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Organisation

 How am I organising myself for the badges? At this moment in time I wonder if I’m procrastinating by writing this blogs although I know that spending time on this blog is actually fulfilling the criteria for a badge.

The Rebel Badge Book has some spaces in it to help with planning and organising, but each person likes to do things in a slightly different way, and so I’m sharing my way right here. I like to plan things out - having a plan means that I can have a list of things which I can tick off - I like the sense of achievement when I’ve ticked off items on my ‘To Do’ list. There is that great saying that is many Ps - PPPPPP - Perfect Planning Prevents P*** Poor Performance, and I’m sure I’ve seen some with even more Ps!

Having a plan is a good idea as it is easy to get carried away with ides of what you want to do and what you want to achieve, and then feel overwhelmed at the enormity of it all. Creating a plan means you can focus your energy and efforts in the most appropriate way, ensuring that you are working towards your goal - and we all like that feeling of achievement when we manage to do what we set out to do.

I love notebooks - I mean, I really love them - in fact, I’ve had a ‘thing’ about stationery since I was very young. I’m determined to use things I’ve bought, and so I’m using my Hogwarts notebook to help with my planning:


This is one of several notebooks I bought when we went to ‘The Making of Harry Potter - Warner Bros Studio Tours’ in London.

I could have used an A4 file, and added in loose leaf pages where I needed them - which might have been more practical, but hey - I like a bit of fun in my life, and why buy a fancy notebook if I’m not going to use it.

I’ve started the notebook with an explanation of how it is being used, and a list of the badges I think I can do fairly easily.

At this stage I am going to point out that these are not the only badges I want to do - simply the ones that I feel I can easily work towards in the next few months. If truth be told, I would like to do ALL the badges - simply to have a go at doing different things, and challenging myself a bit more. Currently I’m not sure if this aim is practicable or wise, but I do like a challenge!

Other members of the Rebel Badge Club have used a traffic light system; they have grouped the badges together in the sections that they appear in the book (Creative Rebel, Global Rebel, Grown Up Rebel, Self Aware Rebel, Wellness Rebel, Wild Rebel) and then assigned a colour to the different badges: green for badges they want to do / are already working on, yellow / orange for badges they may possibly do, red for badges they are not interested in. Some have assigned different colours with different meanings: already doing the things for the badges, have got the stuff for the badges, requires new stuff or expenses. The traffic light system is one that appeals to quite a few of the Rebel Badge Club members.


And me? No, I’m not doing the traffic light system - I’d already written out some ideas in my notebook (but I did it with a pen, rather than a quill - despite it being a Hogwarts notebook). I’ve listed the badges I’m going to work on immediately, and included timescales for them, and any obstacles and solutions - and things that I specifically need to work on.

I’ve then written out clauses for different badges in the notebook - allowing a double badge spread for some of them, so I can add in further ideas, evidence, planning and research. All these things help me to feel like I’ve started on my journey. I have a clear idea of what I’m doing, and where I need to go and what I need to do next.



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