System Upgrade

I'm one of those people who work best with a system.  I value efficiency but have latent tendencies toward the opposite.  Without some routine to fall back on, I fly from tangent to tangent and make very little forward progress.  So I make lists.  I prioritize them and divide them into categories.  Crossing things off the list is sooo goooood.

I jumped into blogging without a system, and after a brief honeymoon [Oh, isn't this fabulous fun!] panic struck.  A few days into it, I had to stop and take inventory.  I developed a budget and everything.

The system is flexible but offers some idea of what you, beloved reader, may expect.  It's a LIST!

Thank you for lists.

Sometimes I will:

• Be flippant [hee hee].
• Be sentimental [sigh].  
• Write about things I'm thankful for [e.g., brownies].  
• Write about people who deserve thanks [you, perhaps]. 
• Skip a day or two [$#!+ happens].
• Use italics and brackets [indiscriminately]. 
• Write a lot
• Write a little

Thank you for italics.

Now, I have another list--a list of names.  One of the first things I did in 2013 was open my brand new little book of everything I'm supposed to do and remember [I start a new one each year] and write a list of names of people I want to thank.  Some of those names already have a tidy little check mark next to them.  There are not as many check marks as I'd hoped.  

Also, there are not 365 names on the list, so, I'm like, okay, what about February?

Thank you for a never-ending supply of helpful, caring, generous  people.

Tomorrow, I will tell you about one of them.