Today's Holiday Cruising Mission

Mission #2: Start a Holiday Control Journal

Dear Friends:

Today is our Plan and Play day. Your mission for today is to create a Holiday Control Journal. Now before you break out the colored index tabs and sheet protectors DO NOT get caught up in having the "perfect" holiday planner and think that you need a fancy notebook or specific type of planner.

I have done this for the past few years and I usually go and grab an old spiral notebook from one of my children and rip out the used pages. I am able to take this with me shopping and I try to make sure I take it in the car with me. You can also add some lined notebook paper to your control journal and make it a holiday section. Just remember not to get so obsessed over what you use that you end up not using it because you are spending too much time making it perfect.

We have made one for you to print out and put in your Control Journal; it is posted on our website in the red section. If you have trouble downloading it. (You will need to download Adobe Acrobat; There is a link for that download too) If you still have trouble there is a link to email me and I can send it in a Word document. If all else fails then follow these simple directions for the headers at the top of the pages.

http://flylady.net scroll down to the red Holiday Cruising Section

Use your Holiday Control Journal to plan ahead for menus, meals, gift lists, decorating, grocery lists, etc. This is what you can use to keep track of catalog orders, church schedules, phone numbers and miscellaneous errands that need to be taken care of. Tape or staple an envelope in the notebook and this is where you can keep track of your receipts.

For today, grab your Control Journal and start jotting down some of the basics that are necessary for the way that you celebrate the holidays. Just 15 minutes will help bring Peace to the holidays.

Don't forget to take some time out just for you today!!

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