Friday 30 June 2017

Falling off the planner precipice

So, I had been teetering near the edge for a while before it happened.  Each week I got a little closer until the day I fell and it all went wrong.  Let me start at the beginning....

I have been having a lot of work done on my house which meant people coming and going, mess and inconvenience.  I packed away my planning supplies, washi tape, stamps and stickers because I didn't have enough time or space to use them while the repairs went on and I left myself with just my planner and pencil case to use daily for a month or so.  

Planner and pen

In the beginning I wrote my notes, reminders and to do lists in pen or pencil, then I moved on to typing them into the calendar on my phone and iPad instead and then I made my terrible mistake.... I told myself "I will remember that".  Of course I didn't.  

This led to my spectacular failure, I went to visit my mum for her birthday with my children, presents, balloons and a cake on the wrong day!  Oh the shame!  Thankfully I was a day early and not late but I still felt terrible.  Trying to juggle everything in my head instead of setting things out clearly on paper was a massive error on my part and one I don't want to repeat again!  Last weekend I liberated my stationery and planned my week ahead meticulously, I also added an extra sprinkling of washi and stickers to cheer me up after my faux pas. 

The work on my house isn't finished yet but I am going to keep using my planner properly from now on.  I now know my brain can't be trusted to organise five people's lives without some extra help!

I guess you can't really call it a planner fail if you weren't using your planner in the first place so we'll just call it a blip and move forward instead! 


6 comments:

  1. We have all been there! I haven't been using my work planner only for it to bite me in the rear, so last night I worked on new work trackers just so it doesn't happen again.

    Maybe it's just something we all do in the summer?!

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    1. Thanks for making me feel better about it Mary! I am glad I'm not alone. I do tend to plan less in the summer because when the school holidays start I have a lot less to do and to remember but I think I went into holiday mode too early this year!

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  2. O, this so me! If I do not use my planner, I will not get anything done! I need to put things on paper and organize it.
    Thank you for sharing!

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  3. Thank you so much for reminding me of this. I am in a phase(?) where I am not using my planner well and am running around all day (getting none of the important stuff done). I agree that we all fall into this sometimes, but really I don't like the mental chaos that ensues :) :) :)

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    1. Me either Carolyn, I should never have stopped putting pen to paper and making plans!

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