Just Do It

I have been procrastinating a lot lately. Okay, "lately" is an understatement...there is nothing "lately" about my procrastination. One of my biggest flaws is, without question, procrastination. I'll admit it. I have been really looking at this time in my life, being single again, as a way to do a lot of learning and growing and trying to better myself. One thing I am looking to change is my perpetual procrastination (thank you Stacy for the great post on procrastination. It was the kick in the butt that I needed! To read the post go check out http://findingstrengthwithin.blogspot.com/ .) Another big flaw of mine, since I am just putting it all out there for some reason, is a am such a pack-rat. I hate it. All this stuff I have. Stuff that I don't need...or really even want. So why do I have it laying around cluttering my life?

There are clothes in Ryders dresser from when he was 6 months old. Just sitting there, untouched gathering dust and consuming much needed precious space. Why is it there? Why is it not packed away for the day that I am blessed enough to have another little boy? The answer to that question, and many others like it, is procrastination and my lack of organizational skills.

Sad. But true.

Yesterday I made a new commitment to myself to change these two things that are constantly gnawing away at me. When my house is well organized I am so much happier. Correction, when my life is organized I am so much happier. Because it's not just my house. Last night as part of my new found Anti-procrastination Act, I scrubbed the inside of my refrigerator within an inch of it's life. Something I have been meaning to do for weeks now. But the answer was always tomorrow, tomorrow, I'm too tired, I'm too busy, tomorrow, tomorrow. I felt so much better after it was done. As if that small thing that I did, that took 30 min's of time, somehow gave me a new found sense of self worth and accomplishment.

Today I logged into my computer, which has been running unbelievably slow lately, by the way, and I had some sort of awakening that my desktop was a mess. I had the entire thing covered in icons. Why the heck do all those icons need to be on my desktop? And what were all those icons to? I began clicking through many of them to find they were mostly pictures, which of course, I'm not going to get rid of, but pictures do and should have a home in that little place known as the "Picture" file. So it began, one by one I moved all the pictures into their rightful place, the picture file, organized by date and event. The rest the lingering icons were mostly a bunch of old useless out dated work crap. Enrollment sheets from 2006...dont think I need those anymore. The 24 Hour Fitness gym class schedule from June 2007, I'm guessing the class times have changed by now.... Some files wouldn't even open at all. I had an old Jamba Juice coupon I downloaded that expired last December. So, Delete, Delete, Delete.... I got rid of all that old useless stuff boggling down my computer...and my life!

Tonight I will be tackling both my and Ryders closets. This morning I noticed some old maternity clothes hanging in my closet...what the... serious? Kay, it's been over 2 years since I was pregnant and I don't think I am going to be preggers anytime soon...time to pack that crap away! In the words of some Nike marketing genius, JUST DO IT!

Like Stacy pointed out in her blog, I cant expect myself to get it all done at once. But one day at a time, if I'm working on it, over time it will all be done. And I will be able to feel that sweet sense of accomplishment knowing that my life is totally and finally streamlined. Hallelujah!