Day 2

I am a mess. Literally and figuratively. But for today lets discuss the literal. I am a pack rat. I save everything. I just know that someday I will need whatever it is I possess currently. I have just about every book I've ever owned; a giant pile of old clothes, cloth, yarn, and various other crafty things just waiting for me to whip up into something stunning; old programs from concerts and conferences . . . . you name - I save it. Except for weird things like fingernails and tinfoil. That's just not right.

Because of my pack ratty ways I'm kind of disorganized. I wouldn't generally call myself a disorganized person, but the sheer volume of stuff I own keeps me from being very organized. I have an extra bedroom in my house that has pretty much exploded with all my extra crap. I can't even really walk in there anymore and heaven forbid trying to find anything - you're more likely to find water in the Sahara or a bikini in the arctic. But here's the weird thing . . . I love organizational stuff.

You know - planners, folders, bins to put stuff away in, cork boards to hang stuff up - all of those nifty little things created to help us become more organized - I love them! In fact, some people say I have a slight addiction to them (but I have noooo idea what they are talking about). I love setting up a new planner - putting in the all the birthdays, and filling out the address pages - there is something about the promise of organization that makes the little anal retentive place in my heart sing. But I can't seem to ever stick with my systems. My room becomes cluttered again, stuff piles up in my inbox at work, and my planner gets abandoned after a few weeks - all of that promise gone.


I know I just said yesterday and I don't set new years resolutions, but I do think I'm going attempt to sustain my organization over the long term this year. I hope to get my horrible disaster scene of a room actually usable. I'll post pictures of the room tomorrow. And maybe I'll chart my progress on the room and the other facets of my life.

Well, off to work for now. Two days down baby!