{"slug":"patrick-to-do-list","name":"Patrick To Do List","url":"/templates/patrick-to-do-list.jpg","w":1000,"h":625,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"Make your own Patrick To Do List meme. Patrick Star holds a blank to-do list. Fill it in with what you should (or definitely won't) be doing.","keywords":"patrick to do list meme, patrick star meme, spongebob meme, to do list meme, blank list meme, patrick writing meme","year":2018,"origin":"Pulled from the SpongeBob SquarePants series, this image shows Patrick Star holding a pencil and a piece of paper labeled \"To-Do List.\" The joke comes from what's written (or conspicuously not written) on the blank space. Patrick's dopey earnestness makes whatever appears on the list funnier — whether it's an absurdly short agenda or a manifesto of bad decisions. For another \"write your own label\" format, see Change My Mind (argumentative) or The Scroll of Truth (unwanted advice).","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"Item 1","x":27,"y":28,"w":41,"h":16,"rotation":-16,"placeholder":"First item","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"left","fontSize":45,"opacity":1},{"label":"Item 2","x":31,"y":45,"w":42,"h":17,"rotation":-16,"placeholder":"Second item","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"left","fontSize":45,"opacity":1},{"label":"Item 3","x":33,"y":63,"w":43,"h":14,"rotation":-16,"placeholder":"Third item","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"textAlign":"left","fontSize":45,"opacity":1}],"howToMake":["The Patrick To Do List template is loaded with 3 text fields: one for each line on the paper","Type a different to-do item in each box. Works best with absurd tasks, escalating laziness, or brutally honest priorities","All 3 text boxes are pre-positioned and rotated to match the angle of Patrick's paper, with black Arial text (no outline)","Keep the handwritten look with small, clean text. Switch to a comic font if you want Patrick's list to feel even more chaotic","Patrick's to-do list is complete. Download as PNG or Copy it to share your agenda (or lack thereof)"],"exampleCaptions":["1. Nothing","2. Absolutely nothing","3. See items 1 and 2"],"exampleAltText":"Patrick Star holding a to-do list with three items: nothing, absolutely nothing, and see items 1 and 2","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-02-28","seo":{"aliases":["Patrick Star List","Patrick Writing Meme","Patrick Paper Meme","SpongeBob To Do List","Patrick Pencil Meme","Blank To Do List Meme"],"description":"A close-up from SpongeBob SquarePants showing Patrick Star's hands gripping a pencil and holding a sheet of paper marked \"To-Do List,\" completely blank. Only his hands are visible, no face or body, just the stubby pink fingers clutching the pencil with the determination of someone about to accomplish great things. He is not. The blank paper is your canvas for whatever Patrick absolutely should or should not be planning.","definition":"What happens when the least motivated character in Bikini Bottom picks up a pencil? Patrick Star's hands clutch a blank to-do list and a pencil, ready to accomplish absolutely nothing. Fill in the blanks with absurd, minimal, or brutally honest tasks.","useCases":[{"category":"Procrastination","examples":["1. Nothing","1. Think about being productive\n2. Take a nap\n3. Repeat","1. Open laptop\n2. Close laptop\n3. Open phone","To-Do: Absolutely everything\nDone: Absolutely nothing","1. Make a to-do list\n2. Lose the to-do list\n3. Pretend the tasks never existed","1. Start the assignment\n(the list ends here because Patrick fell asleep)"]},{"category":"Work & Productivity","examples":["1. Look busy\n2. Continue looking busy\n3. Leave at 5:01","To-Do:\n- Reply to that email from 3 weeks ago\n(still pending)","1. Attend meeting\n2. Forget everything discussed\n3. Ask coworker what happened","1. Update resume\n(written after every bad meeting)","Monday goals:\n1. Survive\n\nThat's the whole list.","1. Pretend to understand the assignment\n2. Google it later"]},{"category":"Fitness & Health","examples":["1. Go to the gym\n2. Walk past the gym\n3. Go home","Workout plan:\n1. Bench press\n2. That's it, arms are too tired to write more","1. Drink 8 glasses of water\n(currently on glass 0, it's 4pm)","1. Run a mile\n2. Run a bath instead","1. Eat healthy\n2. Eat whatever's closest\n3. Hate yourself\n4. Repeat"]},{"category":"School & Learning","examples":["Study plan:\n1. Open textbook\n2. Stare at textbook\n3. Close textbook\n4. Wing it","1. Write thesis\n2. Write a single sentence\n3. Reward self with 3-hour break","Homework:\n1. Math (skipped)\n2. English (skipped)\n3. Exist (barely)","1. Read 400 pages before the exam\n(it's tomorrow)","1. Pay attention in class\n2. Fail at step 1\n3. Watch the lecture recording at 2x speed","1. Start the project early this time\n(narrator: they did not start the project early)"]},{"category":"Relationships & Social","examples":["1. Text them back\n(drafted 47 versions, sent none)","1. Be normal around my crush\n2. Fail immediately\n3. Overthink it for 6 hours","Plans for the weekend:\n1. Say yes to plans\n2. Immediately regret saying yes\n3. Cancel day-of with a fake excuse","1. Go on a date\n2. Say something weird\n3. Replay it in my head for 3 years","1. Make new friends\n2. Realize making friends as an adult requires effort\n3. Stay home"]},{"category":"Daily Life & Adulting","examples":["1. Laundry\n2. Dishes\n3. Cry\n4. Repeat","Saturday to-do list:\n1. Everything I said I'd do this week\n(spoiler: nothing gets done Saturday either)","1. Call the dentist\n2. Think about calling the dentist\n3. Promise to call the dentist tomorrow\n(repeat for 8 months)","1. Grocery shop\n2. Buy only snacks\n3. Wonder why there's no real food at home","1. Be a functional adult\n(list abandoned due to difficulty)","1. Go to bed at a reasonable hour\n\n(written at 3am)"]},{"category":"Gaming","examples":["1. Finish the main quest\n2. Get distracted by side quest\n3. Forget main quest exists","Today's gaming plan:\n1. Play for 30 minutes\n(7 hours later)","1. Try the new game I bought\n2. Play the same game I've been playing for 4 years","1. Get good\n2. Get destroyed\n3. Blame lag","1. Touch grass\n\n(list was never completed)"]}]}}