Prior Priorities I needed an old file, and being a good Citizen of the Digital Age I called up my archives from last year. My whole world appeared: The mess of files on my desktop, the music I’d recently bought but hadn’t sorted, projects I had long forgotten. I had different taste in wallpaper. I double-clicked the to-do list on a whim. “Send client files by noon.” “Rent due.” “Fix client files by EBD.” “Scrub bathtub.” “Staff meeting 8am.” This was important enough for me to write down? Close archives. New text file. “Call parents. Then call grandmother. Just because.” “Play 30 minutes music on an instrument, not an iPhone.” “Make good on promise to read sibling’s fanfic.” “Write a fanfic my own. Limber up for NaNoWriMo.” “Take a walk. Make it a habit.” “Make breakfast for wife.” Saved for next year.