An aunt shared a book with me called “Organize Now” by Jennifer Ford Berry. So far what I like most about it is the table of contents! It seems to be a comprehensive list of everything I could think of to organize in my life. The tips I’ve read so fare are not earth shattering, but I do like that the first few chapters reminded me to reevaluate my values and priorities. I was immediately able to let go of some of the things on my To Do list – like fixating on “needing” new, more adult furniture or starting yet another line of not-so-exciting projects to sell on Etsy.
I did some journaling in my notebook and came up with core values and priorities to help me focus my efforts. I typed it up to make it pretty so I’d be happy to look at it around my house. That was harder than I thought it would be! I consider myself very computer savvy. I have made several of my own charts, lists, check off sheets similar to what I’ve seen on other organizing blogs, but they are ugly. I am not a graphic artist. My work is often much more functional than pretty. I have spent a lot of time trying to make this list look nice in the last two days!
The first thing I found was a font that appealed to me. At first I was thinking of something with polka dots, but, on this webpage of free fonts, I found a font that reminded me of my childhood and just filled me with joy (CareBears, anyone?)! Then, I wanted to vary the colors because I thought that would make it more attractive, too. Picking out colors that match is HARD. Until I found this webpage! It gave me a four color combination that worked really well. So, here is my final list!
(New ToDo item: clean fridge exterior!)
I also loaded it on my phone and tablet right next to my to do list, so I can remember to check the new, random tasks I come up with before committing to them. The next two chapters in the book are about organizing your schedule/to do lists and cleaning schedule, so I’ll briefly describe my current system in my next post.
