When you came into my life, I had yet to realize how much of a necessity you were. I was living my life through loose leaf to-do lists and planners bought off Walmart shelves. Then, you came into my life and nothing has ever been the same.
I glare at ugly, plastic covered agendas while proudly showing off your colorful cover, this year in Lilly’s Lagoon. Other people complain about their tiny wire spiral bindings and how they snag and uncoil, but I know your spiral bound backing will always be strong and sturdy. I uncomfortably watch as people struggle to keep their over-flowing Erin Condren planners closed, and I marvel at your glorious pink strap.
Where would I be without you? I honestly have no idea, because I wouldn’t have a neatly organized list of my daily meetings, club functions, and plans. Without you, I’d have long ago lost track of volunteer opportunities, club meetings, dinner dates, and when my favorite TV shows are on.
I get great joy out of filling your pages, with dinner dates with friends, and activities with my favorite clubs. I cannot help but smile as I write in trips, my travel itineraries, and jaunts into the city. I even manage to smile as I transcribe my syllabi to you, because I know these readings will be read and these papers will be written with you to remind me.
When my life runs amuck, and I feel like I am drowning in a sea of meetings, dinners, webinars, and events, I can count on you to keep me sane. You lay my life out for me daily, keeping my plans locked safe inside, months in advance. With you, I can schedule meetings a month in advance and be sure they will not be overlooked. With you, I can make travel arrangements for Christmas before the semester even begins. You have my entire life inside of you, and you have yet to let me down.
You are the only thing that keeps me sane, though I often shout at you when I open you late at night and realize I have a full schedule the next day. I curse at you when you tell me about 7a.m. meetings, or lunch dates I almost forgot about on days I just want Chipotle. You understand that I could never mean the words I say. I could never be mad at the single source of my sanity. I could never begrudge the only item in my life that has never let me down. You have never broken, even when I have dropped you on the ground. You’ve survived coffee spills, and bent pages, and a lot of heat from the bottom of my laptop. Yet you prevail. And I prevail because I have you.
Thank you, Lilly Pulitzer Agenda. Thank you for graciously organizing my entire life into your pages. Thank you for gracing my favorite days with adorable stickers. Thank you for keeping me up to date on when the next Lilly Pulitzer releases are hitting stores. And more than anything, thank you for being the only accessory I can not leave the house without.
