Getting organised part deux

I decided to take some time to get organised and at the same time get crafty. I had already created a project planner in Word, based on an organiser that Maia told me about. Now I needed to put the printed sheets in a folder or something so I got out my trusty "Bind-it-all" and some card, and made a quick book. I only punched six holes to hold it together rather than use a full-length spiral, and I printed out 3 months' worth of sheets.  I used my Décopatch glue and some vintage-style scrapbook papers to decorate the cover. The result looks like this:

 

And on the inside it looks like this:

The way it works is this: the top two-thirds of the page has columns which are my to-do lists for various projects or tasks that I have to keep on top of. At the bottom of the page there are 6 boxes for the days of the week (only one for the weekend) so I can write things to do on a particular day. It also has 8 circles to cross off to keep track of my fluid intake. Well, it works for me... I also put everything in my iPhone so that it actually beeps at me to remind me, because I still have a tendency to forget things that aren't right in front of me. On that front, things are definitely much better now than they were after my SAH, but as my surgeon and psychologist said, improvements can take 2 years, so at least I'm on track. 

So: the way I'm supposed to be using the planner - listening to the fatigue management OT- is to see what I've got in the way of obligations, such as doctors' appointments and meetings, and then make sure that I build in rest times or rest days in between. It's not always as straightforward as it sounds because life has a way of getting in the way (smile), but at least with the planner I've got the means to do this. And I'm really, really trying to use it properly!!

Right, well I know it's not Tuesday, but Claire and I saw a video by Lemar on tv earlier on and it got us thinking about some of his old songs. This one I particularly like, so I'm sharing it with you. I love the Gospel Choir backing vocals. Enjoy.