The New Year is in full force. I have several small grandchildren and witness our daughters constantly changing out the closets. Especially in the first year when children grow so fast and change literally by the month.
It doesn’t end with clothes though! If you are in a normal family, there are drawers that need cleaning, garages that need to be rearranged by the season and type of weather, shoe racks and places to put the boots. There are the piles of papers, bills, and correspondence that need processing. As women, the content of our purses has ongoing changes too. Extra tissues for the winter days, makeup, hair adornments, and papers take up space.
Now proceed to your car, place of work, or office. My car is always in flux and I think yours might be too. Files, gloves, bags for groceries that I use each week are in the backseat. The window scraper is necessary in our Illinois and their are two; one smaller scraper and a larger one for snow removal. A box of paper tissues sits on the passenger seat along with a bottle of water in the front holder. Oh and of course, there are sunglasses for the bright snow blindness that persists in the winter.
At the beginning of the year or with the change of the season, many of us try to get organized. At the office, I was adding on 2016 date tags, new receipt files for the coming year, and gathering tax papers for 2015. It seems like an ongoing task to stay organized and updated, but when things are done, it feels so good. With books reconciled and new files in place, the domino effect started. It meant buying a new file cabinet at home too. I added colorful file folders to make things more “joyful”. The files are now set up by month for an easier way to find things after adding paperwork and receipts into the computer.
The junk drawers are the next project. Organizing takes time, but the payoffs are great. Did you know that what we do physically is replicated in our minds. When we clean up the environment it clears our minds to forge ahead. My sewing room is yelling for my help too. After Holiday projects, things were tucked away fast for a clean environment, but there are many things that need to be properly put away. Material, scraps of ribbon, and buttons are in a few big baskets that need sorting before I can go play in there again creating new Spring projects.
In Ireland, we visited the Woolen Mills. They have these wonderful drawers for keeping threads clean and tangle free. Not quite the same at home, but there is a system, none the less, for me to follow.
So I wish you all a Happy 2016. May you find systems of organizing that work well for you as you forge ahead to get things done in an easier way.
Hope your day goes well! The posts here will be more consistent now as the year continues. Organizing certainly will help. A new grandchild has brought new blessings, our playful dog continues to bring on more excitement, and our community continues to work well for everyone’s benefit. More to come on insights from business and personal events. Be well and have a great New Year.