Yup, I think "list" had c ome to have connotations of wish, desire, like, & want before (or about the time) "listless" came into use. In its extreme form, listlessness would equal Clinical Depression, I suppose. And yeah, it's a fascinating word -- which I all to often have occasion to apply to my mood of the moment.
Mind you, I go along with the idea that Making A List of Things To Do works best if you are careful to omit the most important ones, because you (or I, in this case) tend to delay embarking on such a formal thing by doing (insert vague handwave) other things first.
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Date: 2010-06-01 08:55 pm (UTC)And yeah, it's a fascinating word -- which I all to often have occasion to apply to my mood of the moment.
Mind you, I go along with the idea that Making A List of Things To Do works best if you are careful to omit the most important ones, because you (or I, in this case) tend to delay embarking on such a formal thing by doing (insert vague handwave) other things first.