything - and say "Thank-you!" by word or deed once every hour.

3. Bless any being, place, thing, situation, or event in your life once every hour. (Alternative: Think the best thought you can about any being, place, thing, situation, or event.)

(Once per hour includes "give or take a few moments" so don't plan ahead. If you forget, don't backtrack either - just start over.)

Don't fret or sweat...List dependency is not an official disorder!

Lists written by others can be inspirational, encouraging, and entertaining. But reading lists by popular writers can trigger bigger bouts of procrastination for temporarily discouraged folks seeking answers outside themselves to fix their lives.

Writers will keep on publishing more and more self-improvement, personal-growth, time-and-space management, how-to do-and-be this-or-that lists of 5, 10, 20, 30, or some other magical, mystical number of helpful, brilliant suggestions, tips, or hacks. This is because lists are much easier to write than articles yet still attract lots and lots of page views.

No wishful, hopeful, motivated reader could begin to keep up with even a small fraction of today's helpful lists. New improved improvement lists are generated or tweaked and spun from yesterday's lists every second. And behind each new ingenious, promising list of dos or don'ts telling more of the forgotten or lesser-known tips or secrets to competent happiness lurks at least one nagging question, like "Where do I start?"

If you still feel you must have a list to live by today, I say "Write your own (short) list!"