Here's my thought on lists and my need an why they fall off my "radar" as it were. I do not have control over my time at work. I don't have control over what is needed to be done. I need to use a list to try and remember who asked for what, and by answering a question has made me responsible for it. Using a to-do list helps me remember what I'm responsible. I don't let it run my life, just is the thing that reminds me what is promised. As far as home goes, it's the little hooks that remind me that I should dust the countertop, or run the shower curtan through the wash. It's not what I need to do, it's what I need to see. It's a difference in how I use omnifocus.