Planning Ahead
I'm truly a planner. I like to know where I'm going and what I'll be doing. I have a calendar that I keep by my desk and one for my purse. Everyday, I check my calendar to make sure I'm not forgetting anything. Frankly, I couldn't get along without my calendar.
What do I put on it? Everything. Whatever I'm going to do that day goes on the calendar from working on my budget to a book signing event.
Coming up next week, I need to write a post for the Stiletto Gang on Tuesday, put up Christmas decorations sometime during the week, and my critique group will be meeting on Wednesday. Saturday I'm heading up to the Willow Bridge Bookstore in Oakhurst to talk about e-publishing at 2 p.m.
The main reason I keep an up-to-date calendar (and yes, I already have one going for 2010) is so I don't double book an event. But it does help me to plan my day. If hubby and I are going to a movie, I put that down too.
Oh, and I do make lists every day too. I love crossing items I've completed off the list.
I don't know what this says about me, but I've always operated this way. I have two daughter who follow in my footsteps, and a daughter who accomplishes a lot without much planning, and a son who never plans.
And, confession time, I do forget things sometimes--especially what I meant to take to a book event and never got around to sticking it in with everything else--but I guarantee it would be much, much for forgetting with out my calendar and my lists.
Marilyn
http://fictionforyou.com
What do I put on it? Everything. Whatever I'm going to do that day goes on the calendar from working on my budget to a book signing event.
Coming up next week, I need to write a post for the Stiletto Gang on Tuesday, put up Christmas decorations sometime during the week, and my critique group will be meeting on Wednesday. Saturday I'm heading up to the Willow Bridge Bookstore in Oakhurst to talk about e-publishing at 2 p.m.
The main reason I keep an up-to-date calendar (and yes, I already have one going for 2010) is so I don't double book an event. But it does help me to plan my day. If hubby and I are going to a movie, I put that down too.
Oh, and I do make lists every day too. I love crossing items I've completed off the list.
I don't know what this says about me, but I've always operated this way. I have two daughter who follow in my footsteps, and a daughter who accomplishes a lot without much planning, and a son who never plans.
And, confession time, I do forget things sometimes--especially what I meant to take to a book event and never got around to sticking it in with everything else--but I guarantee it would be much, much for forgetting with out my calendar and my lists.
Marilyn
http://fictionforyou.com
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