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White Board
Nov. 8th, 2019 10:05 amI remember when dry erase boards came into being. It was so cool.
My parents set up one in the kitchen that we would check in and out on along with whether we would be home for dinner and the like. Under it was a notes section where announcements were posted and lists make. It is still in the kitchen but the children are signed out as we are no longer living in that house. It has our cell numbers for reference where we use to put where we were going. It was a good system in a time before cell phones and texting. Heck this was even before paging. I think it gave our parents some peace of mind.
Over the years I have used white boards in various jobs for various reasons. That and a big calendar on my desk that I would make notes on. Lists help me sort through what I need to do and by when.
Over the years this has slipped over to taking notes and setting reminders on my phone. Caroline has a cell phone so she can get in touch with me and I with her. The white board seemed to be a thing of the past.
This changed when I read an article about writing things down by hand rather than typing it into an electronic device. That it used different parts of the brain and they found writing it out longhand fixed it in one’s head a bit more solidly.
I got a white board for the kitchen and started by putting my grocery list on it as I found items that we needed. Then when I went to the store, I would take a picture of the list on my phone.
More recently I have been using the other half of the board to write out my to-do list both short term and long term. As I remember things I said I was going to do, I add them. Next to that is a calendar that I put the family schedule on. I have another calendar for the conventions and the like.
It works for me and the list gives me both goals and structure.
I am grateful for the invention of the white board and the erase-able different colored markers.
My parents set up one in the kitchen that we would check in and out on along with whether we would be home for dinner and the like. Under it was a notes section where announcements were posted and lists make. It is still in the kitchen but the children are signed out as we are no longer living in that house. It has our cell numbers for reference where we use to put where we were going. It was a good system in a time before cell phones and texting. Heck this was even before paging. I think it gave our parents some peace of mind.
Over the years I have used white boards in various jobs for various reasons. That and a big calendar on my desk that I would make notes on. Lists help me sort through what I need to do and by when.
Over the years this has slipped over to taking notes and setting reminders on my phone. Caroline has a cell phone so she can get in touch with me and I with her. The white board seemed to be a thing of the past.
This changed when I read an article about writing things down by hand rather than typing it into an electronic device. That it used different parts of the brain and they found writing it out longhand fixed it in one’s head a bit more solidly.
I got a white board for the kitchen and started by putting my grocery list on it as I found items that we needed. Then when I went to the store, I would take a picture of the list on my phone.
More recently I have been using the other half of the board to write out my to-do list both short term and long term. As I remember things I said I was going to do, I add them. Next to that is a calendar that I put the family schedule on. I have another calendar for the conventions and the like.
It works for me and the list gives me both goals and structure.
I am grateful for the invention of the white board and the erase-able different colored markers.
