iPhone NOTES CATEGORIES
What on God’s green earth is a mental note? Don’t know her, haven’t seen her, never met her. As soon as I move on to the next thing, the ‘note’ is erased into the great beyond like an etch-a-sketch. Power to the folks who can rely on their memory. I cannot, she is faulty. I blame my cerebral dysfunction on ‘mommy brain’, but honestly, it wasn’t great before the babies. ADHD brain is probably the real culprit. Either way, I rely on my iPhone notes as I rely on my bra. Daily and close to always. I’ve organized my notes into folders and subfolders for a more enjoyable and tidy experience. At first glance, you may think it is overkill. And it may be. But, and most importantly, it works for me and my brain. I usually have my phone with me, so I can jot down ideas, numbers, recipes, and things to look up quite quickly using my notes. These are my categories:
#s to Remember
In this folder you’ll find things like
- Storage unit numbers
- Wifi passwords for places I frequent
- The Lottery numbers I play when I’m feeling lucky – dates back to 2015
- Random case/file numbers through the years
Baby
I used this one a lot while I was pregnant and preparing for my babies. It is separated into subfolders:
- Diaper Bag Checklist
- Questions for the Doctor
- Hospital Go Bag Checklist
- Postpartum Preparation LIist
- Baby Name Ideas
Beauty
- Recipes for DIY hair things
- Products I like/want to try
- Skincare Routine Overview
Bills
- Don’t use this one anymore. Found a better system. Yes, an excel spreadsheet haha.
Bucket Lists
- THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
- PLACES I WANT TO TRAVEL
Christmas
- Mostly Gift and Party Ideas
Cleaning
- When I’m doing a big clean, I make a list of what I want to get done. I’m saving all of those lists here to eventually make a Master Cleaning List
Games
- DIY game rules and games to try
Husband
- marriage stuff
Kids
- BIRTHDAY PARTIES
- FOOD IDEAS
- LEARN AND FUN IDEAS
- SON
- DAUGHTER
LPC
- Mostly work stuff
Months
- I have a subfolder for each month. I jot down things I want to remember specific to each month. Like where we stood and parked for the St. Patrick’s Day parade, so we can do it again next year.
packing
- master packing list – LIFE SAVEERRRR
- diaper bag list
- beach packing list
- kid’s packing list
- flight packing list
planning
- Ideas and events I want to paln
projects
- home projects
- kid projects
food
- recipes
- restaurants
- Restaurants to try in my city
- Restaurants to try in other specific cities (NO, NY, Disney, etc)
- master grocery list
- diet
spiritual
- scriptures, notes from church
thrifting
- things i’m searching for
to do
- master to do list
tv, books, movies, podcasts
- things i want to listen to, watch or read
vacay
- specific trips we’ve gone on or are going on and details about them
vlog
- idea
words
- i love quotes
