This year has been about getting it together for me. A organized determination has been planted. I’ve set my mind to overcoming this procrastinating bug.  The balancing act doesn’t come natural or easy for me.  Always looking for tips, ideas from books and hearing what helps others. If you have any ideas, please share them with us!  The other day I asked a friend of mine who is an amazingly organized person. Always having it together to help me. I went to her house and said. “I’m your student, teach me.” I came away with some great things to think about. Ways of doing things that never entered my mind! Even came away with a weird sort of relief because I reached out and asked for help. That feeling I wasn’t expecting to happen.

It always felt like I was on a small raft trying to manoeuver the big rappids of life and they beat me everytime.  The rappids are still there and always will be as long as you breath but I feel I’m becoming able to hand them. I’m building a bigger boat. I have a paddle and Yes, I’m learing it use that tool!  It’s so exciting to me, overcoming a beast that has always got the better of me.  It probably sounds crazy to be so enthusiastic about this but to overcome a down fall, is something.  My beast has been procrastinating, organizing, the simple juggling act of life. What personal thing would you like to overcome?  Food, way of thinking, bad habit? We all have them.  I still have a ways to go before I feel like I’ve conquered it but the directions is right and looking bright. 

While flipping through some craft books at the fabric store, I came across  The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Visual Guidebook for Making Business Ideas Real.  While it is mainly aimed toward a creative business. More correctly aimed toward a creative person and business. I think it also makes a great resource for helping balance your creativity and structure. Making a complete smooth circle.  I’m naturally right brained, As a matter fact I am completely like what they described as one. They recommended forcing yourself to use left brain thinking. It takes work but not only does it strengthening that orgainzed logical side, like bulking up a lazy muscle. It will also improve the side that you naturally use.   That’s when it clicked for me and I had an Ah-Ha moment. Needing to make the bones of organization easy on the eyes. I’ve always been drawn to beautiful office supplies, handmade pencil holders, inspirational boards, etc.   I think we are all pretty much like that. If you really like it, you’ll use it. It doesn’t have to be expensive or fancy. Just something that speaks to us, makes you want to be around it, use it, encourage you. I started with the kids chores sheet. I had a simple one that I had bought at a learning store about a year ago. It worked Ok, but it was a store bought blah thing. Nothing enjoyable about that.  Last night I stitched a new one up. It’s not perfect but it’s happy, cute and makes me want to go to it.  I just hope the kids react the same.  There are still a few more job cards that I need to stitch up. One I need to fix. I embroidered cloth instead of clothes. I ran out of room before I noticed what I had done. White Velcro circles is what they attach to.  That way the kids just pull them off the top and add them below their names as the job is done.   Colors where choose for moods. White for simple, yellow for happy and a little red for energy.  Kids happy and eager to do their part in keeping house.  A mother can at least wish!