Hello again!
So
unfortunately, Life must’ve heard my desire to book off a set amount of
time and said “Ohhhh no bucko. No booking off time for YOU”! I haven’t
been able to get to sit down and write for any solid timeframe. As
suggested, I was aiming for a ½ hour, but bupkis on that. However, there
is still some good news on that front. In waiting to be able to blog
again, I’ve realized I really like the idea of blogging, and I actually
missed getting to do it (I know, how do you miss something you’ve only
done 4 times, really? Hahaha!). In lieu of actually posting, I’ve been
keeping notes on what I want to write about. The list just keeps growing
and growing, so I’ll have lots of material to work with J.
Given that I did have a list, some of which were small things, I was
hoping to put up multiple posts, but so far, time just simply won’t
allow it.
My
first thing that I wanted to blog about was actually quite simple and
related to the little list: How many of us have a to-do list? Hell, how
many blogs are there about a to-do list? Dozens, hundreds, thousands
even! Despite that… here’s another one ;)
A long time ago, I
was a notoriously unorganized person in my home life. Or rather…
unorganized in an organized fashion. Books strewn about the book case,
make up and jewelry tossed in drawers, mail was roughly sorted and
stacked in the ‘filing room’, things needed were jotted down and
pinned up on a nearby corkboard or stuck to the fridge. I was the
happiest of all happy clutterbugs. The thing of it was, this worked for
me. For YEARS. Everything had a place that I knew and could easily
access. Then, as I grew out of my teens and early 20s, I became more concerned about organization. Everything had a bit more organization to it. Lately, even that hasn’t been cutting it any more. I have been
bitten by an organization bug. The renovation stimulated in me the need
to (to play into the internet memes) organize ALL the things!
And
so it started. First the living room got an organization overhaul, then
the porch and kitchen. The biggest job was the bathroom. Hubby and I
had so many products. 2 hours later, I’ve organized and claimed 2
drawers and Hubby has one of his own (hey, as a girl, I lay claim to
more product space!). Wednesday we took an hour to rearrange and
organize Hubby’s computer room. There is so much more space now.
All
this drive to organize started to seep into other, less …. intensive
organization methods. As mentioned, I kept lists before. Short, noted
lists of things we needed, things we wanted. Occasionally there was a
list headed with ‘To do for XX Date MUST GET DONE!”, which was usually
underlined with extra exclamation points to ensure the reader (me) knew
of it’s utter importance. In an adventure in the local Chapters, I
stumbled across an “All Out Of” list for groceries.-->
This
was a heaven-sent gift! Grocery lists were the devil for me. I
scribbled down what it looked like we needed and what I thought we
needed and headed out. But, like many, extras were picked up of something that hadn't been on the list, or something that Hubby had seen, but I had missed. I was careful to include
everything, look over what I had, and then make the list, but still
missed some things. We're not talking major meals here. Just smaller items, that I thought about later the week and it would have been more convenient to pick it up on original grocery day. This “All Out
Of” list has EVERTHING. It’s great. I love it.
Then
I got a little notebook. Nothing fancy, just a small book to carry with
me for ideas about stories, or songs I wanted to learn. I’d jot it down
as I was on the go so I wouldn’t forget later. This was also something
that I loved. I found another little list maker for websites last week.
It was only about 5$ so I picked it up. I don’t venture far on the web,
but there have been a few fashion and makeup sites of interest, as well
as crafts and DIY websites that I would like to keep reminders of.
Then
I started to think. There has to be a nice, official “To Do” and “Wish
List” and “Need List” out there somewhere, right? Half the reason I use
the notebook and the Grocery List is that they were bought for that sole
purpose and that they are exactly where I need them. Notebook in purse,
grocery list on fridge. It also means that there would be less scraps
of paper floating around and tossed each time I did a big sweep of a
room.
Don’t
get me wrong, I do my standard chores of housekeeping throughout the
day. But I’m craving the official-ness of the list. Yes, even for the
Wish and Need list (like, new makeup brushes would be on the wish list,
new blinds for the kitchen would be on the need list). Why? Because
that’s where all of the things to do would be kept. Always. It would be
organization of the lists that organize. I could even put blogging on
the list! And perhaps book off that block of time!
Man, that organization bug has an awful hard bite.
What about you guys? Has the organization bug bitten you yet?
P.S. Chapters has to do and to get lists that I've found, but yet to pick up! -->
And many, many others!
P.P.S I'm searching for a new template. Expect change.
