Write It Down!!!

New Calendar..New Brains!

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Hello all Thrifties!

I am so glad you stopped by today. As you can see from the title we are going to talk about writing things down. Oh, I know, you know to do that but a lot of the time our well meaning intentions get sidetracked.

We either do really write it down but we can't find it or we wrote it down and it ended up in the trash because it was written on the back of an envelope or an old grocery list. Lol. But I believe I've found a key to this dilemma.

You may want to call it a daytimer although that name went out in the early 2000s. Today it's a month by month calendar. It not only has the entire month on one page but it has multiple pages following each month with space to write your notes day by day. Now I know everybody knows the value of having a calendar but a lot of the time we don't get full use out of it.

Just like when we write our information on the back of things instead of in one central place. For a long time I have called my calendar... my brains. Years ago I started following Flylady. She is a wonderful creative person whose house was a clutter disaster and in nine months time she went through the entire house decluttering, organizing and she set up a plan to keep it maintained. She offered a daytimer, calendar, maintenance zippered notebook. Listen it was the best thing I ever gave myself.

She taught me how to use my calendar to the utmost. She showed how you could keep everything in this notebook and at a moments notice you could produce miracles with your time. I have since gravitated to a more decorative calendar notebook but I still use the principles she developed.

We only have so much time everyday to get everything done. So if we don't manage our time it flies out the window and at the end of the day we are no better off than we were the day before. As women we are responsible for so much and so many things it can be overwhelming.

You may not be a list person if so my hat is off to you. I need a visual reminder of what my day consists of. I need to be able to see if I can figure out a plan to do it. Here's the rule over at our house. If it's not on today's list it probably ain't gonna happen. But if it is there I can usually work it in.

With school fixing to start for so many we will really need that control center set up so we can keep up. Even if you don't have anyone going back to school it would still be a good thing to get yourself together. Just think about the time you went to an appointment and they scheduled your next appointment. They gave you a card but the next thing you know you don't have a clue where that card is. So you have to call them back to find out or you totally forget and miss the appointment. Here's the truth it won't matter how many calendars, daytimer's or post it notes you have, if you don't use them they can't help.

I'll guarantee you one thing if you ever get started using your calendar and keep it up you will begin to feel like it is your brains too. Lol. So let's get ourselves all together in one place so we can keep up with it everything. Now you might be thinking this has nothing to do with being thrifty but the time, money and energy you will save are too much to be counted.

Have a blessed week and remember to stay thrifty!