New club stresses organization and productivity at Maize South
Shelly Walston shows the Productive Members of Society Club her journal. This was the first meeting for the new addition.
October 26, 2018
Shelly Walston shows the Productive Members of Society club her journal. This was the first meeting for the new group.
The Productive Members of Society is a new club to Maize South started by yearbook teacher Shelly Walston. The purpose of this club is to help students get more organized and keep a productive lifestyle. The club started recently after she showed a video during Mav time last week about keeping bullet journals. Walston said she got motivated to make her bullet journal and wanted to share it with her students, so she decided to make it a club.
“I love organizing things, and I’m very interested in how executive functions like goal setting can develop the brain,” she said.
While the group’s creation came after the showing of the video, Smith said the idea of a club that encourages productivity has been on her mind for a long time.
“I’ve been sitting on the idea for the club for about 15 years,” she said.
Brittany Smith, a yearbook student of Walston’s, said she started a journal of her own after the club started. Smith said she writes in her new journal every day about what she has to remember, events she has to go to and things she wants to do.
“I like that it keeps me organized,” Smith said. “I like to cross things off.”
Salyia McKibbin, another one of Walston’s students, said she loves meeting the goals on her list as well as the feeling of accomplishment it gives her.
“Well, the feeling of crossing off the accomplished tasks at the end of the day [is amazing],” McKibbin said. “An amazing feeling is what keeps me inspired.”
