Today I had blood tests to see if I’m just flairing, or if the inflammation on my hips has actually got worse.
When I got home my head had plans to do so many things.
Reality was my body managed to get 3 tiny tasks,I had a soak in the tub, then collapsed on the sofa, watched shitty daytime tv and was feeling pretty sorry for myself.
As I hobbled past my old desk I saw a pile of brand new multi colored post it notes on my desk and it made me smile.
And it got me thinking – why am I so obsessed with stationery ??
It can be any type of stationery but my favourite go to is notebooks and pens, post its and highlighters
Every time life gets me down, the first thing I do is go out and buy myself a new notebook, a new pen and write myself a list of of lists of what I’m going to do to get my life back on track.
Each task has an individual post it of what I need to do/buy for me to achieve it.
Then for the next few days I take great pleasure in ripping off post its, and crossing off each achievement in a bright coloured highlighter.
I only ever get about 30% complete as I’ve always been a little over ambitious with my goals.
The rules are it has to be a brand new book, (the nicer the book,the more likely I am in getting back on top of things). And I have to write in my neatest handwriting! any errors means I have to start the page again after carefully tearing the “imperfect” page without leaving any evidence that the page existed.
It too many pages get marked or removed then the book can no longer help me in my quest to achieve life perfection.
Does this make me mad??
As a result I have over 30 notebooks in my stationery cupboard that only have a few pages used in each.
Maybe I should add that to the list of topics if I ever get sent to see a shrink.
