There are pitfalls, though ...
- Making that list, making a less-than-ambitious plan of things you'd like to get done today and still getting only a quarter or less of it done ... been there, done that, and I think it sucks even more than not making a list in the first place.
- Having an ever-growing overwhelming todo-list, with tasks that you would like to do, but just know you'll never ever get the time to get done. Finish one item every day, but two new one added to the list. That may also be quite depressing.
Sometimes I will find one of those old lists and then it is interesting to see what I have done or not. Sometimes I put things on that I know I will do, like take a shower. Then I have something to check off.
That's cheating!