Cross - Referencing

I was looking through some old posts on here the other day and I came across a mention about cross-referencing. I'm sure you have all been doing this for years and wondering why I'm writing about it!

It is a very simple idea/practice to help you de-clutter your dairy pages.

In the example on the right you will see I have written 'Boiler service N3'

N3 is the location of my notes for 'Le technician de chaudiere' or the boiler man to you and moi!

We have had a few issues with our boiler (chaudiere) in the last few months, nothing major, but I've been keeping a note of them in the notes section of my organiser so N3 is 'Notes - Page 3'

I can grab that page out of my organiser on the day of the appointment and then he will have just those notes to see and nothing else from my diary.

Do you cross-reference information in your organiser?

Successful Hack Deployment

I would like to report a successful deployment of the cross-referencing hack I described earlier. Today, I had to make a notation of an appointment at 8:00 a.m., on January 30th, for a plumber to come replace our kitchen sink. You see, our current kitchen sink is so old and disgusting that, regardless of soap and scrubbing, all dishes and kitchen gear emerge from it dirtier than when they entered it. The garbage disposal, too, makes ogrish grinding noises and launches minced foodstuffs skyward when its gears turn. Oh, and don't forget the faucet. Hot water leaks from it in an annoying stream unless you use extreme leverage to twist the hot water knob beyond the usual point at which water flow ceases. We have been forced to use duct tape in order to apply this leverage constantly.

So the whole apparatus has got to go.

I noted the appointment, but there was so much information to accompany it! The name of the company, their phone number, the name of the person with whom I spoke, the price I was quoted, the name of the person who will be coming that day. That would dominate the tiny area for January 30th. So, I simply wrote "8:00 a.m. - Plumber (N7)". Now I know that page 7 of my Notes section contains the relevant data. Page 7 contains other, unrelated data as well. It doesn't matter, as long as it is all accurately cross-referenced.

Voila. Now I can do other things that day.