Slowly I am working through my lists.
Shopping Lists,
Gift Lists,
Jobs List,
Special Events Lists
and a
Holiday list, which is slowly growing to epic proportions.
Lists are very much a part of my life as I have a memory like a sieve. Fortunately for me, I’m pretty sure it is not age related, as I have been like this for as long as I can remember.
Struggling through school and facing exams was a nightmare (give me an assignment any day), remembering those odd jobs people ask me to do without noting them down, can make me appear rude. So too can invitations that don’t come into my inbox or on pretty bits of paper.
The start of a new year sees me writing up all the birthdays and anniversaries onto a calendar that is placed in a prominent position. All sorts of things get added over the year and this helps me no end, when I have to write-up a Christmas Newsletter to post out to friends and family overseas. A job I have completed this week – Yay.
My phone also has the ability to remind me of various occasions and keep notes. My problem being, that I forget to use it to its full potential, being completely bamboozled over Cloud technology and worry I will lose my precious electronic gadget.
Then I have my fridge which becomes a magnetic pin board, with notes stuck to every bit of available space allowing me to triple check my schedules.
To many, this ritual and routine would be over the top, silly and unnecessary, yet to me it is a lifeline. We all have our own way of doing things and as we master this journey called life, we need to use every tool available to us. It has held me in good stead for so many years, that while I can embrace change it is often so much easier to stick with what I know.
While Santa has a ‘Naughty and Nice’ list, mine is a much more practical. A good old-fashioned, notebook and pen, which suits me just fine at the moment, but I feel a change is in the air. I have added an iPad to my Christmas wish list. Perhaps if I have been a very good girl it could change my life, clear my fridge, do away with notes stacked upon notes, clear my calendar and become an ‘iBuddy’, whispering all those reminders into my ears.
As all of you negotiate your lists, wether they are mental or physical, remember to set aside some personal time for yourself. Sending off my Christmas Cards and Newsletter was a major achievement this week, so I rewarded myself with a cafe bought coffee and a read of magazine. It was very enjoyable after all that writing, typing, licking and sticking, just before before fixing a stamp to all that Snail-Mail.
Look after yourselves in the lead up to Christmas 2012.
You are worth it.
I’m like you Sandie, I’d rather have an assignment any day, rather than sit an exam! I too have a bad memory, (ask Sonia! Lol) so I too like to write lists, When I remember to! Lol
Hooray. Someone to join me in ‘The Sieve Brain Club’.
Lists are a great help poet angel but you need to look at them! Calendars too:) Its the ongoing running commentary in my head that drives me wild- I feel like the white rabbit in Alice always dashing to catch up. Anyway Sandie you appear a serenely graceful swan on the surface:
Me, a serene graceful swan? Lolol. Appearances can be so deceiving.
It is only thanks to those lists and my fear of forgetting, that keeps me organized. Everything has a place, then I know where to find it. That’s what made becoming a librarian so easy and spelling so hard, with grammar not far behind.
I love my smart phone! I couldn’t survive without it and wonder how I remembered stuff before. I have been known to send myself an email to remind me of things I have to do. My brain is not just a sieve, but also a wall.
The sad thing is, a smart phone is so smart it make me lazy and even more forgetful. I love it all the same -Just need to remember to add things like a change of address and phone numbers, to keep it updated. You’d think it would be smart enough to do it automatically!
I have a sneaking suspicion that those little white patches on my brain scan are pictures of memory fog! ‘Put it down to age,’ he said. My problem is that I have notes all over the house. Now, where did I put that Christmas ideas list…?
Your list is probably hanging out with mine, having breakfast somewhere nice.
If memory fog leaves little white patches in our brains I think I am in trouble – Mine are likely to be large blotches.
Hey, we could really confuse things and track down our bacon and egg eating lists. Could be interesting if we took each others list home. It could be a whole new story and a bit of a shock for our families. lol
Hey all, Forget the lists and just blow bubbles! All your worries will disappear, I guarantee it! lol
Lol, Poet Angel. Now we all know how to keep you happy and it’s not going to cost us a fortune.