I'm a big list maker. I don't have the greatest memory and as a result have developed my book of lists! Its just a A5 sized note book with coloured dividers so I can divide up my cooking lists, my gardening lists and craft lists from my to do lists!! In a fire - I'd be grabbing the book of lists before anything else! But at the end of each year, I like to plan the year to come... This is what I do... First, I use my diary. I only have one and it has the whole families commitments in it. In our house its a case of if its not in the diary - its not happening! The diary sits on the kitchen bench and everyone is encouraged to write in it - especially the kids. (Need this stuff for cooking, need a new ruler, free dress day today, sports trip today- that sort of thing!) Second, I track all the birthdays in here - so at the beginning of December, I buy my next years diary (I know, not the cheapest time to buy it, more the most practical) and I transfer all the birthdays an