It is possible to buffer with your to-do list? I keep a very detailed daily to-do list and feel GREAT when I do everything on it. This list is mostly made up or chores, errands, and other to-do’s outside of my work that I have been procrastinating on. I feel that it serves me and I have built up a relationship with myself where I do what I plan to do, no matter what. I move forward despite negative emotion or feeling like I don’t want to do it at the time. It has been a great skill because it has helped me to embrace B- work and realize that “done” is better than “perfect.” Overall, I think that it serves me. My husband disagrees because he says that I am too rigid. I hate when plans change and I don’t get to do what I said I would. I also beat myself up if I wake up later than I planned or get behind on the list.

I have always been a very high achiever in school and at work, and I feel like this is just an extension of that where I am trying to get my own approval by completing these mundane tasks and accomplishing things. Could I be buffering with this list? I am also doing stop overeating, so this list has kind of been a distraction and helps be to busy myself instead of feeling urges…