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Posted: Dec 05 2008 at 2:03pm | IP Logged Quote hereinantwerp
ok, I know everyone is pretty pre-occupied with christmas now, but I have been feeling this growing panic----maybe with the end of the year meaning "tax time", and our income is complicated and I don't feel organized on that front (we're working on it), I don't know-----but I feel like ever since we moved from overseas into this Big American House, I CANNOT get myself organized, and I feel frustrated quite a lot of the time!!

I've always considered myself an organized person. We always lived in small apartments with no real storage, and I knew how to do that. I'm good at tossing stuff and weeding it out, and Organizing and cleaning did not feel like overwhelming things to me. And now they do!! And despite a lot of efforts to tackle this area or that, I seem to turn around and it is just a mess again--I can't seem to figure out a "system" that works, the stuff is collecting (despite my best efforts). Maybe I'm just not a person that is good with dealing with a lot of STUFF. Though now--the ages of our kids--most of it is either necessary, or at least used regularly. There's just too much of it!

I've been reading different books from the library (flylady, organizing books, etc.) and they all seem to advocate a different "system", and a zillion "hints" which are nice but many already intuitive for me, but I can't seem to find a "system" that fits for me. Despite the fact that I (can be) organized, I am not a very routine or methodical person, tend to work more in creative spurts. Is the larger environment just---conquering me?? My mom says it might be the ages of my kids (all their activities, sports, busy life, etc) and maybe something I need to just live with for a while. But I feel like this is seriously adding stress to my life and I need to find a solution.

Long term, I'd like to move to a smaller house , maybe when my oldest graduates. But that is not even thinkable at the moment, and I do love our neighborhood for the kids. Reading this over, though, I think this IS what I really want, and perhaps dh and I can begin planning toward that solution--on a 3 year schedule or something. Depending on the market, of course

Very frustrated here and not sure what I can do to improve things!!!

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