Happy Holidays

I’m out of town visiting family for the holidays. Before I left town, I meant to summarize and link to some of the articles I’ve seen about how to manage holiday chaos if you or a family member has ADHD. Unfortunately my dental emergency and three different shifting deadlines intervened.  Oh well.

While it’s [...]

December 20th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Uncategorized | One comment

Got meds? Got dry mouth? See your dentist NOW.

I’m leaving town for the holidays next week.  Before I leave town I need to make copies of several keys, touch base with cat-sitters, and hopefully get my hair cut.  I had a major deadline yesterday, another major deadline tomorrow, and another on Thursday.  I have to go to a holiday party thrown by some [...]

December 10th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Dentistry, crisis mode, meds | Leave a comment

My Organizing Journey: Getting Started — The Staging Area and the Big Sort

There’s a lot of wisdom in the old adage “A Place for Everything and Everything In Its Place”. However, if your space hasn’t been organized before, most of what you own does not yet have its own “place”. This is why it’s important to set aside a portion of your home as a [...]

December 5th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: About Me, Getting Started, My Organizing Journey, organizing | Leave a comment

My Organizing Journey: Getting Started — What’s Working? What’s Not?

After identifying Activity Zones,  my clutter buddy and I talked about what was functioning well in each area, and what needed to be fixed. I was overwhelmed by the mess, and initially felt that nothing at all, anywhere in my kitchen, was working. Jana pointed out that the Cat Zone was not only functional, but [...]

December 4th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: About Me, My Organizing Journey, overwhelm | Leave a comment

My Organizing Journey: Getting Started — Identifying Activity Zones

The big day had arrived. My clutter buddy was at my home and by the end of that day I would, come hell or high water, have made some progress on organizing my home. My confidence had received a boost from learning that my apparently chaotic surroundings were actually a somewhat functional attempt [...]

December 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: About Me, My Organizing Journey, organizing, overwhelm | Leave a comment