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Organization

06Jan09

My new favorite song, Hilary Duff’s “Reach Out” (which samples Marilyn Manson’s cover of “Personal Jesus”):

That’s not what I wanted to talk about, but it’s making me groove like mad.

Last year I started out with a good plan for organization. I bought the right tools, I was using the stuff for school, it was perfect. What I didn’t count on interfering with that plan was Addmyartjournal and Carmine Magazine. I made the mistake of not writing my schedule for those things in my planners and they ended up being put in a drawer for most of the year. I started using the weekly planner, out of desperation for organization, in November when I started posting with Carmine hardcore again. It was a really good move.

I’ve been using the hell out of my weekly Moleskine planner so far this year, sure it’s only a week in, but it really will make my life much easier this year. I took a picture of all the Moleskine notebooks I have in my possession yesterday (with the exception of my 2008 daily planner because I forgot about it completely). It made me realize a few things. One, I have a problem sticking with things and two I need to be more organized. I completely forgot about some of these books and a lot of the drawings in them. That’s sad (and an expensive habit).

Yesterday I read through the entries I did make in my 2008 daily Moleskine (around April or May). It made me really sad that I hadn’t picked up a daily one for this year. I needed a bigger one last year which is one of the reasons I didn’t end up sticking with it. So I bought one on Amazon last night. A lot of people have been saying they’re getting messages from places saying they’re sold out after they order them, so I’m not sure if I’ll end up getting it. :/ I also picked up a large, lined, hardcover moleskine notebook from the bookstore today. I hate their new soft cover books. I far prefer the hard covers. I’ve started writing out article drafts in it for Carmine Magazine. Oh My God. It has already helped so much to be able to have one specific, well made, place to handwrite this stuff. I’ve also almost finished rewriting the new interview questions that I’ve been trying to work on for the last few weeks.

It feels really good to be productive. I’m going to have to keep it up in order to keep Carmine running and I have every intention of doing that for as long as I possibly can. I really hope the daily planner comes. It was so nice to read back on the days from last year and remember things I had completely forgotten. I want to be able to do that with a whole year. Blogging is nice, but I’m too censored about things sometimes, and sometimes mundane things are nice to remember.

My pens, sticky notes, etc supplies:

(Clay)

(Scrapbook Sticky Journal Stax, LOVE these)

(Inner cover, yes that’s Gala Darling. My inner cover of the Weekly Moleskine has inspirational people and pictures.)