For everything you write down

Thirty lists, seven folders

• Moving house

  • What is in which moving box
  • The inventory of your attic
  • The screws and shelves of your cabinet, with photos, so you can put it back together one day
  • The paint colours you photographed in the showroom
  • The jobs your landlord still has to do

• Garden and neighbourhood

  • Which plants do thrive in that shady corner behind your house
  • The birds you see in your garden
  • The sowing calendar for your vegetable patch
  • The running order for the street barbecue
  • Who has which key to the clubhouse

• Family

  • The things your children said that you do not want to forget
  • The names you are considering for the baby
  • The family tree your uncle forwarded you
  • Your mother's medication, and at what time
  • What you want to ask the doctor, before you forget it in the waiting room
  • The gift ideas you pick up all year round
  • The guest list for your wedding — including who must absolutely not sit next to whom

• Writing

  • Your thesis, with the chapter outline above it
  • The speech for your brother's wedding

• Tasting and cooking

  • The results of your wine tasting
  • Which wine you should never buy again
  • Your own cookbook: only the recipes you actually make
  • Your home brews, and what went wrong each time

• Reading, watching, collecting

  • The books you have lent out, and to whom
  • The films everyone recommends and you never watch
  • Your want list for the record fair

• On the road

  • The damage photos of your rental car, before you drive off
  • Exactly what the mechanic said about that knock in your engine
  • The maintenance log for your boat
  • The list of things you always forget on holiday