Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Rainy Day Jar

Did you ever write a list of "things to do when you were bored" as a kid?  Or even as an adult?  I know I wrote many a list of things like that when I was younger.  I think I want to do it again.  There are so many things I want to do but I never seem to remember them when I am bored.  Instead I just pop in front of the TV, or watch a movie.  While that can be fun and entertaining, maybe I need to adopt the old idea of a "rainy day jar."  It's simple you know, you just actually have to take the time!

Somethings I need to put in my jar:

1.  Work on my family history.
2.  Scan in some old pictures.
3.  Make a set of cards for an easy gift.
4.  Actually call one of those many people I always want to "get together with sometime."
5.  Read a good book...still need to read Peter Pan, the Princess Bride, and the Secret Garden again.
6.  Work on my Chinese cooking skills.
7.  Work on my Gryiffindor quilt.
8.  Organize my over abundance of scrapbook supplies.
9.  scrapbook.
10.  and of course have a DI day...

I came up with 10 random and mostly free ideas in 1 minute.  not too bad...

What else could you put in the Jar?
 
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  1. RedoubtFebruary 18, 2009 at 8:47 AM

    I wrote tons of lists like that when I was a kid. Never managed to follow them though. These days I still have mental lists, mostly boring things like cleaning my apartment and working on specific projects. The trick is to remember to do them instead of getting sucked into refreshing facebook every 5 minutes.

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  2. jillFebruary 18, 2009 at 11:34 AM

    exactly...that's why i need the jar. I spend far too much time blogging and on facebook!!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2009 at 12:38 PM

    i have a million side projects that I really need to make a list of, no to mention the mundane crap like cleaning :( usually i work on a knitting project while watching a movie, but i should work on some drawing projects sometime too... and one of them is to scan in & stitch together all my old drawings that are worth it. (they are too big for one scan.)

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  4. jillFebruary 18, 2009 at 2:13 PM

    you could probably have them scanned at Kinko's but I don't know what that would cost...

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