Most people probably have memories of being told to tidy up as a child, but I wonder how many of you thought of the best way to go about it? Well here are my suggestions for the best order to tidy a bedroom; although I admit it is a bit dated as it includes tidying tapes.
I love this entry because it says so much about me. I love a list, and obviously I’ve loved them for a very long time. I admit I do not did not have a reputation for being tidy so I suspect having developed this checklist I never used it.
You can read more of this diary entry in a previous post.
Cover of my 1989 diary
Kate Davis in summer 1989
I'm a working mum of two children, and I'm keen to make the most of what is important to me. This starts by capturing information whether it is a photograph or a task list. I love a process and try to find the most efficient method of doing things from organising photographs to planning a house renovation. I believe everything benefits from being simpler.
I was just thinking the other day that I have had to do lists for as long as I can remember, certainly from being a pre-teen (not a word/concept at the time!), so you and I definitely have list-loving in common 😉
You can’t beat a good list. As soon as I started a to feel a bit overwhelmed I write a list, and have different methods of dealing with the tasks on my list depending on my mood. I find it very reassuring that lists are such a long standing part of me
Love these snippets. Your diary was a lot more detailed than mine. When I looked back (around the same time as yours), it was a list of which boys I fancied – famous, and not. And what we’d done at music school or dancing.
My version of tidying up would have been – put everything in desk and shut up, put rest of stuff in wardrobe and close.
Thank you Emma, I’m enjoying looking back over my entries, I hope I will be motivated to keep going for some time. Don’t let these entries trick you there is a lot of mundane, almost everyday I write that I woke up and got dressed, generally followed by a list of the classes and my thoughts (usually boring) and who was mean to me. I’ve got up to an A4 page every day and I’ve picked out the most interesting bits (there are no more for another week)