I'm exhausted today. Marcie the Organizer came over for our first session together and we started attacking paper clutter. We emptied five boxes - filled up my 8-gallon recycling bin three times and got a number of things ready for donating.
We found a Netflix DVD that has been missing for about a year.
We also discussed calendaring and I ordered a 1-31 file for my to-do list. I chose an accordion file. Every day when action items come in, I will decide when I want and/or need to do them, and file them in the appropriate number corresponding to the day I decide to do them. Or, if I have things I need to do, I will look at my calendar and decide what day I have time to do it, write it down on a piece of scrap paper, then put it in the appropriate day. If it's a task that needs repeating (such as a weekly or monthly chore), I will just put it in the next day I need to do that task. If something needs to be done a different month, put it in 31 behind the actual things I need to do on the 31st. Then, I will review the day the night before and the day of and do the task.
We discussed financial planning. Turns out, she has family in the business and they are local, and we've been looking for someone.
We discussed some more possibilities about where to put storage.
We discussed a home office setup. (The idea behind the accordion file for the action papers is that it can be wrapped up and put away. She had suggested the possibility of getting rid of our side door and putting a desk in that area. Kurt was enthusiastic. I kind of like the idea too, especially because we were talking about replacing it with a window. But at this point, I kind of just want to get the house organized. I am thinking of putting a desk in the living room.
We are brainstorming about how to get more closed storage to cut down on visual clutter.
There were a lot of decisions to make, not my strong suit.
My eye is on the prize though. I am looking forward to low clutter and a more maintainable schedule.
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