Does writing it down make you more or less likely to do it?

Basically, yes - though it's more effective at work where things feel confined and achievable, than at home, where they don't.

work, i put stuff into a hard copy diary and it gets done. personal, writing stuff goes into a big and incomprehensible memory hole.

Oh I didn't think about work yeah I need to write stuff down there because I'm a big ditz

I’m with darragh, I write it down, prioritize, and do it. I probably accomplish about 90% of what I write down- if I don’t get to it it’s either a really long term goal, or I determined it was no longer a priority. This goes for work as well as around the house.

If I don’t write it down, forget it. I’ll lose track of it, or drive myself crazy trying to make sure I remember it.

I have to force myself to be organized this way. It’s not my natural state.

I used to keep everything in my head and didn’t understand the list people. Now I will actually forget things if I don’t write them down. The act of writing helps with memory as well as putting the list in the place where the list goes.

I have reduced the number of jobs and projects I am working, so I am no longer as overwhelmed

Probably a separate thread but what do folk use for a to-do list? At work, I use a mixture of my inbox, the To-Do app built into 365, Workflowy and pen & paper and am generally pretty on it. At home, uh, Any.do and Any List, but not to any real level of efficiency.

I once dated a guy who would have to write down the only one or two obligations he had and I was totally uncomprehending… if you only have two things to do, how can you possibly forget? Meanwhile I kept dozens on my mental list each day … I guess he probably had ADHD and I was an asshole idk

Less likely. The only way for me to do things is to do them immediately.
I'm a mental note person. I don't have an agenda. Except the one at work, and thank God for reminders cause I only glance at it.
I write down grocery lists and then don't bother to look at it in the shop.
If I write something down in a notebook, I will most likely misplace it, or write a new list on the next page, and in the end do things independently from it anyway.
Relatively few things slip my mind though.

I write things on a piece of paper. If I’m making a grocery list I just write the list. If I’m planning my time, I write each day of the week and then what I’m planning to do that day. If it’s for work I use a regular 99 cent notebook. I tried using a calendar many times but I’m repelled. I throw all the paper away when the shopping trip or week is over. I use scrap paper so I’m not wasting anything. Or hoarding anything.

Though I do keep my notebooks. No regrets about that bc it helps me feel like I accomplished something.

I buy these pocket-sized Muji notebooks in packs of 10:

https://www.muji.us/cdn/shop/products/greya7_1260x1260.jpg

Both work and home stuff is quite similar. Memory is shot so I write down the shopping/working task list in one rolling .txt file where I add and delete lines.

The file is never deleted. It will be there when I die.