That’s great news on the job MB!
I write to-do lists all the time. I don’t always get around to doing everything on the lists and some things take a lot longer to get done than anticipated, but I find it doesn’t matter. Some things that don’t get done lose their importance and end up being crossed off later when they’re no longer relevant or necessary.
I’ve tailored my list-making to a few lists on different pages.
1. Priorities (to do as soon as I can today or perhaps tomorrow, like pay bills, make an important phone call, shopping list)
2. Soon (to do in the next few days or sometime this week, like ring a friend I haven’t spoken to recently, check the post box, buy a new icebrick for the chilly bin before the weekend etc)
3. Sometime (like clean out the spare room, put up some more picture hooks)
I cross things off and add things and I re-write as they get messy or things become obselete. It seems to work ok
Some things move to a different list, eg as they become more important or more urgent/imminent (move up to 2 or 1) or less important (move back to 2 or 3)
Some things never get done and I eventually let them go