One thing is for certain. It does us no good to berate
ourselves for any so-called “failures” carried over from last year's unmet expectations. We cannot change what
is past. We can only move forward.
Okay, so at least it's not this bad! |
If I could come up with one word for what I hope to
accomplish this year, it would be to simplify. For me, this specifically means to
de-clutter. This task will take me the whole year and truthfully, it feels quite
overwhelming. My chest is tightening just thinking of all that needs to be
done.
So I will start with one project. My desk. That place
where everything is set down to be looked at 'later on', until the pile grows so high
that it slides onto the floor. The place where piles start out innocently enough and quite organized, thank you very much. But they grow in the dark and become monstrous, hiding important documents underneath the trivial papers waiting to be filed.
I am easily overwhelmed with the abundance of tasks I try to
complete in a day. Oftentimes my reaction is simply to give up and not even try. My friend Carol Anne Swett has some great ideas today in her
blog that I think will help me to start slowly and to be gentle and kind to
myself in the process of trying to redesign my world into a more organized
state.
See, I always use the excuse that I am a creative individual
and not a linear thinker. And this
is true! My thoughts are all over the place, which I think allows me to be who
I am and to share the beautiful way I see life. But it can be a hindrance when I am trying to get organized. I get sidetracked with craft ideas or go into another room to put something away and somehow never come back to the original task. Tell me this never happens to you!
To some it is organized chaos. But I know where everything
is. It’s when it gets to the point that I can’t find something that I get
frustrated. And truly, the clutter is emotionally draining. Working at home as I do, I never leave my job
or the housework, so it is all bearing down on me all the time. So I shut it
all out and write or sing, or go for a walk. Then I am ready to come back to
the puzzle and sort out the pieces, finding places for everything, and putting everything in its place.
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