No, I’m not having an existential crisis.
I left my NOTEBOOK at OfficeMax.
When I realized what I’d done, there was a moment of panic.
My small notebook contains my life.
Everything is in this small notebook.
I keep a list of words I want to remember and use. Seriously, I’m not happy unless I can use tableaux or chits properly in a sentence.
I keep my to-do lists in here. Blog posts I want to write, along with notes.
I write down lists of things I need to purchase. I have next year’s homeschool curriculum planned for each kid in it.
I track my life in this notebook. A man I admired greatly once told me that what you measure, you can improve. So I write down every dollar I spend. I keep track of my grocery spending so I stay in budget.
I keep a gratitude journal in this small notebook. I write down things the kids do that make me smile.
If I have a problem, I brainstorm solutions in my notebook. I set goals and make plans on how to achieve them.
I take notes in it on books I’ve read, points I want to remember.
In an era of digital everything, I prefer the ease and simplicity of paper and pen. There’s just something sensual (and, for me at least, more meaningful) about writing things down.
I’ve been keeping a notebook like this for years, and it’s part of how I stay sane and organized in the midst of a busy family. When I use up all the pages, I start over. My notebook isn’t much to look at. The spiral is all bent out of shape and it has coffee stains on it, but it’s very important to me.
What about you? How do you organize your thoughts?
