Board Thread:Eureka Moments/@comment-30638141-20170203001442/@comment-31438682-20170430170516

I got a lot more CIs than usual day before yesterday; yesterday was about back down to usual.

I use a single sheet to keep track of gifts given and gotten for a whole week. When I run out of lines on the sheet, it's time to cut back my friends list--I like to have about 25 to 30 frirends. I don't track exactly which CI or fixer, which saves time and space (ensuring the persistence of the space-time continuum...)

Columns on the sheet include the Friend's name, talent, if they're a favorite, then space to record visits and gifts each day. I use codes for gifts received:  "W" for a fixer on my wishlist, "@" for a wishlist CI. "K" for a key, "G" for a higher-level fixer, "g" for string or similar. I recently friended a few very generous TTers and had to give them double cells.

When I get a CI while visiting, "|" goes in the column, and if I give a CI, they get a big dot. And "V" if they visit.

I can easily tell who's due for a special gift. I recently started gifting CIs from friends' WL before visiting--it's easier to see what extras I have without clicking on every item. I gift free WL fixers while visiting, though, and finally use "Send" to give keys to anybody who didn't have freebies on their WL.

I notice that only about half my friends visit each day. Slackers.