My longtime fascination with Holsteins (Chicago girl that I am) makes Remember the Milk attractive! I ran into Stef @ Legislative Day and she asked if I was a list maker. I said "YES!" and she told me how much I would enjoy this week's exercises! Poor thing. She didn't realize that I am a NARRATIVE list maker! So sorry! I really messed up the Sandbox. This was what I sent:
Elizabeth M. Timmins
T.I.T.F.D.O.T.R.O.Y.L.
game plan for the weekend to include birthday celebration of Mark's birthday & do pick up of camera for Charley; begin Valentines; decide dessert to prepare for Sue G's birthday Monday; Fat Tuesday; Ash Wednesday; C coming up to stay weekend mid-Feb?
_Board Reports_--already did agenda and director's report. Need to work on financial spreadsheet(new Excel spreadsheet and 2008 budget numbers)/when paying bills there are several projects interfiled most notably children's station/ and activities report (have already updated this report for 2008.) Need to type up remarks from yesterday. More publicity for visiting author is in order. Need to have license signed by FMPL members for 3.17 event. write Times-Press article for next week topic: ? prepare story times for next week theme: ?
_Time Permitting_--Correspondence folder--work; correspondence folder--home. Follow-ups: Dec 11 (gathering of contacts and ideas imperative) leads into follow-ups: January 22. I had a homework assignment from HOTH, also.
This is how I operate! This is what my note looks like that I write myself over breakfast each day! So I am thinking that Remember the Milk will not be effective for me.
I do love getting my thoughts down because it does organize my thinking--like Stef said in her opening remarks, there are ways to get the stuff down so it is not moving around in your brain (& weighing you down, I say). Sometimes for me, getting the to do list written down is a huge accomplishment in itself! I am a paper and pen woman though! I had the opportunity to have a Palm Pilot a few years ago--and I just couldn't adopt it.
I was smiling about Jot because when I was a teacher I used to carry around a tape recorder with me and say tasks to myself and then scribe them later. Now, I very frequently will call my own voice mail and leave myself a message. I also still fully believe in the power of Post-it notes. I use the paper ones and the electronic ones on my Desktop. So I have measures in place and though they be low-tech they are still working very successfully for me. At the age of 42, I really feel like I am living on a cusp between new and old. I am giving myself permission to reject some innovations and adopt others. Project Play is giving me the opportunity to do just that--thank you! :)
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