Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1917 — Make a List. [ARTICLE]

Make a List.

Do you lie awake of nights thinking of what you are going to do'tomorrow, or of what you have forgot today? Lots of women dp; and It is sheer waste of nervous energy. Don’t bother your bead worrying about the little

details that arise in tne course or your day’s work. Try the method of making a list. Keep a pad handy, whether it is on your desk, in your sewing basket or on the kitchen wall. Each time a hew task arises which you cannot attend to immediately write it oa the pad. Then in the course of th© day consult your pad, selecting th© most important thing to be done, th© thing that won’t wait until tomorrow. This saves lots of worry. It saves also such complaints as ‘‘Mother, you never sewed that button on my coat,’” or “Mary, did you pay that coal bill that I asked you to attend to?” or “I thought you said you were going to have waffles for supper tonight, mother.” There is no use in cluttering the memory with such details when a pencil and paper will do the work. In making a dress the same method is to be recommended. Often in sewing half the nerve strain comes from worrying over the details of finishing, which you are apt to forget. Just get out pencil and paper and jot down a hook here and a bit of trimming there, etc., and get the annoyance off your mind.