Brain Dump
With the house renovations, and the toddler, and the Etsy shop, and just general life errands, I find that I am constantly trying to remember things and if I don't write them down (and quickly) then they are good as lost in my brain and I remember them again when it's too late. Meaning, I'll go to the grocery store and if I don't have a list I'll forget to buy several things I need, and then I have to go back to the store later or the next day, which drives me crazy.
To this end, I have been keeping a notebook next to the bed at night so I can write down all of the things that are running through my mind that I think of that I need to do for the next day or so. You read about people doing this or suggesting it when they are talking about organization or sleep, but I just don't want to forget stuff that needs to be done, causing myself to waste more time and energy. And it's working pretty well: I had some people over to visit yesterday afternoon and I made a list of all the things I needed to get done between the library program and the swim lesson and lunch before they got here, and because I had written it all down the night before, I made a quick plan and got 9 of the 10 things done. Not bad!
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Do you keep a brain-dump notebook?
To this end, I have been keeping a notebook next to the bed at night so I can write down all of the things that are running through my mind that I think of that I need to do for the next day or so. You read about people doing this or suggesting it when they are talking about organization or sleep, but I just don't want to forget stuff that needs to be done, causing myself to waste more time and energy. And it's working pretty well: I had some people over to visit yesterday afternoon and I made a list of all the things I needed to get done between the library program and the swim lesson and lunch before they got here, and because I had written it all down the night before, I made a quick plan and got 9 of the 10 things done. Not bad!
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| Some of last night's musings |
