So I have to admit it I should be in a sticky note 12 Step program. I am confessing to you that I am a sticky note addict! Yes computers are great, contact management programs are helpful and necessary, calendars are good too, but I could not live without my yellow sticky notes. My sticky note of preference is the 3M yellow 2 7/8â€X2 7/8†square “Post-It’s.â€Â My world revolves around them. They are almost as important to me as food and water and have been for a number of years.
I organize my life with these beautiful yellow creatures and I have friends, relatives, coworkers past and present who will testify to that effect. I always have to have a pad close by. I’d be lost without them! Anything important that I need to remember, appointments, to do’s, sometimes as simple as “wash hair,†“clean litter box,†or “do laundryâ€, it all gets written down. At work it used to be “call so and so,†“contract musicians for session,†“call back the drummer and see if he’s solid,†“get string player referrals.â€Â Yes most of this was in my computer on ACT, but if it was really important it was also on a sticky attached to the side of my computer.
At home they are organized by the day in my kitchen. I write something down so I won’t forget it, then put it in the pile under the day it needs to get done. Every morning I look under that days sticky notes and I feel that much better. I have back up. My sticky notes act like my own personal assistant reminding me of what “really†needs to be accomplished that particular day. I have managed multi million dollar projects this way without dropping the ball. It’s quite humorous to my friends and co-workers, but it works for me. Did you ever see Lily Tomlin’s “in Search of Intelligent Life?â€Â There’s a scene with sticky notes and the woman is so obsessed with them that she has them posted all up and down her arms, well that’s me only I have them posted in my kitchen, on my computer, and on rare occasion on my desk chair so I remember to do something or call someone the second I return.
Today I have confessed. I have come clean with you about one of my little somethings that grows between the cracks. I endorse the use and utility of 3M yellow 2 7/8†X 2 7/8†Post-It’s. My life would be a mess without them and I don’t plan on giving them up anytime soon. This product can be found in most drug stores, stationary stores, grocery stores, and office supply stores. And I swear to you 3M did not pay me to write this, although I would be an amazing spokeswomen for them if somehow by some chance, they read this post.
