I'm very organized, but not with everything I admit. So every little trick to keep everything in order always deserves a try.  This post is for those who find it hard to manage time and mind between the infinite piles of letters that keep arriving at our mailboxes. 

When it comes to incomings: I like to take note of the name/address of the sender, and the date - of course. But I also do love to take little notes while reading letters: little things like questions I'd like to ask on my answer, a thing I'd like to add as a gift, some literary or cinema recommendation, etc. I think it really helps me to keep that spontaneous ideas that popped my head while reading one's words. 

About the outgoings, besides the name/address and date, I also find very useful to take notes of the ideas I had for that letter, as also the things I'll need to accomplish it. This is major for me, because if I don't discipline myself I always lose track and let my imagination fly. That way, drafts would never turn into "final something".

Well, and because I love to give things and make my readers happy, I'm leaving you a printable example of what I was telling you about. I hope you find them useful, too! How do you organize yourself? How do you think the way you organize yourself reflects in your work? I love hearing from the readers, so feel free to share your tricks with me, too.

With love,
M.