Y2, D12: Organization

I think I have a knack for organization. At least, I have a knack for taking a complete disaster area of a home and making it look organized. Containers, labels, you name it! I'm great at staying up 48 hours straight to "get organized." I'm not so great at the other half of organization, which is systems and habits that lend to continued organization. My husband and I have been together for four years and I just this month bought him something to put his keys into every night because I was tired of them ending up in the washer.

At the moment, I'm on an organization spree. I'm throwing out old papers and projects that are just taking up space, I'm sorting through old clothes and shoes and knick-knacks; I'm basically tearing the house apart, throwing away a bunch of stuff, and then putting it back together in a way that seems like it will lend to future organization.

Of course, I'm doing this all before reading the books I picked out on organization, because they haven't arrived in the mail yet and once a project like this gets stuck in my head it's stuck there for good. So I'm doing all of this, fully knowing that in a few weeks I'll have to do it all again. Some people would say that's a little crazy and I...probably would agree with them. That's not the point. The point is that even though I'm still tearing things up like a Tasmanian devil, the little bit of organization I've been able to create has made a huge difference for my life! I'm remembering more appointments (because they're all written down and I actually look at my calendar every day). I'm arriving on time most of the time. I generally have clothes clean and ironed  when it's time to put them on to go - you can ask my husband, that one's been a long time coming. There's all these different areas where I'm doing better and better because I am *finally* getting organized!

If you'll remember, that's one of my goals this year. Organization has been a huge stumbling block for me and I've probably lost a lot of opportunities because of it. I'm really excited to be seeing this improvement, even if I will have to re-create the whole system once I've actually read the books.