If I attempt to live without lists and charts, I tend to either procrastinate or panic. Generally both. As a means of controlling my panic when I returned home from a week-long trip, I created a chore chart for myself. It sounded more productive than drowning myself in cookie dough.
I used to do this in Microsoft Outlook, and I may return to that in the future. I got annoyed at the software continually reminding me that I was three weeks behind on cleaning the windows, so I erased my recurring tasks from my calendar & went old-school. If you'd like more info on my Outlook method, please leave me a comment.
Check out the chart!