Clutter-free

I'm not really a very organized person but I have my ways of putting things in order and found them effective. I'm probably the most organized in my family and my room is the most organized in our house. Is it a disease or something? LOL. Well I stumbled upon 2 sites while exploring in Google Reader.

Here's one of them: Organizing Your Way - http://www.organizingyourway.net. The articles written here are addressed to parents, but I'm pretty sure that everyone can relate to the tips and information provided. Right now, I'm going through their post called 31 Days of Organizing for A Better 2010. A small change in your lifestyle can make a difference in the long run. I hope this article helps you figure out what else you can do to make your life clutter-free if it still isn't. :)

On a different note, I'd rather follow a list like this than make vague near-to-impossible New Year's resolutions like be happy or stay healthy or be more sociable, like come on now.. They are usually just a bullet list of goals, but no little steps to achieve them. At least a to-do list is more active than passive towards self-improvement.

Here's the other site: Zen Family Habits - http://www.zenfamilyhabits.net/. Again, this site is parentally oriented but who doesn't want to have a simple but comfortable life? Zen implies a relaxed and collected way of living and one way to achieve this is to make it a habit to be organized. This is the article I'm currently reading: 43 Simple Ways to Simplify Your Life. I'm quite surprised though with the second item on the list: Process email only twice a day. In my case, I don't have a obssessive and compulsive behavior regarding email checking. I just open my inbox on one tab the whole day and just close it when I'm done surfing. There is a number on the tab of how many emails I have not read. If it's down to zero, then why bother checking it ever so often? I also make sure that if I receive an email and it needs a response, I reply as soon as possible or else the chore will just drag on. I don't need the pressure when it's simple to get it done with while it wasn't that much of a bother in the first place.

Okkkk so that was too serious and that last train of thought wasn't really about organization but whatever, haha. So yeah, keep in mind that if there is something you can take control of, THEN CONTROL IT. There is so much unpredictability going on in this world like calamities and nuclear reactions but you're not entirely helpless. Not at all.