[Amargith]

Originally Posted by FireyPheonix

Try to make a point of doing at least one "have to do" thing each day. It's hard for me though. I consider myself lucky managing to get to work on time, I'm extra specially proud, if I make and take a cut lunch as well. One day of the week has to be free completely though from planned activities.

I recognize that! But I end up focussing so much on that one thing I need to do, which causes me to be inefficient with my time and not accomplish anything else. The one day a week free from planned activities is a good one though, I think I'll implement that.

Originally Posted by Siegfried

That'd be like the re-energising day for the week to look forward to that sounds like a good idea.

yup

Originally Posted by BerberElla

I have a white board planner that's huge and hard to miss lol, plus 2 smaller ones, the large one is above my pc and one is on my hallway wall and one is in my bedroom, and I back up all my "to do" stuff on my pc so that an alarm goes off to remind me what needs to be done and when.

I am really really forgetful and disorganised when I am not using them, I find that when I keep on top of updating them all then my life moves along a whole lot eaiser, the only thing is keeping on top of the planning gets exhausting after awhile and then I let it slip and it all goes back to pieces

I even have to do lists for the kids, but again I can only manage it for a bit before I crack and feel mental exhaustion and get to a stage of being barely able to focus.

I have menu's created for each week in a month, so that I know what needs to be cooked, plus shopping lists to match each weeks menu.

Like I said, if I keep on top of it, it really works, it's just not the most natural state for me to be in, hence the crackery part.

Wow, that sounds so tiring..how do you keep that up? But I get why you do it. I'm no mom, so I don't have that obligation, but with kids, you need order otherwise (so I'm told), you go nuts. The menu-planning thing is interesting to me..but I like to try out new recipes, so I'd have to somehow adapt that in there. But that would be a great improvement to our health as well, to plan that. Coz the reason we sometimes eat unhealthy is coz we just..well forgot about dinner *grin*

Originally Posted by runvardh

Next cellphone I'm getting will have a nice calendar feature so that I don't have to worry about carrying the extra book thing around which I always end up forgetting. I at least remember to take my cellphone everywhere.

Yeah...my cellphone is a problem. People know that mailing me is safer than texting or calling me.

Anyone have any experience with getting like a filofax? Could that work? I used to have one that was a wallet as well and well..then at least you do take it with you everywhere. It was 10 years ago though and I was even more rebelling against organization then than now, so I ended up forgetting to look in it or write stuff down in it.


Right now, I rely somewhat on calendars for far in the future social events, and other than that on that stomach feeling FemmeUrbane was describing *grin*