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organization, or lack thererof

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As I type this I am surrounded by piles of paper. I've started trying to organize things for taxes. I don't know why I do this in January every year, as most documents I need don't arrive until February! (But I do know why...it's because I want it all out of my desk so I can prepare for this year!)

I have several long-term projects that I'm attempting to tackle this year. One of them is organizing my family history box. This has already frustrated me as the more information I pile into the document the more I realize I need a better system for doing this. My sister advised me to start with one piece of information, complete it, then work from there. But I have two small piles of information that all need entering, so I'm still doing an all over approach at the moment. Hopefully by the end of this month I'll be on a better path for starting sectional work.

Two weeks ago I cleaned out part of my sewing room so I could move some furniture out (and I hate to admit I've allowed some of the mess to spill over into another room, but that's a different blog post). My goal for this year is to complete enough projects that the room is slightly less chaotic. I fear I have only opened Pandora's Box. 

While I am a little behind in some of my reading (this month is The History of Rudeness and 31 Days of Praise), I'm still pressing onward. I figure every page read is one step closer to completing another book. My hope is that by limiting myself to two books each month, I'll force myself to finish reading some non-fiction that I have a tendency to start and then leave on the dresser unfinished for a while - like a year, or two, or three. 

A few years ago I told Bobby that my dream in life was to be organized.  He looked at me with amusement and replied "Not in this lifetime." I'm not sure he believes my little sister when she tells him that I used to be hyper-organized and stressed about the least little thing being out of sync. I don't want to get back to THAT level of organization, but I would like to return to a little less chaos. My friend Sara has a quote that goes something like "You can't stop a bird from flying over your head, but you can stop that bird from building nests in your hair."

And that's one of my goals for this year - to remove all the nests I've allowed to accumulate around me.

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