I have had a productive couple of days. I haven't finished my Christmas cards or reconciled my credit card, but I have done a lot else: put up fairy lights in the back garden, wrote and uploaded my job application, went to two different Christmas markets, and made some very nice chocolate biscuits.

I am currently battling with myself on two different fronts. One: Do I want to sign up for a six-month cable knitting challenge? Yes. Would I do it? Probably not. Would I then resent the project for distracting me from other things I want to do? Most definitely. So... leaning towards no for that one.

Two: My annual calendar quandary. I may have something of a calendar problem. At home I have a little calendar on a tiny easel next to my computer. At work I have a year planner on the wall behind me and a small calendar on my pinboard. I already have these, because I am organised and I love calendars. Only I am so organised I have already annotated and colour-coded the small calendar with pay days, due dates and other days of importance to my work, obviously anticipating I would have the same job all year long. O rash, foolish me. So now I am considering buying another calendar, in order to have a fresh start once I finish using the first one at the end of January. Do I need it, or am I just indulging my calendar habit?

Thank goodness I hadn't started marking up my wall planner too.