Getting Ready For 2007
So, thinking about my “Things I’d like to do in 2007,” I decided to get a head start.
I took the To Do lists — daily, 2x a week, weekly, biweekly, monthly, quarterly, 2x a year, annually, etc. — and assigned the items dates or days of the weeks. I put them all into my Palm Z22; the to do program has a repeating functionality which allowed me to do all sorts of neat things. I am giving myself permission to go ahead and check things off even if I don’t complete things, accepting they’re there for reminders, not punishment.
However, after a few days of doing the daily things on my list, I had an “Ah-ha!” moment. It suddenly occurred to me that even if you start with a big mess, if you do a little every day and maintain the clean part every day, eventually it’ll all be done and the clean section will be easy to maintain. Right now, my kitchen is so easy to keep clean. I just have to keep following the daily maintenance and not let it slide back into chaos. It’s easy if you break things up into manageable pieces.
- Using the Now Reading Wordpress Plugin I already had installed, I created two pages and linked to them in my sidebar on the right — N’s To Be Read Book List and N’s Finished Books List. I haven’t figured out how to only do a 2007 Finished Books List using the plugin yet, but this is a good start, I think. It’ll be a good way to keep track. The TBR list lists the books I’ve currently started and the books I’ve bought and are in the wings waiting to be read. I expect that list to get longer when I sort through my books to put them in some sort of actual order in a few weeks.
Here’s an interesting question: Where do you keep your TBR books? Do you keep them where they will end up or in a pile somewhere separate? Is there a special place for books that haven’t been read yet in your house or do they mingle with the books you’ve already finished?
- I actually knitted 5½ rows on my scarf! It’s hard to decide whether to read or knit. Has anyone figured out how to do both? – and no, I don’t want to “listen” to books.
Tags: Thursday Thirteen, knitting, reading, books, housecleaning
