control

when i interviewed at the job i have now, someone asked me how i stayed on top of things while in college. i answered honestly: my day planner. i carried that thing EVERYWHERE and it helped immensely.

it had to be one that got my attention; i went through a lot of gary larsen's far side cartoon calendars, because they were fun and i'd remember to check them. but i also had my fair share of fun notebooks, each page dated and scribbled all over.

since i got out of college and haven't had to schlep around a backpack, and my purse is smaller, i stopped carrying one. my life has become overrun because i never know where i'm going or when i have to be there. dan got me my darby conley's get fuzzy cartoon dayplanner and i still have had issues remembering to use it, or take it with me.

however over the past few days i've been trying VERY HARD to remember to bring it with me. it's been difficult, i will admit that, but my current purse is making it easier because it's large and the dayplanner fits in it.

so that's what i'm doing now--rescheduling an appointment, making notes. it's nice to go back later and see what i had going on at that time, why it seemed so busy, when something happened. it gives me back something that i haven't felt i had for a long time, and something i usually maintain that i don't want to have: control.