Ava told me about her To Do lists. She said she loves finding colorful, funky pads of paper to use for her lists. She starts making wonderful lists and then can't stick with her new system. The result is lots of paper with more To Do's than Done!
A creative person who uses her artistic talents in her business life, Ava likes the structure of lists but gets bored with the process. She gets aggravated at herself for not staying with one system or plan.
Since Ava's need for visual stimulation is high, I encouraged her to continue to find ways to work with her marvelous creative talent. By changing up her organizing tools such as To Do lists she will keep them fresher and more interesting to her. With her interest in photography and design, she may be motivated to design her own line.
What if yellow pads had lines down the center?
What if steno pads came in pink polka dots?
What if typical school notebook paper had bubbles or circles instead of light blue lines?
What if paper was a parallelogram instead of rectangle in shape?
What would make your pencil and paper work more fun? I would like to hear your ideas.
What would make my pencil and paper work more fun? Good question! I hate my 'to-do' lists and 'to-do' piles!! They should be renamed 'to-ever-put-off-and-haunt-you' lists! I tried putting my to-do's in my favorite computer program, so it would be easier to copy and paste the things that I didn't get done, onto the next day's plans, and the next, and the next. I even gave myself little bright yellow smiley faces instead of check marks when I accomplished each little task, and that helped; but... my 'put-off-forever' tasks remained largely ignored. Maybe, if I tape up a large green sheet of construction paper behind my monitor and write those 'someday' chores on little pink sticky notes shaped like flowers, I couldn't ignore them any longer. I could pick a flower from my paper garden, regularly, so these tasks do not become like weeds in my soul.
Posted by: Brenda | July 02, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Could the To Do list be renamed Opportunities or Possibilities for Progress?
Posted by: Ellen Hankes | July 03, 2008 at 10:36 AM