Getting Back to Organization

At work I am a pretty organized person but at home I am a mess. I was more organized when I lived in an apartment but since I moved back home, temporarily, (3 1/2 years temporarily now) things turned into chaos in my life. I lost my routines, half of my life is boxed up and in storage, I still haven't created "a place for everything and everything in its place" and my desk has become a catch all place rather than a place to create. Today I finally had it with my disorganization at home. After tripping over my luggage (that is still sitting in my room after two weeks) for the twentieth time and looking through drawer after drawer for my contact lens drops that I bought last Saturday but can't remember what drawer they ended up in and reading article after article in my latest scrapbooking magazine on getting organized I decided it's time to do something. I don't want it to sound like I live in a cluttered room filled wall to wall with clothes, luggage, bags, boxes etc because I don't. There is a little organization here and there. My make-up drawer is completely organized and so are my clothes, at least the ones hanging in my closet. I have had a couple really stressful months lately and life has had some twists and turns that I wasn't expecting. My mind and body haven't been able to cope very well with all the changes. This is when I really needed the organization. I have heard many times that being organized helps with stress and when you are organized you have more time to do things you enjoy and can get more done. I have been missing out on the fun things I used to do like scrapbooking. My scrapping desk is a mess right now and looking at it does not make the creative juices flow. I also never seem to have enough time and I know that is because I am spending too much time looking for items that are lost.

I found a fun website through one of my scrapbooking magazines that was nagging me to get organized so I could get back to having fun with my scrapbooking hobby. It's simplify101.com and it was created by a professional organizer who happens to be a scrapbooker. I have been on several organizing websites but this one caught my eye and has been fun to read. I received a list of organizing ideas and I decided to focus on one for 21 days. They say that's how long it takes for something to become a habit. My focus is on Simplify Your Schedule. My schedule is completely out of control right now and so my life feels out of control. I figure my schedule would be a good place to start. I had a schedule during my week in Las Vegas and I lived simply during that week because of course I was living out of a suitcase. I had a lot of things going on during that week and a busy schedule but I felt more relaxed than I usually do and I know it had something to do with my schedule that I had to stick to. I used to have a great schedule when I lived on my own. My mom reminds me all the time that very little has changed since I moved home. I have one less room to keep clean and I don't have to do all the cooking but the rest hasn't changed much. So, it's back to the old schedule and out with the stress!