tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post1622457121025726100..comments2024-03-26T13:34:53.762-04:00Comments on Catching Happiness: It's Not About the Label MakerKathy A. Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post-57579049893589909872012-07-12T09:03:04.889-04:002012-07-12T09:03:04.889-04:00Laure--Isn't "piles" an organization...Laure--Isn't "piles" an organizational style?! It is in my household.<br /><br />I have the same "I might need it someday" issues--I think a lot of us do. Good for you overcoming that little roadblock.Kathy A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post-30509256637607684692012-07-11T09:18:18.497-04:002012-07-11T09:18:18.497-04:00If you could see my desk at the moment you would m...If you could see my desk at the moment you would mostly like classify me as "non-organized." However, I've made inroads to being more organized in some areas of my life while others...not so much. <br /><br />We recently decided to get rid of our VCR(!!!!)...haven't used it in years and yet, the "oh, but we might need that" attitude reared its ugly head. Really? After not touching it in 10 years you think we might need it? <br /><br />The VCR is now on its way to a new home—assuming anyone still uses that type of machine anymore. I would have to say that's the one thing that seems to have been helping us lately and that's getting past the "oh, but we might need that...someday" mentality.Laure Ferlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966163843633158039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post-69796771519634198622012-07-10T14:57:33.508-04:002012-07-10T14:57:33.508-04:00Elizabeth--It's a beautiful dream, isn't i...Elizabeth--It's a beautiful dream, isn't it--to be completely organized. I don't see that happening, but at least we keep making efforts to streamline and improve.<br /><br />I am still not good with paper, but I do try to do your second point. I have the same rhythms you have, and try to get most of my creative work done in the morning and my more mundane things in the afternoon. Sometimes I can do some creative work at night if I'm not too tired! That used to be my preferred time before motherhood hit me so many years ago!Kathy A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post-89044324130461862142012-07-10T14:54:50.933-04:002012-07-10T14:54:50.933-04:00Kathy--I've enjoyed your posts about the proce...Kathy--I've enjoyed your posts about the process of getting your house the way you like it. It gives me hope for myself!<br /><br />I do something similar to your stations: I keep things where they are used. For instance, the coffee and filters are in the cabinet right above the coffee maker instead of in the pantry, the dog food is in a cabinet next to her dish, etc. It saves a few steps every day and they can add up.Kathy A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post-8516030484505622102012-07-10T14:18:32.386-04:002012-07-10T14:18:32.386-04:00Oh, to be finally organized, once and for all. Pr...Oh, to be finally organized, once and for all. Probably not ever achievable since life flows along in unpredictable ways and new things are always entering our lives. <br /><br />I like your thoughts, though, and have been purging a bit here and there (what a great feeling!). My motto has been: "If I didn't know I had (fill in item here) tucked away in the first place, it might as well not exist in my space!" So off it goes to find a new home or to be recycled or thrown away. <br /><br />I've read a lot of organizing books in the past as well. :) There are two things I remember and use. <br /><br />1st, try to handle paper only once. Not possible for everything, but works for many things that really don't need to be shuffled around more than once. <br /><br />2nd, adapt your tasks to your body and mind. For instance, I'm a morning person, and find it much easier to write, edit, draw, and plan before lunch. At 4 pm my brain approaches a near-dead state. This is my time to do mindless chores: filing, scanning, rote paperwork, organizing and putting things away, cleaning, folding laundry, easy cooking, gardening, etc. This common-sense guideline has saved me much anguish from all those past times I tried to force my square peg into a round hole!<br /><br />But I'm a sucker for technology, and think I could use a labelmaker too...<br /><br />I like Kathy M.'s strategy of stations and like things alike in each room! I've done that a bit but see room for improvement. oh, we'll be SO organized!!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304349794622823797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post-4351485994728608842012-07-10T11:23:36.040-04:002012-07-10T11:23:36.040-04:00I am pretty organized, but I do have a lot of clut...I am pretty organized, but I do have a lot of clutter. We just have so much stuff (not that I am buying anymore, we keep getting things from family members).<br /><br />I have our home organized in stations like you would find in a preschool classroom. I try to have like things alike in their own areas or rooms. The office area has the normal things, research materials, books on history, etc.<br /><br />Our room has the normal bedroom stuff and the sewing center.<br /><br />The Mom Cave is a library. I have books in each room of our home, but they are grouped into matching categories.<br /><br />I think that I am done changing furniture around; I finally have things where I like them and where they work for us. I never thought that I would say that!<br /><br />Best of luck on getting things streamlined!<br /><br />Kathy M.Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171271956883698673noreply@blogger.com