I’m not sure I should admit this…but I am obsessed with post-its. Am I the only one? Really? Nobody else? I mean, I really, really LOVE post-its. All shapes, sizes, colors. Is that weird? Could be worse, right? I could be obsessed with worse things, right? I just love them. I don’t know how I would live my every day life without post-its. Seriously…..

My love for post-its started many years ago at a job I had. I had a lot of things I had to do and the pages in my standard desk calendar just weren’t big enough so I started to write stuff on post-its and stick them on the page. I was known as the post-it Queen and I wore that crown proudly.

Later on, while home with 3 kids, and all their different activities, I started to stick post-its on my cabinets. I would take them off and throw them out once an event passed or I did whatever task I had to do. It worked for me.

When I started working full-time again after being home with the kids all those years, I had two different planners that I carried back and forth to work with me. One for work and one for home. There were so many things I had to keep track of: work days for the kids, high school events, college events, doctor appointments, etc., etc…. and all my work stuff as well.

Fast forward a bit and I now have one planner for both. I buy a pretty new one every year. Personal stuff gets written in there – appointments, birthdays, etc. My work stuff is written on, you guessed it, post-its. Lots and lots of colorful post-its. I have things I do daily, weekly, monthly and yearly at work and so I simply move the post-it to the next day, week, etc., or toss it if it is a one time thing. My planner looks kind of crazy, but guess what? I NEVER forget to do anything. Unless I forget to write it on a post-it.

I love using the lined post-its for making to-do lists at home or to make notes about something at work. The small ones are perfect for daily reminders. Post-its are the perfect tool to keep me sane and on task. I think one of my favorite gifts was a massive set of brilliantly colored post-its in all sizes, lined and unlined. It was awesome.

Now some of you may be thinking – why not use the reminders in your phone, or on your desktop? I do that too. I just don’t trust that completely. It’s easy to miss one of those reminders, but not a post-it! That’s what works for me anyway….

I may be weird. I will accept that. But me and my colorful post-its are remembering everything and getting things done…