Index Cards

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The Activity Inventory sheet and the To Do Today sheet do not have to be two sheets of paper. One alternative is to keep each single activity on its own index card.

I take a fresh card every time I realize that I must add a new activity to the Activity Inventory sheet. Then I write the title of the activity at the top of the card with a black felt-tip pen. Below the title I can add diagrams, phone numbers, web addresses, or anything else relevant to complete this activity. This kind of nice-to-have scribble should not be as conspicuous as the title, so I use a pencil for extra information. Finally, I add the same number of boxes as ...

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