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The section of I Used to Be So Organized we’ve been focusing on this week is titled “What Happened?” It’s interesting that like most things, we need to look back first, before we move forward. Examine our roots, assess our habits, and analyze what happened so we can do better in the future.
So far we’ve gotten acquainted with the author, Glynnis Whitwer, and found out that many of us can easily relate to her. We’ve decided that there is an organized person in each of us and that is why we will continue moving forward and soon begin making real changes that require action.
I’m so excited to have some of my sisters join me in leading this study. Tomorrow you will officially meet Stephanie Clayton. She has written a message to you that accompanies Chapter 3, Increased Expectations. Officially, you aren’t assigned to read Chapter 3 until Friday, so her post will give you some insight into what’s ahead.
Reminder: Thursday~ Go to Stephanie’s blog. That’s where you will find your assignment.
Friday~ Go to Glynnis Whitwer’s blog. Glynnis has something to say to you and a weekend activity for us.
So, are you excited? Ready to move forward? What area of your life do you want to organize the most? Were you ever organized in that area? What happened? Please share (email readers, click the title to go to my blog so you can comment)
That’s all for now! Big Blessings <3
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My main area that needs to be organized is HOME. . .all of it. At 42, I lost my husband and moved from my huge country home with 2 car garage, shed, and barn with my teenage daughter. We moved to town in a two bedroom home – lots of stuff that wouldn’t fit. We had boxes under table cloths to hide them. When she moved out I thought I would finally get back my organized home. Then my mother had a stroke and had to move in with me. In comes the wheelchairs, handicap commode and shower and lots of equipment to keep her moving. It’s now been 19 years and I am still disorganized. Looking forward to getting my spiritual life and homelife back in order. Thanks for the great study.
Hi Melissa!
My main area that needs to be organized is paperwork.
I have a chest to put them in, but I always forget what’s in the chest.
This has been a problem for years.
My desk is a mess! In fact any level area that can support paper is a mess.
Oh my, oh me…
I would love to be organized in my housework.
I seem to never know how to get it organized in the first place or be able to keep it that way.
Sorry our conversation got cutoff. My phone keeps disconnecting or hanging up. Crazy phone. I am sorry I kept you so long but enjoyed our visit. Lovng the study. Blessings to you. Talk soon. Angie
I need to be organized more at home! With working and raising two children, I feel sometimes my home is neglected! Thankfully I teach so I spend a lot of my summer organizing what I can! My home use to be organized until I had my second child! I find it hard at times to balance time with my children and keeping my house organized! My 17 month old is still teething and not sleeping at night! Sometimes I feel like there is only so much I can do in a day without becoming worn out! This summer I am spending more time playing with my children then cleaning my house! My children will not be little forever, but my house will always be there to clean! So I organize what I can, when I can!
Melinda,
There was a poem in my daughters pediatrician office when she was younger (probably about 15 years ago now…wow how time flies) and I can’t remember the exact wording but it was a list of things people want done (clean house, orderly, laundry done, etc…) and how it would be done but the child needed this or that. The point of it was there would be time to have all of that done later, but by worrying about it now you would be missing out on stuff with the kids. As you said they will not be little forever, I tried to always remember the meaning of that poem whenever I started to stress about everything else that needed my attention. I pray you and your family has a fantastic summer.
I was always organized, at work, at home, and with all my church and school volunteer activities. I believed running by a schedule and having everything planned out, this included keeping the house spotless and having a place for everything.
All of that changed in 2009 when I was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer and the treatment wiped me out. It caused not only its own issues but led to my Lupus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia coming out of remission. This led to me having to leave my business partnership, and my life was turned upside down. I still have to use a wheelchair to even do the weekly grocery shopping and my home we were in the midst of remodeling is just starting to be put back together. We have had rooms in boxes for over three years now. We finally have the living room, dining room and kitchen basically done. We are working on unpacking the office with plans to go to our bedroom and our bathroom next. I’m also praying God gives me the strength to get the rest of my life back, even if I can’t return to work or go on to law school, I would love to get where I can at least have the strength to fix a meal for my family or to do the laundry. It would also be great if my 18 year old and I could do one of our annual school clothes shopping days (even if she is starting her junior year in college
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Hi Danaye! I have fibromyalgia too and I am praying for you. Stress seems to make mine worse and I’m exhausted a lot. I’m praying that getting organized will remove at least some of the stress and I will start feeling better physically.
What happened? 4 kids a cat and a calendar that never seems to have an empty day. Internet (which at first was such a great idea to have and now seems like a black hole!) and cell phones. Seriously though, somewhere along the line I plugged in and forgot to unplug. I need to reprioritize before I can organize! LOL thanks for leading the study and for introducing me to a great book!
I used to be so organizied my mom would actually try to find somthing I missed. What happened is depression set in and I strated having panic atacks. I still have bad days .I hope maybe I can learn something to motivate me more my concentration is not the best.
I am wanting to get my home organized again. The past 2.5 years I have been working 2 jobs while raising 2 daughters with my husband. God has shown me that I need to make some things a priority and let go of some things in order to focus on His will. A friend along time ago told me that BUSY was a acronym for Being Under Satan’s Yoke. I have come to realize that has been true for me recently. I have scaled back on some of my volunteer positions as well as quit my second job. I am taking this summer to rest and study His word so I will be ready for His next chapter in my life.
I love that acronym DeeDee. I’ve never heard it before and I believe it’s true!
Love your Acronym!! Have to Borrow it!
Dee Dee, I agree 100% with you!! II think I’ve allowed myself to get too busy with “stuff”, some of it very good stuff, but I’ve had to ask myself, “Is it beneficial?”
I definitely identified with the quote – “When we live an activity-driven life, we are never quite sure what’s most important. When that happens consistently over time, a low level of anxiety settles in.” The main thing that needs to get organized is my brain. I don’t seem to have the focus or energy that I used to. I feel like I have the ADD problem she talks about in chapter 2. I know I don’t actually have ADD, but I can’t seem to stay focused on one thing long enough to get it done before I’m flitting around to something else. I have projects I want to do and writing daily for a writing course I’m taking, but all I can seem to get accomplished each day are the daily things just to keep my house in order and dinner on the table at night.
Wow, almost exactly what I would have said!
I thought I used to be organized. Everyone would compliment me on my organizing skills. But I think laziness, procrastination and fear have led me to be out of control. My house, mind and heart are decluttered. I want to be more productive with my time. I really liked the idea of “quiet zones”. I think I’ve been distracted and that led me to be gumpy and hard on myself.
I could actually stand to be more organized in ALL areas of my life! I remember my mom having a little construction paper flower with six petals that each held her chores for Monday-Saturday. The center was for Sunday and stayed blank so we’d know it was family day! I was that organized before I married. When I had to start cleaning and organizing for TWO people instead of just me, I started losing control, and over the past 17 years, it’s just gotten worse. It’s spilled over into my work too; I look at my growing to-do list and pick and item to tackle, and before I get too far into it, the other items on the list start yelling, “What about US?” Once I get sidetracked like that, my day seems like just one big mess and nothing really gets accomplished.
I am SO anxious to dive into this study head first and get my life back on the path to order and peace!
I really just want to be able to make decisions in my life and not agonize over them (and over them and over them). My home is pretty organized and I’m good with keep my schedule, which is great. But when decisions paralyze me or information is overwhelming, I start to shut down. I want to be able to determine what my priorities really are and stick to them.
Also, I seem to be receiving the emails a day late, but that’s no problem. I’m actually remembering to go to the blog. But, if some people can’t find the book, it is available through the kindle store if some of you have kindles or ipads, etc. Just wanted to throw that out for you.
Oh my goodness Lisa that is my struggle too!!! Making decisions. Sometimes I feel like I have so many decisions to make I want to scream. And they’re not usually big life changing decisions either. Seems like sometimes the bigger decisions I have less trouble with as they require input from my husband or family or they are about things I have no power to change anyway. How about you? And information overload….don’t get me started…lol
I attribute my problem in making decisions back to childhood when my mom would always question nearly every choice I made. Are you SURE you want that color dress? What about this one? Always!!! And with everything!! I have gotten a teeny bit better but it is as you say “paralyzing”!!! All day long I am constantly distracted and preoccupied with choices I need to make on undecided things. Once I shut down nothing it seems as nothing gets done for the rest of the day. I find too that sometimes I end up buying more “things” than I really need (or truly even want) just in case something is no longer available in that color or whatever later on if I should change my mind. YIKES!! I feel like some kind of compulsive shopper or something when I really, truly am not. Does that happen to you too?
I have been praying about this for some time and because I couldn’t decide if I would have time for the study of course did not buy the book! Thank goodness for the ebook!! I am very hopeful that this study will bring mental organization to my life!!
Okay, I think I will be able to find the assignments. I’ve requested the book from the library. Hopefully I’ll get it tomorrow. So glad you posted the first 2 chapters. Thanks so much.
One area that I would like more organization in my own life, is my TIME. I have a lot of things on my plate each day, but I find myself spending more and more HOURS each day on the computer! I’m not talking just an hour here or there. I’m talking about HOURS upon HOURS!
I am responsible for a lot in a ministry that I am in, and for the most part, I feel that I “need” to be online in case someone needs something. I know in my heart that is not true, but it’s how I feel. THAT is what I need to work on!
In Chapter 2, Glynnis talked about being a people pleaser. I used to be much worse at this, than I am today. A lot of began as a child living in an abusive home. I constantly looked for love and approval…and a lot of my actions became “approval” oriented. When I do something, I give it my ALL….sometimes to a degree that is not healthy for my well-being, or my home.
So these are areas that I am looking for answers for, through this book. I pray God will reveal nothing more than His truth for my own life, through this book.
I want to get back to organized meal planning – since my kids are grown and gone, meals have become so hit-and-miss, and it seems like I always have too much food and no ideas. I want to finish the house remodeling we started five years ago, I get so depressed sometimes over the missing baseboards or the kitchen trim that still needs to be fixed, and I can’t do it myself, I need my husband’s help, and I don’t want to nag – vicious circle. I want to find the organizational path – and the courage – to becoming the writer I know God has called me to be – constant low-level stress that I am NOT doing that. I guess those are reasons enough for me to be in this study – !
This study will be perfect for me. I’ve finally decided that I need to get organized again. I used to be very organized now I misplace things, forget to pay bills, & forget important events. I’m going to be very blessed through this study. By learning to organized & keep it that way NOT procrastinate & spend more quality time with the Jesus
Wow…I am amazed and practically in tears as I read these comments. So many of them sound as if they were written by me. All my friends seem to have it all together, and I feel like it’s just me with this problem. I want to get my home organized the way it is meant to be. I am always “busy”, flitting around, but never seem to get anything accomplished. Things, mainly paperwork, seem to move from one spot to another, moved out of sight….not actually having a place where it belongs. It’s time to declutter. As others meantioned I have recently had a problem with overwhelmingly anxiety which is not like me at all. I am so thankful for this study. I am back in God’s word as I should be and looking forward to what’s ahead.
I need to get my room back in order. It used to be a poster room for organization, and now it in no way can even come near that. I related to Glynnis’s analogy of the change in technology effect and believe that right there is the key to what happened??!!
Melissa, I got teary reading chapter 2 today. For years I have realized I need time to myself most days to process my thoughts, but I didn’t know why. Now I know! If I can’t find find that solitary time my thoughts swirl around in my head. They just have to be dealt with. My husband is the opposite of me – he wants the tv or radio on constantly – even when he is going to sleep. He doesn’t understand my craving for time to myself to just think. He is hurt and offended if I try to find a few moments to myself; a challenge in itself becaused 5 of our 8 children are still in our home. What a relief to hear what I experience is normal, not selfishness. Thanks for doing this study. May all of us who are participating receive all the Lord has for us through this study. Marta
Oh I am so excited about thus study! I teach, so summer is usually filled with a long to-do-list that barely gets done. I have this awful case of procrastination and welcome distractions…it seems there is a name for it…attention deficits trait (ADT). I’m sure my hubby would agree to the diagnosis! What happened? After getting married and having my two boys I’ve changed a lot. I used to be a morning person…now the snooze button has become my best friend! Some days, no make that most days I feel like I have three children…I would love to be like my hubby and sit amongst it all and it not bother me…I just can’t bring myself to do it. I end up multi-tasking horribly and get exhausted and extremely moody. I’m learning to stop nagging because it gets me no where. I don’t, however, want my boys to pick up lazy traits. So I’m trying to balance my career, household chores, and spending quality family time. (Side note: my boys and I attend a great church and normally where I go they go especially if a free music concert is available! So I’m surrounding them with the Word and some Godly male role models as much as possible.) Basically took on some things hadn’t necessarily planned on and feel overwhelmed often at the many hats I wear. Somewhere along the way I lost part of me and I’m working to take time to get me back.
~Stephanie W.
I said a little prayer for you!
Have a wonderful day!
Thanks, Megan! I appreciate that!
I used to be organized in some areas of my life, but I had some medical issues
a couple of years ago, & now Nothing in my life is organized;paperwork, housework, or my job. I need help in all areas. I am so excited about this study.
I got an email a week or so ago, and as soon as I read it, I Knew this was for me.
This has been my prayer for a long time. I am a “list” person, but I don’t ever seem to be able to cross completed items off my list. I truly believe this Bible study is from our great God.
I would like to organize our family schedule so that we can get back to fun-filled, unstructured, spontaneous weekends together. We have four extraordinary and busy teenagers, and somehow it seems that I have lost the control and influence that I used to enjoy about how we all spend our free time together. The older teens are all in aggressive college prep/dual enrollment programs at school and lead busy social lives, so homework, studying and church obligations seem to take over nearly every free moment. I am so proud of each of them, but they are so very busy, and when I feel lonely in my own house, I wonder “what happened?”
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Well, I thought I knew where I needed to organize and then as I read through some of the comments it made me dig a little deeper. I’m not sure if that stresses me out or not knowing there are areas that I never even considered. I really did used to be organized. What happened? I think it was a combination of things… becoming an empty nester made me look for “things” to fill those voids. Wouldn’t you know it… Martha said “yes” again and again and found herself becoming more and more overcommitted. I also got a promotion at work that is so much more demanding. I think time is what I want to tackle first. To do that I know I need to get my priorities straight and start saying no to some things.
I think I need to be more organized with the mail and bills. I don’t even know what mail comes sometimes, it just gets put anywhere it will fit. Right now I have a box that I am trying to put important mail in, but I need a much better system. Also just like Michelle said any flat surface ends up cluttered.
Mail and paper are the biggest material thing I struggle with, but the harder thing has been to prioritize so I am not running the kids into the ground. I was packing to many useless things into a day. I have already seen a positive change in our morning attitudes.
I know I really need to stop putting my projects on an accelerated schedule since I have such small children, but I hate looking at mess. Focusing on God more has helped me lose my temper less, but I know this journey will require me to look at my unreasonable expectations for myself.
I’m so Excited about this study! I love to read but because of my procrastination I, would start reading a book that I loved and never finish it. So, I’m proud of myself so far because I’m still here. I’m so engaged in the book because I feel like I’m reading my life story.
Yes, I’m ready to move forward. I’m already moving!!
There’s many areas of my life that need to be organized, but the MAIN one is my home (paperwork specially). Just like KIM (above) I also feel like all my friends seem to have it all together, and I felt like it was just me with this problem, but now I realize that I’m not alone. I’m so busy with home and church that I can’t seem to complete either. What happened? Well… after much thought I realized that I’ve NEVER been organized. I’ve tried but never conquered that Giant, but this time I’m determined because reading the book has helped me understand that there’s a underlying cause for my disorganization and for me it was my childhood. I didn’t have the discipline to be organized because I had to take care of myself and my brothers. Now that I’m a mother I’ve tried many things or different methods to stay away from clutter but instead of facing it I had decided that acting like it was not there gave me some sort of “comfort or peace”. But I’m addressing every thought, feeling, scar, disorganization or clutter head on and I’m not backing down. I owe it to myself to experience freedom in many ways.
Were you ever organized in that area? What happened?
Way to go, Glenda! I pray that God allows you to see these challenges to organization clearly so you can experience the freedom He wants you to have.
Thank you Rebecca!
I need to organize my brain. I have so many projects and ideas and things I want to try or do floating around in my head that it is overwhelming at times. I feel the need to have schedules for everything from housework and meal plans to exercise and kids stuff. The problem is that I think that I will feel better if I have everything planned out but the more I try to plan the more stressed I become. I really just want to simplify and figure out how to give my brain a break.
I’m right there with ya, sister!
My main area to organize is my home. I used to be organized better before I had twins. I am really praying God will use this study to help me greatly. Thank you and your team for all of your hard work and dedication.
Hello Ladies! My oh my, where do I begin? I will admit that I’m pretty positive there’s a very organized 28 yr. old inside of me. She’s always been there, but seems ever so far away these days. I’m a wife of 2 years and a first time Mom of a beautiful, 1 year old baby boy! My life seems so fast paced lately and I don’t want to miss anything! I feel like every househould task has become overwhelming and gets put to the back burner. I’m embarrassed that my house doesn’t get clean well and things feel so out of order. I want to be better at soooo many things….trying to cook more, listen more, love more, give more, etc. Dear Lord, please help me focus all of these things to Your Glory and be the Very Best you want me to be. Amen!
Where to begin?? I guess mainly I need to get my everyday household under control. I have so many piles here and there. I start working on something and then jump to something else. Another one of my issues is with time management. I’m like Christi, I spend way too much time on the computer. I get on to check my e-mail, then I end up on Facebook, then looking for books for my nook, etc. I’ve found that idleness has become my idol. I just spend too much time doing nothing of value!
I think the thing I look forward to getting organized the most is my home. Yes it has been there briefly from time to time. I want to feel comfortable if someone just stops by I can welcome them to come in without having to excuse the mess!
There are many areas that I need to get organized in but lately it seems like everything is disorganized from work, home, personal life and spiritual. I used to be a task master, set my week and my priorities in order. Now it’s like I just live day to day in my chaos. What happened you ask? If I could be honest, I got married in 2006 and since then the wheels have been spinning out of control. Prior to 2006 it was just me…
I am having a hard time pin-pointing what I want to get organized the most. At this point, it feels like every single area of my life needs to be more organized. My home needs to be more organized so that I can find things that I need when I look for them, and so I don’t have a panic attack when I have visitors coming! My time and calendar need to get organized because I have so much to do that if I don’t plan my things and work my plan, then nothing ever gets done. I am a HUGE procrastinator!!! Need to and want to get better at this. My office at church definitely needs to get more organized because whenever I am there, I never feel like I accomplish much, so then I feel like I need to spend more time there which I don’t have!
So there is a lot to be organized, but I guess the best place for me to start is with myself. I need to get my thoughts organized. I need to pinpoint my priorities and focus on the main thing, so that I can then figure out what needs to get done when.
I am so looking forward to this study and I need it. This is a God-sent….we are here for such a time as this!!! Thank you Melissa and team for doing this and thank you Glynnis for writing such a wonderful book, that in the first two chapeters, I have been so blessed!!! Bless you all!
I would like to be more organized in my home. I feel like I am always doing laundry and dishes (I have no dishwasher!) But there are things that I really dislike, and therefore put off all too often…giving the bathroom a good cleaning, thoroughly dusting, giving the kitchen cabinets a good scrub-down. That kind of thing. I hope that I can get my life organized enough that doing those things seems less impossible.
Wow!! Did anyone else here think they were the only one who had piles of papers sitting around? LOL I have only one friend who admits that, but she currently has 4 jobs.
I, too, would like my home more organized. Part of my problem was that we used to move every 2-3 years, and now that we’ve been here 12 years, I haven’t cleaned out. I do go through our closets often, and if we haven’t worn it in a year, it’s off to Goodwill! I spent part of last summer cleaning out, and doing the same this summer as I’m painting the kitchen, living room, family room and hallways. I also just bought some neat baskets that have chalk boards on them so I can write what their contents are.
My prayer is that as I organize my home better, my brain will become better organized as well. I’ve already quit some things I was doing, and that has helped TREMENDOUSLY. I agree with what Dee Dee said that “BUSY” means “Being Under Satan’s Yoke”. Get behind me, satan!!
I need to get my KIDS organized. I have a 4 year old daughter and 3 month old twin daughters. When my oldest daughter was a baby, I had her on a routine from the very beginning! I cannot seem to get my new babies on a routine. They were born prematurely and are still very small, so even at 3 months, they wake up to eat during the night, so I am exhausted! Caring for my children and getting the dishes, laundry, and cooking done is a huge effort. Going somewhere with all 3 of them….is crazy. I hardly ever do it because it’s so exhausting and stressful. And then I am stuck in the house all day! So an online Bible study is perfect for me. Anyway, I would like to figure out how to get myself more calm and organized so that I can get my babies on a routine and go places with all my children without the stress. Thanks Melissa!
Wow! You’re superwoman!
My sister had twin girls last year and they are soooo precious, but A LOT of work (like any baby, but x’s 2)! She handled it beautifully though! You’ll get a schedule eventually! Hang in there! I said a little prayer for you!
That was my mother in law’s experience also. I finally saw the connection between her fatigue/depression and the chaos in her home. My husband and I went in and over the course of many months cleaned it our and re-ordered it. Is there anyone who could look at your stuff with fresh eyes and do that for you? My mother in law has become her old self again.
This reply was for Pam Cochrane, why it placed itself here???
What I want to say to you, Caroline, is you need 2 things…Give yourself lots of grace and find a person who can help you. Maybe a young girl who is not ready for baby sitting yet but wants to work with children. She could occupy the 4 yr old while you tend the babies or fold laundry. I hope you have women at church that can bring a meal from time to time. I am so glad you are part of this on line community. A close friend is mom to twins, born when the older child was 2 & had another after those totaling 4, all grown now. I waited and waited for her to become my friend…she was SO busy. But she was worth the wait. You will have time for friendship again. Hang on.
Thank you Suzi, for your comment. Fortunately, I have lots of help from my family and friends with meals and child care. Organization is still a challenge, though, so I am thankful for this study and for your encouragement!
Thank you for your encouragement, Megan! I am thankful for your prayers.
The area of my life that I’d like to organize the most is my time! I have never been good at time management (I’m horrible at it), and with teaching Elementary School and Sunday School and being a wife, a mom, a friend, a sister, a daughter, etc., it’s really hard to juggle my time! I feel that if I can get my time in order, then I can begin working on some of the areas that I need to get organized in, like my home and my classroom. I am an organized person by nature, but I waste so much of my time and energy on other things that I can’t get my other stuff in order!
I would like to organize my home. Somewhere deep inside me is a perfectionist, ok not that deep, it’s practically on my skin…. so anyway, I can not relax in my home because things are not where they belong. I want to reclaim my home for my well being. It’s hard with a husband who leave dishes every where and child who thinks every room is a place to leave their toys. Most of all though, I just want peace, whether I have to have things organized to get that or God teaches me to be ok with a few toys on the floor, I will claim success. he is already doing amazing things through this study, so I am expectantly waiting to see what else He will do.
I can totally relate, Angel! I’m a total perfectionist. I pray that we will learn to relax and be OK with a few dirty dishes in the sink and toys in the floor!
Hi ladies! My home office totally needs an overhaul. Actually, my closet, my kitchen, my bedroom….you get the picture!
I went from being single in a two-bedroom condominium to being married in a five bedroom home, so there is a great deal more to organize. I also work full-time and am preparing my book proposal AND three chapters of my book for She Speaks, and there does not seem to be enough time for me to do anything well. HELP!! 
I know the Lord’s hand is all over each one of us as we embark on this study together, and I cannot wait to see the GREAT things He will do for each one of us. Blessings on you all!!!
Looking forward to learning from you Melissa, and all the rest of you guys.
We can do this!
I need to organize my entire life, but my home is what bothers me the most. When I read chapter 2, I kept saying, “that’s me! That’s me!” I even went to my doctor a few weeks ago because of my foggy thinking. I’m amazed at the timeliness of this study. I’m so glad God led me to it.
I am sitting in my den now with the TV off, which is a miracle in itself as I usually keep my TV on the news during the day. Those quiet moments are so precious and so needed, though. I look forward to earning more about what God wants for me.
I need to DECLUTTER! I have too much–everything. My home is messy. My car is messy. My body has too much weight. I have piles and piles of stuff.
I see Stephanie reminding me that I was made for more–why do I never get that???
I believe convenience has been running my show in my life–I don’t confront, because it is inconvenient. I please people I feel need to be appeased because I don’t want them to bother me later. I throw the papers in a pile because I don’t know where to put them right now. I don’t get rid of things because I don’t want to buy something later.
I haven’t had rest zones because I have difficulty finding the time to be quiet.
I have gotten better, but I am still bowing to the idol of easy. I need to stop the madness. I pray I will be able to learn how, because I think I have been this way as long as I can remember.
WOW.
Carissa in eastern Iowa
I am excited!! I am ready to move on! But I’m still a little aprehinsive. A little behind on my reading, I may need to find a way to hear it instead of read it, I had to stop yesterday because everything became double. First I want to make sure my heart is organized, 2nd my house. Have a blessed day!
I need to get my paperwork organized at home .. and then the rest of the house. I have two full-time positions at my church (Office Mgr & Children’s Pastor) — both require lots of paperwork. I work 8-10 hours at church & come home, grab the laptop and spend another 1-4 hours. My problem is I am always printing off things (to use now on this project or that project,to use later on some of the projects, to review, to review later, maybe I might use, etc). I have 4 filing cabinets but somehow lots of that paper gets put on my end table, on the spare bed (where 1 of the filing cabinets is located). Later, I remember I had printed off something that I now need but I don’t think it is filed so I go online and re-print if rather than spending so much time looking for it in my piles of paperwork.
URRRGHHHH! Then I go through the piles of paper, file some, and throw a lot away because I no longer need them or I have re-printed them. I am trying to not print so much paperwork off. Then, there’s my pile of clothes that gets put on the spare bed because I need to finish cleaning my closet and re-organizing it. … and on and on and on. You get the picture!
I see everything as a potential art project, too many things have been saved. also I have a time management problem that I would like to over come.
I thought I had only one area that I wanted to be the most organized in but as we started this study it hit me…I hav SEVERAL…and I can not just pick one. So I want to be organized in my Home, I want my home to look nice and ready for company not like a tornado just hit it…I am always gone so my house always looks horrible ( well I am I clean) but I want a place for bill organization, coupons, etc…if I want to have guest for dinner I can because my house is organized. 2nd I want to be more organized with money. Since my mom was diaginosed with cancer I have been struggling with saving money…my heart and desire is to help but I also need to have money for myself and my fianances…so I really want to recreate a better and more orgnaized budget. Fianlly but certainly not least—my time…This is really at the Top of my list….I need to organize my God time!!! I need to be better and bring God with me EVERYWHERE and trusting in his guidance. I allow things to keep pushing my time with God to the End of the list…well starting now enough is enough. God is my top priority in life..without him I am nothing and with him I can do anything. So with that said let the journey begin…I am so EXCITED for this study. Blessings to all
I need organizing in my life in so many ways!!!! My home is the worst! For the past few years I have been working full time, going to school full time, have a husband and 3 kids. Last year we even hosted a foreign exchange student and I assist my husband as youth leaders in our church. My home is no longer a place that I enjoy. I can feel great and have tons of energy and then I walk in the door of my home and all my energy drains and my mood instantly changes. All I want to do when I am home is sleep. I usually will come in and take a “nap”. I tell my children that I am not feeling well and need to lie down for a while. My husband comes home and I struggle to get a meal together. I am so overwhelmed!!! Ok, so I know you didn’t want to hear my life story, but I guess I needed to vent! Thanks for listening/reading.
I used to be organized and then What Happened? Well, I believe it is simply called “Life”. Life happens and doesn’t always fit inside my neat organized binder.
However, I am purposefully doing my study each morning if at all possible. So I am off to read Chapter 3, right now, no distractions. Everyone have a great day!
I need to get my home organized. Everything else is pretty organized. I decided if I had to let one thing go it would be my home because no one else sees it but my family, we never entertain
Unfortunately the stress of having an unorganized home affects us all.
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