Finally. After about only several years of trying to discover which method of organization would work for me in helping to bring calm to the chaos--where to place & record all of my note-taking, menu-planning, random thoughts of things to be done, upcoming events to prepare for, funnies out of my babes’ mouths~you get the picture--
I finally have found rest. A visual home journal.
Though started in the fall, I didn’t want to post until there was a strong conviction that it would actually work for me. See, I’ve tried a w-i-d-e variety of ‘helps’. It finally dawned on me that while my main mode is to be organized and to have a place for everything {not that it stays there always}, I did not enjoy a rigid system of organizing my days & weeks. Electronic or computerized helps? Nope, didn’t click with me. Making lists on paper was preferred, but where to put all of those pieces of paper & post-it notes?
We have a family calendar with wide spaces, enough for writing down appointments & places to be when. And I definitely have a way of keeping track of homeschool records & papers. Almost everything else now goes into the home journal~and what fun it has been!
This method first appealed to me because of another problem I faced~where to put the various magazine pages that found their way into a stash of ‘pictures that I love’. Now, I happily tear, cut & paste them into a notebook :: a notebook that holds my church to-do lists, my random doodles (or my children’s), home life to-do lists, cards to send, birthdays to plan, craft ideas, quotes I don’t want to forget…oh, just about whatever! For some this could seem too random & unorganized. I understand, but it’s simply how my mind works.
And, since I have a huge need to create on a regular basis, this organizational tool feeds that appetite when there is not time for other crafting or new-recipe-trying. Really, just tear & paste! Quick and simple.
