I hope you don't believe a word of that.
I haven't ever had everything checked off of my list. I don't think anyone in a school can ever be all-the-way done with everything. (Although I have met one amazing teacher who got almost everything done! Yet there was always that one thing she never quite marked off her list.) And for me, I don't really keep a "To Do" list. Keeping up with the list would be just one more thing on my list that would go undone!
The truth??? I was sitting in my office while my computer rebooted, trying to decide what my current priority would be. Anyone who knows me understands that I need to move from activity to activity. I rarely start a major project and stick with it until it is finished. Instead, I try to rotate through important things. It works for me. I also try not to let the "paper-pushing" aspects of the principalship get in the way of the important things.
These short moments of choosing the next priority to focus upon happen several times a day. So many great things to do and a few not-so-great things to do. When these moments arise, I have a new practice. I get up and get out! I'm not the kind of guy who spends too much time in my office. Not at all!

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