Naked. 6AM. Standing in the shower - I start thinking
about work. Whyyyy?
Why do I start remembering all the things I need to do at work while I’m
naked? At the office that day I
mentioned this to my co-worker and said, “There’s something just not right if I’m
reminded of a co-worker in the shower.”
Her response, “Especially if they aren’t ‘bangable’ !”
What I discovered was that:
- When I was at home, I found myself thinking about things I needed to do at work.
- When I was at work, I found myself thinking about things I needed to do at home.
Whether I was at home or work, I would think of things I needed to pick
up at the store and by the time I got there, I couldn’t remember what I needed. And while we can all attest to that at times,
I found it to be happening far too regularly.
In knew I needed to find a way to organize things to better manage this.
One day at my local Dollar Store, I found a nifty little journal that
had multiple dividers.
When I opened it
up, I discovered that the dividers were actually plastic sleeves with pockets. Cool! I
immediately had an idea.
I decided to label each tab:
HOME, WORK, ERRANDS. Then I
committed to keeping this journal in my purse, this way no matter where I was I would always have it.
- If I was at work and thought of something for home, I wrote it down in the home tab
- If I was at home and thought of something for work, I wrote it down in the work tab
- The errands tab is self explanatory
- The plastic sleeve with pockets came in very handy to hold any type of receipt:
- The ERRANDS sleeve safely held gift or store receipts
- The WORK sleeve safely held payslips or drug plan receipts
- The HOME sleeve held gas slips to put with my income tax papers at home
Nothing got lost within my purse now.
This practice worked well for me
and I wanted to share this with others, so I decided to make some to give to
Anita, Tracey and Jody at the next Cross-Stitch meeting. And now I want to share it with you too.
Since the journal is actually protected with an additional plastic cover, this holds up well in my rough and tumble purse. But I also had an idea to personalize the journals for Anita, Jody and Tracey. I knew I wouldn't have time to cross stitch a little token, so I just searched for an image of a cross stitch to place on the outside cover to hide the 'Journal, 180 pages etc'.
I came across this design and I loved it. I had just watched "Saving Mr. Banks", the new Disney movie - the story of the making of Mary Poppins. (One day I hope to actually stitch this project.) When everyone received their journals, at first they thought I actually did stitch the piece that was on the front cover.
What I liked about the "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" was that it seems like a scrambled up word, but now it is made to look pretty and tidy.
Fitting because this is my goal; to take the scrambled up mess from my head and tidy it up! For some reason though... I'm craving a spoonful of sugar.
So - let's get - and STAY organized!! I hope that this little tip helps you too. I'm especially happy to hear ideas from you too and any organizing tips you would like to share.
Bonnie
