diary

Every year, during December, I obsess over which diary I'm going to buy for next year. I love the sense of a new start, as this year's diary starts to look tired and worn, and the ritual of copying over people's birthdays and filing in other plans already arranged for next year.
I like either Muji or Moleskine (I've had Muji ones for the last few years but I'm going back to Moleskine this year as I've managed to find one of their vertical layout diaries!) I'm quite particular about the layout of the pages - I either need the week to be laid out with the days arranged vertically or if the days are going to be horizontal then they need to be on the left-hand page and a blank page on the right-hand side.
Why this specificity you may ask? Well it's because of my lists. I'm an obsessive list maker. I make them all the time. There's something very calming about making a list. And then crossing things off it. The security of knowing you don't have to worry about remembering something because you've written it down. So I like to make lists in my diary of things I need to do on particular days.
I have notebooks with lists in of books I plan to read, films I want to watch, items of clothing I feel that I 'need'... I like the address book insert that comes at the back of a Moleskine diary, it's perfect for list making, and as it has tabs I can have sections for different kind of lists such as: a list of things I'm planning on making/doing eg. mending my patchwork quilt, moving around the furniture in the bedroom and a list of things I plan to achieve in the next year and a list of important phone numbers that I can't remember - I am very bad at remembering numbers!
In the new year I'm thinking of creating a series of list based posts - so any topics suggestions would be greatly appreciated...