Being organised – what a joke
August 11th, 2009 | 
Author: I am chronically disorganised and make the excuse of having PBS (porridge brain syndrome) which I honestly dont think is really an excuse, I have a real problem remembering things since having had children. I used to be pretty organised and had a great memory, now I sometimes have to take a little think time to remember what my own name is =oP.
The area I struggle most in is keeping track of all my “to do’s”, I have tried lists, diaries, cell phone reminders, outlook calender, a family wall calender and my biggest problem is I forget to go back and check them, update them or I am out when something comes up and I dont have them with me to check or write in – and of course I lose the scrap of paper I scribbled on at the time so never carry it across to the ‘official’ organiser of the moment.
The idea of a diary is great but when you are juggling children, bags, parcels etc etc carrying a book around and “faint” actually having to take it out to read or write in is impossible. What i really need it a little recorder that I can just say the date and activity and it slots it into the correct place and reminds me for 3 days in advance of the event – that way I dont actually have to still go and write/type it in somewhere, orcheck it daily …. or maybe a walk beside me assistant lol – if only.
My other problem is the passage of time – it is just flying by, for some reason my week just starts and the next day (or so it seems) it is week-end again. By the time I find the list/diary/note I have misplaced 3 weeks have passed and all my notes are again void. (My losing thing in my own home is another story – as I said chronically disorganised).
So how do you do it??
anyway today a friend showed me this online family diary – lovely application have a look. I know it will not specifically work for me as I will still forget to update it, but maybe it will be of use to some of you more organised than me individuals Ü. What i really like is it is a family diary which can be used by all of you so you can keep track of each others comings and goings.
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I am practically joined at the hip with my cellphone. Whenever something comes up that needs doing, or any meeting needs to be scheduled it goes straight in there. I have the mush brain at the moment and I found out the hard way that my once stellar memory has gone for a bag of bird feed. If it’s not in the phone it doesn’t happen – finished.
Oh, and just in case my phone goes missing – I do back it up to my laptop once a week as well.