Datebook Musings


At least twice a year, I buy a new datebook with the intention to be neater and more organized. 

Pristine, blank pages. A new start, yes. Clarity, not so much. A week's worth of notations might include:

  • A scrawled note to call my critique partner 
  • Two or three medical appointments (between myself and my husband) 
  • A notation with the updated name of my latest work-in-progress, along with dialogue notes: Did he know? I believe he did. His last words didn't make sense to me, but in the light of recent events, they become clear.
  • A list of possible birthday gifts for grandkids
  • Coffee with L on Saturday mornings, or conversely, no coffee with L
  • Meeting with my friend T
  • Lots of random check marks, circles, boxes, arrows
  • Notes to return emails
  • A shopping list and reminder to pick up prescriptions
  • Admonitions to file and clean and figure out dinner
Putting pen or pencil (whichever I can find) to paper brings me pleasure and helps me think, despite my attraction to chaos, and yeah, a bound datebook never goes down.

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