Take a moment to plan your day!

Nothing is as stressful as forgetting my diary. I just don’t like the constant feeling of ‘didn’t I forget something?’. Since I am not organized as a person (there are always a bazillion things going on in my head and I have the feeling that I can’t keep up with everything that has to be done), I have to put everything on paper because otherwise I will not remember what to do. Or stress out completely because I am scared of everything that will happen if I do forget something. When I do, you don’t want to be near me by the way. My boyfriend just walks away as soon as I start to stress out because it is horrible and nothing helps except making lists in my head of consequences and solutions. As long as they are not found I will just ramble ahead and make everybody completely crazy.

As much as not being in control of what has to be done stresses me out, having everything done and knowing exactly what has to be done soon really calms me down. I would almost say the feeling of having everything done and structured works as a drug to me and keeps me going. Also I really believe that you work at least thrice as hard when you know what has to be done and in how much time you can complete it. When you can estimate how long it will take your goal becomes easier to achieve, because it becomes something doable and something you can look forward to. Although it may not always seem like all the work gets done, there is always that moment when it is done. Or you haven’t done it and it is not a problem anymore. Even the longest assignments or the worst days end, and as long as you can see that and look forward to it, everything becomes bearable.

My diary may not look so organized but everything is in there! For me it is structured, but to others it all is just a big mess. This is logical; everybody thinks in a different format, links certain things to each other and everybody has his own way of writing things down. I'd actually prefer two diaries, one where I put everything down as soon as somebody tells me something that has to be done, and another one where I can structure it on order or on importance, and write it down smaller and more neat. Maybe I'll ask an extra diary for my birthday, now that I have put it down it actually sounds fairly smart and handy.

 

 

When waking up and lying in bed, take a moment to play your day! It works really calming when you've got everything in control and know that you will be able to handle it. At least, for me ;)