important details

I can never ever leave the house without my contacts. It's like THE most essential thing I need whenever I'm out. Next would be my cell phone and PDA. I'm sure everyone has something that they can never leave without. It's like if I leave just one of them at home, I feel totally incomplete and a little un-"able". These three things are what keeps me remembering important details.

Looking only on the big picture most of the time, I noticed that I've been missing out on the little details that usually matters. Like this morning, I perfectly planned my whole week including the week after that, but forgot a little detail-- telling my Mum and Dad about them. I've been telling my parents my agenda (but we're basically on a need-to-know basis) since I was a kid. This sort of ritual, although really not the millenium kind, is the most useful one for me. They don't basically agree with most of my stuff-to-do but I guess they can't do anything about it... well, if I was back in gradeschool, I'd be forced not to go to parties or do stuff I feel like doing. However, now that I've graduated college, I'm so out of the 'forcing' issue. Good thing, but when I look back on it, I feel a little sad that no one tries to protect me now. But that's just a piece of my mind, you know what I mean. All will be well.

*Sigh*

Important details in life seem a lot to take in, especially for small brainers like me. I always felt that looking at the big picture and concentrating mostly on the whole part, instead of the teeny-weeny stuff, would be enough. As if there isn't a need to know or ask the whys and hows and whos and whatever. But once more, pure observation told me that I'm wrong again. And for the nth time, I'm trying to cope with change with the way I look at things.

Big picture, lots of small important details. Like me and my contacts, the 'whole' itself would be incomplete without the numerous puny portions that make up for it.