Samantha Zimmerman – Nightwood Bookkeeper

Lists are a source of calmness for me. Getting things out of my head and into a list gives me room to think about things other than just ‘what I need to do’. I’ve been known to hop out of bed in the middle of the night to put things on my list just so I can stop thinking and sleep. I am never in the same place two days in a row so my IPhone has become my office. While I was a slave to the paper list for years, I have now moved into the virtual world of lists. I’ve tried a few list apps, but seem to always get frustrated with the bells and whistles, and end up back with the simple ‘notes’ app. Like most days my list is a mixture of personal and work. I have some client related items to check off, and some personal things like making a vet appointment for my cat (he’s lost his voice), and prepping for rehearsal of a production of Oliver! that I’m choreographing.