Some one in our system came up with what I think is a pretty awesome idea to keep track of who is in our system. We have done system maps before on a large piece of paper, but they always become messy and confusing. There really isn't much room to write about each individual alter and what they like. Some one in the system suggested using index or note cards for each alter and keeping them in a box for easy reference.
We went to the cheap store and bought a small cardboard box and some stickers. Our littles picked them out and helped put them on the box. From the newsagent we bought the packet of what are officially called 'system cards' (thought that was kind of funny). The cards are lined and have enough room on them to write personal information about each alter. If one of us needs more than one card we can just staple them together.
Today we went through our journal to find the names of all the alters we have written in there. Some of them we had totally forgotten about. We wrote about what they like or don't like, who they are friends with, there role if they have one. We also included anything we have heard them saying about what they have been through. By the time we were finished today we had counted over 30 alters, (some with no more information than a name). It all seems a lot clearer now and a lot less confusing. I know there are some we haven't written about yet but at least now we have an easy and clear system for us all. We store the cards in the box in alphabetical name order to make it easier to find them later if we need to add information.
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