Staying on Track Slice 2013: 6 0f 31

Slice of Life is sponsored every Tuesday by Stacey and Ruth from Two Writing Teachers.  For the month of March we are challenging ourselves to write a slice every day.  

 As I glanced around my desk this morning in search of a topic for writing, I decided to share my favorite money-saving tip.  I go to the library often.  By often, I mean at least two to three times a week.  We are limited to a 100 book checkout total.  Sometimes I switch over to use another family member's account when I hit my limit.  I keep many books in my classroom to connect with current Social Studies curriculum, to provide titles for book talks, and to allow my students to browse titles that I recommend.  It saddens me that many of them go to the library infrequently, so I try to bring the library to them.  I'm fortunate that KCLS only charges ten cents a day in late fees.  I love that I can renew books online, but I still found myself occasionally missing due dates and accruing late fees.  I tried putting due dates in my phone or writing them on the calendar, but with so many different due dates that took too much time.  So I finally hit upon the perfect low-tech reminder system.  It's a sticky note that I move forward each time I renew books.  When I renew books, I check for the next upcoming due date and then move the sticky note to one day in advance of that date (it covers two dates).  That way I can miss a day and still be on time for renewal.  What tricks do you use to keep yourself on track?