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Don't get me wrong - I am still 100% committed to going paperless and the system I have with Outlook on my computer synced with my Blackberry works perfectly. I can't even remember the last time I bought and used a paper diary and I only have calendars as wall art (I obviously have to buy the Australian Breastfeeding Association calendar every year!)
But how I miss the joy of putting pen to paper for the very first time! I don't even have a paper address book and although I have good intentions of paper journaling, if I ever do really make a habit of it, my stash of notebooks would serve me well for years to come.
So I sob inwardly as I look away from enticing displays and begin to twitch by the time they are all 50% off in the post Christmas sales. I gaze wistfully at the Filofax inserts (I still have her, tucked away, page-less and purposeless after her hard work in the 90s) and I lust after the family organiser calendars that would have been so wonderful in the olden days of kids at school (these days, we buy a $4.95 desk calendar from Officeworks and bung it on the side of the fridge, where the kids list work shifts, LAN parties and cos-play events.
Sigh - might just change the colour of my Outlook background ...
1 comment:
I can understand how you feel. We have a family Van Gogh wall calendar this year (taking 'wall art' seriously. I have converted to Google calendar combined with a note book in my bag - it can be used for other things and will have no wasted blank pages. I consoled myself with a new address book after doing the Christmas Card list and seeing so many names of people who are no longer with us or those who I would rather forget.
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