ORGANISATION!!
there has been a lot of talk of late in bloggy land about life organisation. I WOULD like to say I am a super organised person and I always have taken pride in my ability to have everything in its place.
Since about this time last year though, I have noticed though that I am starting to fail in the organisation stakes. I missed a lot of markets simply because I forgot to apply for them. My house looks like a bomb has hit it 5 days a week I forget to pay bills simply because I didn't notice they arrived or put them somewhere that I thought was a good idea at the time and then forgot where that really awesome place was.
Over Christmas, and in December in general, I started to re-organise my sewing studio. I put a hook on the wall for a to-do list and put in yet another lot of shelves to contain all my patterns, stationary, scrap bucket etc etc. It feels a-lot more like a creative space now as much as I know I could do so much more in there.
This month I am focusing on organising my life. I need to stop being so forgetful because being forgetful and disorganised is just plain old depressing!! I am such a busy person too so I really do think that organising my brain, and my life means that I will have more time to do things that I want to do and there are many!! (How is it that being busy makes you want to do more things, which in turn, will make you even busier?!?!)
I know there are a million things I could do to clean out my life, label the pantry, keep special baskets for different washing so its easier to sort, etc etc. But I feel like I need to organise the mental part of me, the million things going around in my head, before I can start on the physical. Its important to me to remember where I am meant to be, what I am meant to be doing, who I am meant to be calling, emailing or going to visit. And also where the kids are meant to be at any given time of the day/week/month.
I was off at Officeworks the other day ( I love Officeworks, as a stationary addict, I could spend hours in there just smelling the aroma of paper in the air) Officeworks is right next to my butcher, and I had to go in to buy pens and notepads and they had a few discount bins out one of which had Day Planner/Organisers in it and the other had Desk Calenders in it. A lightbulb clicked on in my head at this point in time and I grabbed one of each (you might have noticed them in my post yesterday)
The Day Planner encourages writing down everything that you would like to get done in a day and then prioritising them into 3 categories:-
"A" – things you need to get done today.
"B" – things you'd like to get done today.
"C" – things that you could get to if you had time.
FANTASTIC for me.
I am always thinking a million things that need to be done on any given day and then get overwhelmed, start them all at once and then finish none of them! After 3 days of using the day planner, I've noticed a difference. I know what needs to be done first and that makes for a happier me!
The Desk Calender is going to help me to keep track of everything I need to pay, my appointments and also my due dates for projects, orders etc so I can transfer them into the day planner to get everything done on time… I am of course only one woman, but there are many hours in each day for me to fill and this is going to help me fill them effectively and prioritise my tasks. Best $5 I've spent this week (yeah, that's cheap hey??)
I have promised myself to be sure to organise each day and prioritise its tasks to ensure I get everything done I need to as I will be doing extra tasks this year to keep up with my work load and parenthood. I'm not going to "See how I go" at this, as it is super important to me to be organised as I feel it leads to a less stressful existence. I think its important to remember that a lot of the time, things don't just fall into place, you have to put them there and keep them there for things to get better and successful.
What about you? What do you do to create a balance between work / study with family life? Does it come naturally to you or do you find you need a system too? I'd love it if you shared 
