New Job

I started a new job today. I am not sure I like it. I think I am very under qualified for this job and I am feeling very overwhelmed. I will give it a few days and see how I feel.

Organized and Inspired

Since I have been out of work for almost two weeks I have spent a lot of time getting things organized and cleaned up at home. I have created a database of all my DVD's in my computer. I also moved all my DVDs to shelves on my bookcase so they were easier to retrieve and easier to put away. It is amazing how many movies I have that I have not watched in years. I have two bookcases partially filled with my DVDs. I had to leave my Disney DVDs in my smaller bookcase because Ethan knows he can pick out the movies in that bookcase. So with so many movies I haven't watched in years I think it's movie time!

An Unexpected Twist

My life just took a very unexpected twist. I quit my job and I am now trying to figure out what to do. It wasn't exactly an unexpected twist because I have been wanting to quit for about 3 months. It didn't happen exactly as I had planned or hoped. I also wasn't expecting to be out of work for a couple weeks like I have been. I have had a hard time deciding what I want to do. I could stay in the same field but part of me wants to try something different and little more exciting. It's been a tough couple weeks but I know it will turn out to be a good thing in the end.

Walking Update

I have walked 95 miles since the beginning of March. I am getting close to my goal. I wore a hole in my old walking shoes so I bought me some new ones while I was in Las Vegas. Only 55 miles to go.

Another sign

Today I received my latest Real Simple magazine. Guess what was on the front cover, "Easy Organizing, 99 affordable ideas". Message received loud and clear!

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!

It's the Weekend!

I am ready for a vacation. I know I just got back but it has been a tough week. I have been trying to get all the information that I learned last week into a format that I can use to teach our employees but it is hard. There is so much information. It's great information and I want to cover everything. The hardest part is that the classes I went to were about a part of the system that we haven't even lauched yet so I have to wait a couple weeks for the Go Live date to really start teaching everyone. Right now I am just making sure we are prepared and that all the settings and user rights are acurate with what we were told last week. It's a lot maintenance right now which is something that I actually don't mind doing.

I, being the travel planner that I am, have actually started planning my next trip. Actually I have several little trips that I am planning. I don't know which one I will actually choose to do and if I will even go on another trip this year but it is taking the edge off just a little to do the planning. Some thoughts are San Antonio, Jackson Hole, St. George (Tuachan Shows), Disneyland of course. The Disneyland trip has been in the makings for about 10 months and I am most likely going to do that trip at the end of the year for my 35th birthday even if I do have to go by myself. That trip is already saved up and paid for I just have to book it and go. The others are just backups if I can afford to go on another trip or if someone in my family finally decides we should go on a little family trip this year. Always have a backup plan.