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The week in review
Sep. 25th, 2021 07:49 am1. My 2022 Kokuyo Jibun Techo Biz Diary has arrived!
Yes, this is a planner. For 2022. That I have been stroking daily and adorning with stickers and washi tape and setting up already and brainstorming how to use every bit of its functionality. In my defense, I can start using it in December. Is that an adequate defense? LOL
I can already tell that the monthly calendar pages have squares that are a little too small, and I think that next time I want to try the daily version of this planner rather than the weekly. But on the whole, I am pleased. It's got Gantt charts for every month! I don't have to draw my medicine tracker by hand anymore. It has built in weather trackers and mood trackers. I'm going to use this two-page spread at the beginning that lists all the months across the two pages with the days going down vertically to list one gratitude for each day. It's got all these list pages that I can repurpose; I've put washi tape over the titles, and now they can be anything I want. So far I've got goals for 2022 and my prayer list and my pen test page in the back.
I am wanting to use this more as a journal/record to keep than the way I typically use a planner which is to cross the hell out of to-dos and throw it away when I'm done, so I might get a cheap or free calendar with bigger squares that I can put tasks on if these squares prove too inadequate to list all the stuff I need to list.
2. Emma slipped and fell on her phone and cracked the screen. Now that it is all over (as of yesterday), I can report that it was a nail biter getting her replacement phone to her because I could see that it had been delivered to her dorm, but she wasn't getting the damn phone. Why not? My name was on the package despite us entering her name online and me specifically calling them to confirm that the package had been addressed to her. All is well that ends well, but I have expended a great deal of angst over this situation.
3. A dear real life friend lost her father this week, and I went to the funeral on Thursday. It was outside in a beautiful cemetary, and we could not have ordered better weather from a menu. It was sunny but cool, and everything was green and flowering. I ended up with a sunburn, my chest bright red except for a ring of white where my pearls circled my neck. Her dad had been a tank commander in the National Guard and a volunteer firefigher and an EMT, so an honor guard did the flag hand off and the bell ringing and the fire truck did a last sign off (or call in; I'm not exactly sure what to call it) for her dad that was very moving. It felt very celebratory of a life well lived in service to others and a fitting tribute.
4. And now for the obligatory comment about my health. ( sorta long )
So, keep those candles lit, y'all, and let's see if we can get some real answers about what's going on with me soon.
Yes, this is a planner. For 2022. That I have been stroking daily and adorning with stickers and washi tape and setting up already and brainstorming how to use every bit of its functionality. In my defense, I can start using it in December. Is that an adequate defense? LOL
I can already tell that the monthly calendar pages have squares that are a little too small, and I think that next time I want to try the daily version of this planner rather than the weekly. But on the whole, I am pleased. It's got Gantt charts for every month! I don't have to draw my medicine tracker by hand anymore. It has built in weather trackers and mood trackers. I'm going to use this two-page spread at the beginning that lists all the months across the two pages with the days going down vertically to list one gratitude for each day. It's got all these list pages that I can repurpose; I've put washi tape over the titles, and now they can be anything I want. So far I've got goals for 2022 and my prayer list and my pen test page in the back.
I am wanting to use this more as a journal/record to keep than the way I typically use a planner which is to cross the hell out of to-dos and throw it away when I'm done, so I might get a cheap or free calendar with bigger squares that I can put tasks on if these squares prove too inadequate to list all the stuff I need to list.
2. Emma slipped and fell on her phone and cracked the screen. Now that it is all over (as of yesterday), I can report that it was a nail biter getting her replacement phone to her because I could see that it had been delivered to her dorm, but she wasn't getting the damn phone. Why not? My name was on the package despite us entering her name online and me specifically calling them to confirm that the package had been addressed to her. All is well that ends well, but I have expended a great deal of angst over this situation.
3. A dear real life friend lost her father this week, and I went to the funeral on Thursday. It was outside in a beautiful cemetary, and we could not have ordered better weather from a menu. It was sunny but cool, and everything was green and flowering. I ended up with a sunburn, my chest bright red except for a ring of white where my pearls circled my neck. Her dad had been a tank commander in the National Guard and a volunteer firefigher and an EMT, so an honor guard did the flag hand off and the bell ringing and the fire truck did a last sign off (or call in; I'm not exactly sure what to call it) for her dad that was very moving. It felt very celebratory of a life well lived in service to others and a fitting tribute.
4. And now for the obligatory comment about my health. ( sorta long )
So, keep those candles lit, y'all, and let's see if we can get some real answers about what's going on with me soon.
