Do I need counseling? Or a life coach?Maybe. There must be something seriously wrong with me. I don’t have a planner. I take life one day at a time. I often can’t see the top of my desk. My businesses are not focused. I am probably about as scattered as they come. Every self-help book and site seems to call me. Is everyone peeking in my window? I’m not proud of being a disorganized person. I’m not a slob…I’m just my own mini-tornado, always leaving some sort of destruction behind me.
Yet, I wonder if the grass is really greener. I listen to The Household Helper podcast and drool with envy at Cara’s organized life. I subscribe to Flylady. I collect recipe books, own a crockpot and a pressure cooker, and read snippets of Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston like others read bible verses.
I often wonder if there is hope for me. Can I really change? Is there something I am getting out of being this way? I know I am my own worst enemy. When things are neat, I certainly feel calmer but my creativity disappears. The busier I am, the crazier my world, the more productive I am. Or maybe I just think that’s true. Maybe I’m living in a dream world.
When my June Cleaver/Martha Steward mom lent me this book, all I could do was roll my eyes. Somehow I missed the organizing gene (and my brother got the double-dose). Yet, unlike the mountain of other books she gave me this one struck a nerve. It hasn’t turned me into Martha Junior, but it has changed my thinking. Now…where did I put that book?!!!
May 1st, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Whatever works Treece! It takes all kinds to make a world.
May 1st, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I agree with Carrie - seems to me like what you’re doing is working just fine for you.
And I agree with you - the crazier things are the more productive I am for the most part.
I cleaned off my desk last week and now I feel like I’m spending all this time making sure my desk stays clean instead of working! LOL!
May 1st, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I think that’s the bigger question. Is it working?
May 1st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Don’t feel guilty. You’re certainly not alone. You just need to have some productive fun!
May 1st, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I love that book, Clear Your Clutter…! I may just have to pull that back out and read it again, too! My life is so chaotic, it’s not even funny.. *sigh*