New Agenda

Oops, I meant to start this post before midnight, and now I've missed the last day of August. September has arrived with the leaves on some of the trees starting to change color. Now my agenda has only one week left, so I need to go shopping for a new one. I still have every agenda from middle school onward...I've tried throwing them away but decided I should recycle all the paper instead of wasting it, so I shoved them in a box somewhere. I actually use it more now than when I was in school and I had things to plan, but I just write random thoughts more than what I actually have to do. Or if I hear a song on the radio and want to recall the artist later on. Sometimes it's useful for remembering stuff ahead of time, but I've found I use it more for remembering past stuff. Like, how I felt at the beginning of my job or noteworthy things. Today I wrote "Trading Spaces" because I thought of that show and remembered enjoying the crazy rooms some of the designers would create. I'm not actually going to go watch reruns of the show right now, but it was nice to have an outlet for my memories. It's easier to write things down because I can look at them and choose to let go of them instead of bogging down my mind with anxiety of unintentionally forgetting things that happened in my life that shaped me, even if the thoughts end up being trivial and pointless. On August 20th, I wrote "sweatervest motorcycle" to remind myself that I saw a man riding a motorcycle while wearing a sweatervest. I thought it was a bit quirky and worth jotting down. It's like gathering character traits for writing stories, except I'll probably never bring any characters to life through my writing. Maybe I'll imagine them in my head, or maybe I'll just store the information and remember not to judge people by stereotypes.