subtitled:  Right-brain styles for conquering clutter, mastering time, and reaching your goals.

When my best friend asked me why I needed *another* book about organizing when I’m so organized already (and I have to pause and say that from this friend that was a HUGE compliment to hear–felt very good :) ).  My answer:

What I have learned to do I am taking from the books and doing it–just like they say, out of desperation and as a survival skill.  Yes, it is working and, yes, I’ve never been so organized! BUT I don’t have a clue why, don’t understand what I’m doing, couldn’t teach it to anyone (and I NEED to teach it to my family), and it is drudgery!

So . . . is it helping? YES!

I have learned a few things:

Doing something efficiently is still a waste of time if I’m doing the wrong thing

Lists make me feel inadequate because I feel like I have to accomplish everything on them/ Mind mapping helps me to feel organized and able to choose what to do

As I’ve followed ideas in the book I’ve realized how intricately involved all three major areas of my life really are and how much I am already accomplishing!

I’ve been able to organize all that I need and want to do and instead of having endless options for what to do with my time I am able to *see* what will help me accomplish my goals

I realize that what I *want* to do with our homeschooling is a TON of stuff and so even if we only did a few of those things in a week that is a really awesome and full week of homeschooling!

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Today I shared with our leadership team at the congregation that because we’re mostly a group of right-brained thinkers I’m figuring out how to get us organized and when I shared a few of the ideas they got so excited :D   We can put on a real intense and exciting service but we’re white-knuckling the work behind the scenes. It’s my goal to make even the work we have to do to get the service together a fun time for all :)