Now, it should be no surprise to you all that I love lists. If you are surprised, you are dumb... look at the title of my blog!! Anyway, a love of planners seems totally natural for someone who has a love of lists. And so it is true. I also love planners.
Each year (year meaning Sept 1 - the start of the new year at Job #1), I start a new planner. For the last 3 years I have used a Vera Bradley planner, and I have really enjoyed it. They are colorful, well organized... everything I could ask for in a planner. Or is it...?
For some unknown reason, I decided to do a Google search for planners at the end of August. And low and behold.... I found...
THE ERIN CONDREN LIFE PLANNER!!!!!
Making the switch caused a lot of anxiety, primarily because the format was so unlike what I was used to. Instead of a horizontal weekly layout with lines, this had a vertical layout with NO lines. You may all think I'm crazy (except Sheena, she understands), but this is a very. big. deal.
What attracted me to the ECLP was the prospect of decorating it. I watched a number of YouTube videos before making my final decision (yes, people post videos of their planners), and I fell in love with the way people turned their planners into a day-by-day scrapbook.
So, I caved.
And I couldn't be happier with it!!!!!
And here is an example of how I'm using it!
I find decorating each day to be very therapeutic. :-)
You know what else I find to be therapeutic? Spending time with Birdie. Here are some recent pics of my precious puppy gurl.
She's made a few trips to the office...
She went swimming (that did not go well)....
She read part of my magazine...
She escaped while we were at work...
She licked my face after I finished a workout dvd....
But mostly we just snuggle. :-) Also, when I say snuggle I mean she tries to eat my hands and lick my face and ears until she wears herself out and gets sleepy.
I sure do love her.
And then there's Job #1 and Job #2. I must admit, I am 10,000 times miserable with both right now. Job #1 is a nightmare.... let's just say I feel like I was stabbed in the back by someone I thought of as a friend.... and it just so happens that it happened in front of our new CEO... who I have not met yet. Thank you for making my first impression for me. I am angry, worried, and hurt. Job #1 has been so draining that I decided to quit my Saturday shift at Job #2. As much as I need the money and like having the membership, I just need more time for myself to recharge. But instead of 2 weeks notice like a normal person would give, I told my boss I could be a little flexible to be nice. She is having me work 9 more weeks. I could vomit. But as I will still work there on Tuesdays, I don't know how hard to push because at the end of all of this... she will still be my boss. And I also consider her a friend too. It's all really hard.
All of that to say... thank goodness for my planner and Birdie because I really don't like anything else in my life right now. I'm not happy. I feel emotionally drained (honestly more like emotionally raped - sounds harsh but it's really how I feel). And so, I eat all the things. And then I hate myself. Fun times!
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