I want to create an email list without creating a campaign

I want to create an email list without creating a campaign. Is this possible? The campaign screen is too complicated to navigate and I can’t seem to put a list together to send out.

You can use the Contact search criteria to build a list.
Once you build the list, you can select all and then use the ‘actions’ dropdown to apply a tag to the group. That will create your list.
You can then email them via Broadcasts.

Thanks,
Jeff