One of the greatest ironies in my life is that I'm paid to be organized for a living (I'm a meeting planner, focusing on logistics), but I have always been a messy person. Neat is not an adjective that is used to describe me.
I think that part of my problem is that I have a lot of stuff. I tend to be an impulsive buyer. I buy "themes" of things. If I want to learn more about a subject, I buy 3 or 4 books about it. If I decide that I'm going to take up jewelry making, I buy a ton of supplies. I just like acquiring stuff.
Also, with having a baby, the amount of time that we can spend on cleaning and organizing the house has diminished significantly. We were never neat freaks, but the amount of clutter is reaching a problematic level. And I fully admit that it's largely due to me and my penchant for stuff.
I recently bought a book called Organize Now or something like that. Basically it lays out a week-by-week guide to organizing your house. I bought the book with high hopes, but frankly, I don't see how it's possible to devote time every week to organizing with a one-year old and a full-time job. But, I will continue to read it and hopefully gleam some suggestions from it that I can use now.
However, I would like to make some small inroads on organizing this year. We're hoping to move in the next year, so something needs to happen or else we'll just have to pull a dumpster up to the house and toss it all in.
In addition to organization, there are some household type tasks that need to be done, especially now that we have a child.
So, my home and organizing baby steps this year are:
1. Make a list of all passwords and account numbers, just in case
2. Make a will; at the very least select guardians for Delia
3. Purge my clothes, crafting supplies, and books (and don't buy things to replace the items I purged)
4. Follow through with donating the items I have in bags around the house
5. Try to tidy up (at least Delia's toys) each night before bed
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