Tuesday’s Tip: Write it down!

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I woke up this morning ready to post the most helpful tip today then I realized that I had no idea what it was.  You see, yesterday, while I was cooking in my kitchen, I planned the entire post out, worked on the wording and was really excited about it.  Today, I cannot even recollect the topic of the tip.  Seriously.  So….

Today’s tip is “write it down,” and it works in so many ways.

Think about it:

• Grocery Lists – Shopping trips are so much simpler when you have a list in hand and you actually follow it!
• Menu Plans – here’s a download that might help.
• Blog Posts – clearly, I need to put my ideas on paper!
• To-Do Lists – How many times have I run errands all day only to get home and realize I forgot the most important one?
• Party Planning- I love to make guest lists, menus, plans.
• Sermon Notes – When I was younger and didn’t have kids in my lap during church services, I would keep a journal and make sermon notes.  There are some sermons that were so wonderful I refer to them still and love that I have the notes to go back to….it I didn’t, I probably would have forgotten the sermons long ago.
• Cleaning Lists – This is something I haven’t done but have been wanting to do….in hopes of having some sort of cleaning schedule around here.
• Gift Lists – So helpful around the holidays (or when you’re planning an upcoming trip and want to bring back presents for some pretty special people)…it’s awful to realize you’ve forgotten someone you love!
• Packing Lists – the best way to avoid forgetting your toothbrush.
• Memories – I thought I would never forget certain things that my kids have done or said…should have written them down!

You might have guessed by now that I love lists.  You can find them all over my house.  I’m not actually organized enough to follow all of them (or remember where I put them), but often just the simple act of writing something down cements it in my mind.  Putting a pen to paper also gets my ideas going.

What about you?  What lists do you like to make?