As with all Moms and especially for those with ADD I am trying a new program called Springpad. Springpad is a totally free app that allows you to make many notebooks to keep notes or tasks, and to even "clip" info from the net and save it directly to your notebooks. It has an Android and Apple app that seem to work well. It also has an app for my Nook so I can axcess it pretty much anywhere I go. I have been reading the reviews for this program and they are mostly a mixture. Either you love it or you just don't like it at all. Well, it has over 11,000 followers/ users so I figured it's worth a try.
In the past I have tried Evernote, which I really liked, but it was very difficult and inconvenient to operate for my purposes. Folks with ADD constantly struggle with organization. Many times we will turn from what we are doing, get distracted and forget to go back and put the things we used away. So if your spouse or child has this problem, please undersstand that it isn't done just to frustrate you or to make more work for you. It's genuinely just "how we are". At other times we put things away and try to organize and clean up. The only problem is that most of the time, we cannot remember just where the safe "away" place is. It may have seemed logical at the time, but often that logic has gone out the window and we now have a whole new thought pattern.
For example, right now I am looking for three things that I have put away, but I cannot remember where I put them. First, I bought my youngest son some cute basketball shower shoes about four weeks ago. Back then, it was still cold and frosty and I didn't want him to bug me over and over about wearing them to school. (I'm sure lots of Moms can relate to that.) I remember putting them in a bag and putting them away somewhere in my bedroom. I have looked in several regular/ logical places so far, and it seems they are MIA. Now, he is bugging me about getting some swim shoes. Wish I could pull a Mom magic trick and give them to him. Oh well, I will go and buy some more. Rest assured, I will find them eventually, but most likely it will be in the winter when I don't need them.
Second Example. During the holidays I joined one of those rewards programs at a local Major Department Store. You know the kind where you get cash back for how much you spend in the store. I received a pretty good store gift card to spend and in my feeble attempt at being organized I put it with a gift card I received to that store for Christmas. I cleaned out my pocketbook about a month ago (don't judge me ladies), and I decided it was good idea not to carry around over $100 in store credit cards, because I know that we ADD's tend to leave things and loose things. I took my cards and put them away so I could use them later. I though they were in my car locked in the glove compartment, but when I went to check Saturday, it was not there -- go figure!! I had scoped out my sale and even found a coupon code and I was ready to order a new pocketbook that was on a major sale. Guess what! The sale is over, and I still cannot find my cards. I was just too cheap to buy the pocketbook outright, knowing that I had over $100 in cards that I need to spend fast once I find it.. Why? Because I need to get rid of the gift cards before I loose them. In looking through my purse I found a grocery store gift card that someone gave me about 2 years ago. It's just a vicious never ending cycle. That is why I try my best NOT to get store return credit on a card.
I'll let you know when and if I find the missing shoes and gift cards. Is it just me, or do "normal" people have this problem too. Tell me your story or leave a comment. I am looking forward to hearing from you. To find out more about Springpad click on this link. Springpad: Everyday life, done better
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