Last week I started writing up my organizing journey from it’s very beginnings in the fall of 2004. Since the continuation of my entryway project now rests on things beyond my control (like somebody buying my bike and my clothes), I’ve decided to spend a few posts continuing that story. Today’s post isn’t about taking [...]
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When I went to containerize my entryway last week, I noticed that things had slipped a bit. To the right of the front door, there was packing paper spilling out of the recycling bin, and my bike was still in the back corner because I hadn’t gotten around to selling it yet: Entryway Maintenance [...] It’s a truth of time management that some tasks need to be delegated, and that the best tasks to delegate are those that somebody else can do better. For adults with ADD, cleaning and housekeeping are among those tasks. Every book I’ve ever read about ADHD has said that if you can afford to hire [...] Welcome back to the series, “How to Organize an Entryway”. Yesterday I started the fifth step of organizing the entryway: Containerizing. Earlier in the week I went to The Container Store to get supplies. I got two clear acrylic sweater drawers, a set of matching clear dividers, and two plastic bins to try out [...] I was on my way out the door today when I happened to check my text messages. I’m glad I did; I was alerted to the fact that the Vietnam Veteran’s Association was coming by to pick up the donation pile from my entryway. I had set myself an e-mail reminder for yesterday morning, reminding me [...] Or, Why I $%#@ing HATE Palm Trees Today I realized that palm-trees are not ADD-friendly. I came to this realization in a round about way because of the mice. As I mentioned last week, my house has been invaded by rodents. The good news is that they’re not roof rats like I thought; they’re house mice, [...] So, I’m doing this art project that required me to buy a certain number of items. I go to Home Despot, I buy the items I need, I carefully put them in the shopping bag. The self-checkout device has a meltdown over something, as it inevitably does. While I’m offering it kleenex and saying “there, [...] |
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