Lynda Sez » organizing

Having enough time

rgdaniel — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:12:24 +0000

The trouble with having enough time is that you actually have enough time to get to things you have been avoiding for months. I’m almost there. Today I spent a great deal of time catching up on one of my current courses. I still have a couple of hundred discussion messages to clear, but I am up to date on assignments and reading for it. Haven’t even touched the other course yet, but I haven’t given up hope.

Losing and finding

rgdaniel — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:15:32 +0000

Don’t get the idea that just because I speak and teach about getting organized I am a paragon of organization myself. Au contraire. I like to think my ongoing experiences with clutter are at least useful for professional research. Recently I went through something most people will recognize — I couldn’t find an essential document. It was one of those things I should have stored safely out of the way, since I rarely need it. I scoured all of the out of the way spots, then everywhere else, with no success. I finally gave up and took other measures to meet the need for the document. The frustrating hunt had a bonus outcome for two disorganized collections in the house, unrelated to the missing item. I took out my aggravation by sorting, labeling and storing these things, discovering several lost treasures in the process.

Who doesn’t have this problem?

rgdaniel — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:36:22 +0000

I’m reprising some of my ideas about clutter management this Wednesday evening at Ginger Press, one of Owen Sound’s best local bookstores. This time, rather than focusing entirely on home office issues as I did in Edmonton, I want to add some discussion of hobby space problems and, in fact, any creative pursuits that lead to the accumulation of stuff. (Come to think of it, are there any that don’t?) If you file in piles, stash in trash bags, or re-buy things you need because you can’t find the first one, come on out!