The 'checklist'

I am MARRIED to my Starbucks organizer. I jot everything in there-appointments, birthdays, deadlines (datelines?), birthdays, anniversaries, homework, pay cheque, reminders, shopping list, notes and post-its that I receive from my friends (Emma, especially!), important receipts, movie tickets, a pamphlet on how to customize my own Starbucks beverage. Yada yada yada...!

BUT I have given up on keeping a diary. One upon a time, when I was between the age of 16 to 18, I had volume 1-5. Serious! I recorded my feelings...everything I felt! And to the ones who think that diaries are all about 'dirty secrets', think again.

I consider my diary something to 'remind' me of the day I was feeling so and so...

Nowadays, I haven't got time to really sit down and extract everything I have in my head to the point that I become forgetful. Yes. SCATTERBRAIN. A better word to describe my pathetic condition. It's not like I have a wand like Dumbledore who could literally extract his memory and store them in some magic 'whatchamacallit'. I don't even know what its called. Or if J.K Rowling even gave it a name. She's not to be blamed anyway...

Over the week, I have been thinking hard of a possible career change. Well, not a CAREER per se. Its just a term I use as I am studying full time and working part time. Sulastri does it too. So it's not something foreign. If you ask me whether I can handle it, well I'm not complaining.

I earn enough for petrol, groceries, rental, photostat money (crucial for a Law student!) and also for the occasional lepak activities I have with my pals or SA members. So, really. I'm much happier with my financial situation at the moment as compared to the previous years.

I loved teaching tuition in my first year in UM, but deep down, I felt a certain guilt towards my students as I didn't know if I was teaching enough to help them score in their tests and exams. I was even considering how guilty I'd feel if they didn't manage to get a place in university. It wouldn't be entirely my fault, but I would think that just a 2% contribution is bad enough. Rizuan, wherever you are...and if you happen to be reading this, thank you. Your A1 made me the happiest tutor alive. It was a good 'retirement' gift. I owe you one dude. You worked hard. You deserved it! It just shows you that if you're into just the money and think that by tutoring, you could earn more, well you could. But there is a form of responsibility that comes with it. But I've said enough.

Basically, I need a checklist. Every Sunday night, I usually refer to my organizer and jot down all incomplete tasks in a piece of paper with hope that I'll get it done before the coming week ends. Guess what happens? By Wednesday, I've got five different papers (some ripped at the edges, post-its, other people's post-its, scraps of receipts and whatnot) with somewhat similar reminders. And nothing has been done. In some of the checklists, I have less tasks. And some checklists have too many words 'Urgent' that I can't prioritize anymore. What's next? Semi-Urgent? Not so Urgent? Extremely Urgent? Too Urgent? Sigh...I don't even have enough words to scribble on my more than one checklist to emphasize how disorganized everything is.

So...one step at a time. Priority: Quiz and Jurisprudence tutorial.

I will keep those two in mind. And to the rest..hmm...could I have a pen and ANOTHER paper, pls? Argh!!

Suggestions PLS!!!