"Paper Whore"

Day One

Greetings one and all to another New Year and a new blog. One that I think will be full of accomplished goals. Keeping my fingers crossed. This blog will differ from my usual norm of family issues, personal funnies, and life in general. This blog is a quest to change myself with the hopes that you the readers will set me straight on facing my personal issues as I deal with trying to become organized and learning to part with materialistic clutter than has taken up residency in our home. As many of you frequent readers, of my other blog, http://bu3-ret-staceybolin.blogspot.com, have read, you all know that I can't organize myself out of a wet paper bag, but can organize anyone else to the point of perfection - Explain that one. To start, I call myself a paper whore. Yes, you read it correctly. Rather than file something away, it gets stacked up on the corner of my hutch, office desk, in a box and thrown out in the garage, you name it, but it doesn't stop with paper, there is so much more you'll learn about my clutter and myself as we take this journey together.

What I need to do is to get back to the simplistic ways in which we once lived when we first bought our home. We had nothing. I want a less is more look in  my home. I want to know that when I am looking for a document, I know just where it is, what drawer it is in, and what folder I will find it in. Right now, I can tell you what room it's in, but it will take me about an hour of moving this and that and then I can't guarantee I'll find it. Yes, I know, very sad. I won't make excuses anymore. Here it is, MY FLAW for the public to know about. The first step in dealing with a problem is knowing you have one. "My name is Stacey Bolin, and I am unorganized."

So this blog is my personal daily journey as I try to make a grand transformation once and for all. I know that most people need professionals to help them get organized and trust me, If I had the money or somebody willing to deal with me, they'd be here. So today is the first day in making the change against my clutter addiction. My vow is to create an environment that is organized and maintained on a daily basis to make life better for me and my family.  I know I will need to ask for support and understanding as I make these changes, but clearing my home from clutter will clear my mind from clutter and will create a calm environment for all. Any tips, guidance, words of wisdom, or motivation to keep me on task is greatly incouraged and most appreciated.  Ok, here we go folks. Until tomorrow.