The Shrinking Day Book
Monday, October 12th, 2009A hundred years ago, in my previous, pre-motherhood life, I was a working girl. I had a very busy, fast-paced job as a Child Welfare investigator for the state of Oklahoma. While this was a tough job, there were rewarding moments, though they were few and far between. People used to ask me how I could do such work. There were several things I did, emotions aside, that kept me from going insane. One was being organized. I had a date book that was my lifeline. I didn’t go anywhere without it. It was my constant companion. I was picky about date books. Back then I was a “big picture” gal. I wanted to see the whole situation as it was and not get bogged down in details. As the saying goes, I didn’t want to miss the forest because of the trees. My date book was one that showed a whole month at at time. I wanted to be able to see what was coming around the bend next week and down the pike in two weeks. I tried the ones that showed a week at at time or a day at a time but I always felt like I had blinders on .
Fast forward 7 years. My son is now 7 and I am going on 7 years as a stay-at-home mom. I don’t really have a need for a date book anymore but the organizational junkie in me still likes to play around with them now and then. But my needs have changed. I only use one during the school year when I’m trying to keep track of Cub Scouts, PTA, holidays, doctor appointments, well, you get the picture. I don’t use one during the summer, just like I don’t wear a watch May through August. The other day, I was working on making a new date book (yes money is tighter now so I was using free downloads and an old binder) and I realized something. I was using the date sheets that show one week per sheet. And it was working fine for me. I don’t need to know what is going on next week or in two weeks. I now take life one week at a time. I know that God is taking care of the future so I don’t need to be so concerned.
My goal next year? One DAY at a time sheets.












