Checklists

Confession: I have a fetish for paper. For many things really, but for paper especially.

I have another fetish. It's for office supplies. My favorite shopping trips are the ones where I get to go buy new pens and notebooks, and paperclips that I never really ever use...

And I love folders. Even though I could get away with another year of using the folders I used last year, I love getting new folders. I've learned, however, that 25 cent folders hold papers just as well as 2 dollar folders. Curse of being married: you are constantly aware of how much money you are spending, or what you shouldn't be spending...

My office supply fetish this past week has been with Post-it notes. (Ok, so I've always been obsessed... ask Emily...) I just love being able to stick little notes everywhere and they are so bright and colorful! Who could resist that?

Another fetish: making lists.

I make a lot of lists. Mostly of things I need to do. A lot of them are homework related lately... Go figure. But here is my planner...




Last week it was far worse as far as lists go. I had half my finals due last week, and a big dinner to plan for all of the teams on in the Folk Dance club, so this week isn't half bad when I look at all the things I need to do... But doesn't it look so happy?! I think that the post-its have made me significantly less stressed than if I was looking at one black and white list with all the things I need to do before tomorrow. (if you look close, write a blog post is on one of the lists, so I can check that off!)

Sometimes, I will write things on lists that I already know I will not forget. Such as, today I knew we were going grocery shopping, but I wrote it down anyway so that I could have the satisfaction of checking it off later. When about half of the things on a list are crossed off, I inevitably have to create a new list, because I have more things than fit on that old one...

By this weekend, I will have everything checked off of that list! All my final work is due this week, I have one final during finals week, and that's PAC, so it doesn't count. Happy blank planner days are comin'!