Is anyone else's life ruled by post-it notes?

[Reverend_Smitty]

For whatever reason the only way I can keep my life organized is if I keep a short list of to-do things on post-it notes. Every school year I bought a planner and just *knew* that this year would be different and I would write things down in it...but inevitably 2 weeks later every assignment that I had to do was scribbled down on a post-it on my desk at home. I want one of those neat little PDAs but I know it is a waste of money for me because I know the novelty will fade and I'll be right back to the old standby.

I also write things on my hands until I can go home and write it down on a post-it. This gets tricky if I have to wash my hands so I will write it on my wrist if I know I won't be home for a while. It's a strange system but it seems to work for me.

[qnr]

1. Well, get a PDA, you can scribble notes on them, then get some sticky stuff

and stick your PDA on the monitor at home!

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. yeah but then there's glue involved

and that gets messy :P

[qnr]

3. Nah, that tacky, gummy blue stuff, or velcro! And if you get a color

PDA, you can use a yellow screen.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. Velcro! Yes! Genius!

I love that idea

[pokerfan]

7. Introducing the 'Hipster' PDA

http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/03/introducing-the-hipster-pda

Or do as I do. Just right everything down on a little notepad. Cross tasks off as you complete them.

[qnr]

10. Actually, I've owned some all-weather notebooks, they're great. n/t

[pokerfan]

11. And since I'm a guy, everything has to fit in my pockets

so I sprung for a space pen (it even writes upside down). And it fits into pants pockets without poking holes.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. You shoulda seen my desk

at the last newspaper I worked for. Looking at my monitor was like when it's cold and your defroster hasn't warmed up yet, so you wipe a little space on the windshield to look through.



So, yeah.

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. it is so satisfying to cross out an item on the list

or better yet crumple up that tiny piece of paper and throw it in the trash...there's such a sense of accomplishment there

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. List...?

Mine were for phone numbers and shit.



I kept 'em for years.



:freak:

[Reverend_Smitty]

9. I write down my to-do stuff on em...

phone numbers I keep in my cell...god help me if I lose my phone...I'd be screwed!

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. I didn't have much to-do stuff

It'd be kinda pointless at a newspaper. Every day you just sorta re-arrange the same old words. :shrug:

I had phone numbers coming out every orifice on my body, though — city hall, county offices, schools, cops, businesses, funeral homes, "important people"...

There also wasn't room for one more icon on my desktop, with all the documents and stuff I kept there for "easy access."