Answer = yes, but not the Cavendish.
Ah, the colour pop. I knew it would get me in the end! I have moved back into the de Villiers after a brief foray into the teal Baroque! The Baroque looked as skinny as hell, even with the whole of 2015 WO2P in there and two lots of monthly planning pages, but that’s because they are mostly the Tomoe River paper versions and take up almost no space. It was more brick-like than either the compact Cavendish or the de Villiers, but then, I’ve not been out and about so much these days to realise it’s more brick-like. Anyway, after looking back through old posts, I realised I missed the de Villiers and shifted back into it yesterday (using one of the zipped wallets from Paperchase to hold a few random things).
As for planning... that’s just a disaster zone at the moment as some days I get up and feel (half) full of energy and can get on and do stuff and other days I crawl out of bed and can focus on almost nothing. I daren’t plan anything because I’m pretty sure it won’t get done and then I’ll be more stressed, but a wide-open diary with sod-all in it also freaks me out. I’ve been off for over three weeks and I can barely tell you what I have done in that time. I’ve done a bit of writing (book 6 is going to get renamed “Mr Blanding’s House” pretty damn soon!), a bit of reading, been trying to walk each day, been to counselling... but nothing like what was on my ‘plans for end of November to December’ lists. I’ll be doing well if anyone gets anything for Christmas to be honest. Mind you, we generally give Oxfam Present Aid gifts or Good Gifts anyway, so there’s no traipsing around shops to be done.
But, the red de Villiers colour pop is cheerful. Even if it is less of an ‘organiser’ and more of an ornament at the moment, at least it’s a very attractive ornament!
Oh poor you! But trust me, you're doing so well! The only thing that *should* be on that to-do list of yours is to rest and de-stress, and as long as you're doing that, you're succeeding!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Shadow Wolf. Why not use the diary as a log of what you have done each day, then rather than having a list of planned things you haven't achieved, you will see what you did actually do (even if it's just getting dressed or brushing your teeth!). I found I migrated to this when I was off work for six months with stress - I didn't realise how much I managed to do until I listed them. Sitting down each evening, or even the next day, and noting what I had done was quite cathartic. xx
ReplyDeleteOoh, that's a good idea. I'll try that... Thank you.
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