Organization tip – bins!

I need to work very visually, with everything spread out so I can see it.  I was lamenting to Z the other night how difficult it’s becoming as a potential home-seller, with concerns of keeping surfaces clutter free for the multitudes of prospective buyers that I know will be coming through at any time now(?)……

 

It’s gotten so hard to get any work done, because I conscientiously keep trying to put things away.  Several times a “buyer-alert” phone call has prompted me to shove everything into a pile in a closet or a drawer – only to not get back to it until over a week later.

 

And then when I do get back to the project, it takes awhile to figure out where I left off.  And there’s always something missing that can take another chunk of the day to locate (if ever!).

 

It’s pretty stressful, with such major projects looming in front of me and demanding my full attention (i.e. starting a business, getting a divorce, and going to a conference next week where I’ll be performing and hosting a dinner party).

 

Z recommended bins.   She recommended I sort things into a few major categories, and stick them in big-labeled, see-through bins.

 

She also recommended a particular container store where they have brightly-colored, super-functional bins, but we don’t have one nearby, so I just went to Fry’s supermarket and brought home a bunch of non-descript, see-through lidded bins which are going to work fine.  I put big labels on them – “New Business”, “Divorce”, “Music-related”, and “Other assorted non-urgent things that need to be dealt with.”

I spent about an hour going through piles and piles and files and files of paper, throwing everything into the bins.  I think it’s going to work! 

 

Cull and prioritize. The pie is only so big.

Cull and prioritize. So much to do.

 

I’m going to an out-of-state music conference in two weeks that I’ll be performing at. I’ve also volunteered to put together a dinner there, and now that that date is getting closer, it’s taking up a lot of time.

 

And of course, I’m starting a new business, which I had hoped would be up and running by now, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen for at least a few weeks.

 

WG called last night. He’s also a musician, a great friend and an amazing human being. He’s been there for me through all of this, solid as a rock.

 

We hadn’t spoken in awhile and when he asked what I was up to I relayed the multitude of projects, obsessions and distractions I was involved in. I asked him if he wanted to go out tomorrow night to see a friend of ours who was performing downtown. He said he would love to, but he had already committed to playing in a concert for peace that was taking place somewhere else.

 

I said “Great. I’m conquering the world. You’re saving it.”

 

There’s just so much I want to do and feel I should be doing. EL and DK are going ahead with the real estate investing that we’ve all been reading and learning so much about. They’re moving forward, meeting with people and investment contacts. I feel like I’ve followed the crowd up to the dock, but now the boat is leaving without me.

 

Right now I’m doing everything I know I’m supposed to be doing, and more it would be best to clear all thoughts of “missing the boat” out of my head, because there is always another one coming.

There are only so many hours in the day. And as DK wisely put it, “The pie is only so big. No matter how you slice it, the pie is still the same size.”