Sticker Charts

So if you didn't already know that I'm an elementary school teacher through and through... I started a sticker chart. Yes, like the ones you see in Kindergarten classrooms. They are also popular for potty training small children. My roommate, Andrea, and I are using a sticker chart on a daily basis now. 

It all started when Andrea was telling me about how she wanted to change her routine so she can be a more productive person. But I heard that she was starting a sticker chart. So I immediately became as excited as a puppy and freaked out, 

"OH MY GOSH YES!!! WE CAN HAVE A STICKER CHART! YOU'RE GENIUS!!!" 

Andrea became very confused at my mention of a sticker chart, because she actually said nothing about a sticker chart. However, one of my favorite things about Andrea is that she goes along with some of my weird ideas and gets just as excited about them as I do. So we have sticker charts. 

Each of us chose 7 things we wanted to do more of, to make into habits and all that jazz. Then if we do that thing, we get a sticker for that day. Each sticker equals a point, and we have a small point system set up for us. It works beautifully for us, even if we are adults. This just supports my theory that adults aren't really that much different from children. 

We have been told by our friends a couple of things regarding the sticker chart. One being that if anyone else tried it, it would not work as well. That our personalities and everything are just right for this to work. Also, we've been told that we cannot pronounce sticker chart like an adult, we are required to call it a "Stickoh chwart" (just imagine a two year old pronouncing it). 

And that, my friends, is how I've been a more productive member of society this past week. My mom would be proud at the amount of dishes/cleaning/etc I've done this week. She would also probably make a comment about why I didn't do that when I was a kid, to which I say: Some lessons just take longer to learn than others, and also sticker charts work.