Today I want to talk about a subject very close to my heart, I'll start from the beginning....
My name's Minx and I'm a list maker, I've been a list maker for as long as I can remember, possibly I was making lists in my pram & hiding them behind my teddy! Seriously though, I see a lot of YouTube advice about how to pick the prettiest planner & how to get the nicest paperclips & post its, but in all these videos helping you to get more organised there seems to be very little emphasis on ACTUALLY DOING WHAT'S ON THE LIST!
Perhaps it's just me, but I write a list of to do's in my diary (day to a page) and strike them off as I get them done. If it's a busy day, I will put time slots beside them. I also have lists of things I need to buy on torn up bits of recycled paper in my purse (not the prettiest, but they do the job & I like to think they also help save the environment too). I must admit they do not add to a minimalist sense of order around the place BUT they do get the job done (and then you have the minimalist satisfaction of throwing them away). Watching some of the videos I get the distinct impression that the planning is an end in itself! From my perspective, there are few things more stress reducing than knowing what you have to do at any given time & (even better) knowing that you have done it at the end of the day.
While I admit that in the ideal world we would all write our lists in elegant tooled leather notebooks with beautiful fountain pens, the reality is that scribbling ideas on a crowded bus is probably best done on a smaller scale and that although it's lovely to write all these lists & plans, don't forget that on this occasion, it's the bottom line that really counts.
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