A timer:shocked: So that's the answer. Will this work for an ENFP
@niss ? or are we doomed for time management :kitteh:
I don't use the kitchen timer unless I am working in the kitchen, but I do confess to having a couple of egg timers at work, which come in handy.
For me, it is a couple of apps on my phone. One in particular (todo matrix) allows me to insert as many events as I want, and I can set them up to repeat at specific intervals - without the events appearing on my calendar. So I have a reminder that goes off everyday at 18:20 that says to feed the animals. I have one that goes off at 06:00 on Mondays and Thursdays that says to empty the cat box - and then 5 minutes later it tells me to take out the trash. Etc., etc. So all of the things that frustrate me if I forget them, go on the timer menu and never show up on my calendar.
Shopping - SWMBO even uses this one: OurGroceries. It is on both of our phones, as well as a website. It allows us to create multiple shopping lists for different stores and to add items as soon as we see that they are needed. One cool thing is that it updates in real time, so if I am at the store picking up a few items, SWMBO can add another item to the list and it shows up on my list almost immediately. It also helps us share the shopping chores, since we can split up and tackle the store from opposite ends, while using the same list.
But that is about as far as it goes for SWMBO. For me, calendars filled out with appointments are a thing of beauty - evidence of a plan coming together. For her, it is akin to a medieval torture device. OTOH, I abhor post it notes, but she adores them. She writes everything on post it notes and wads them up when she is done with that task. Sometimes I walk into her work space and the post it notes cover the desk, around the monitor, everywhere! I shudder and bite my tongue.
Part of the maturing process for me was coming to the realization that you don't have to organize like me in order to have an organizational system. So now, I don't care how you organize stuff - as long as it works for you. And "works for you" is defined as being able to find that important paper that you need within 5 minutes of beginning your search. If you have an "important papers" box and you can find it in that amount of time, then no complaints from me.
Bottom line is to do what works for you. Forcing an ENFP to utilize an ISTJ method is akin to teaching a pig to sing - it frustrates everyone.
