Plan Ahead
I'm sharing this tip because I never seem to be as ahead of the game as I think I am. Just this week, for example, someone asked me how old my daughter was. Thinking about it, I realized her 9 month birthday is a few days away. Hmm, I wonder when her 9 month check up is scheduled? I look on my calendar but there's nothing written down. So I call and ask. No, I don't have it scheduled, would I like to schedule one now? Geez! I've known for the last three months that she would need this appointment and it didn't occur to me to schedule it before I left the office the last time? Darn.
Well, I did go ahead and schedule her 9 month check up. And her 12 month. And my son's five year. I would have scheduled her 18 month but their calendar doesn't go out that far apparently. It's all written down in my calendar and then copied to my phone calendar and emailed to my husband so he knows too.
I'm also going to write down birthdays and anniversaries from my perpetual calendar on to my current calendar. And a note reminding myself about teachers' gifts at school, Valentine's Day treats to buy, birthday party deadlines (I've got two in one week to plan) and a note to my husband about Valentine's Day (for me!) and Mother's Day (also for me!).
Every year my mom jokes about Christmas, "when did they move it to December?" And she always seems genuinely caught off-guard in preparations (blame it on her job, two kids, four grandkids and a newly adopted puppy this year; her's life's pleasantly full!) but she fails to plan ahead. Christmas doesn't change but next year, she can be ready for it if she starts in July. Or at least circles it on her calendar because this year, they moved it to December.
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