Do you remember the theme song from Gilligan's Island? The song ends repeating the phrase "A three hour tour, a three hour tour..." It is that comical yet slightly haunting reminder of what it was suppose to be before the ship wrecked. That is how I feel about my room during this Organization Project! Wasn't this only suppose to take a week to get done? Yet, here I am starting into my third week on the project, with only about half of the room completed. I find myself humming, "The one week project, the one week project..." = )
Being the "analytical" type I have come up with a good equation for figuring out how long the project will really take. Take the number of weeks suggested in the book (1) and then add a week for every child you have!!! Lol In my case, that means that each project will take a grand total of 4 weeks, or 5 if you count the one growing inside me. Ahhh, with that pace in mind, I am right on schedule! I feel better already. Okay, so if there are 21 projects and you select 3 each week, then the original plan would take approximately 7 weeks to complete. Now if I multiply that by 4, it means I have 28 weeks to completely organize my home. When I look at it that way, I am not sure whether to be excited or depressed that it will take me 6 1/2 months to get organized!!! Gulp, is my home really in that bad of shape? I don't think I am ready for the answer to that question. Lol = )
I sure hope it doesn't take that long to get my home organized!!! I still have hope! I figure that because I started with the worst areas of the house (the laundry room and master bedroom), then organizing the other rooms should seem like a breeze. Right?!! = ) Many of the rooms in my house just need a little "tweaking" and purging of excess clutter to make them more functional. Unfortunately, for some time now, both the master bedroom and laundry room have been the collecting ground for everything that does not belong in any other place. So considering all that, I feel good that I have made progress on these spaces, without just shifting the piles and "collections" to a new location. I have actually made decisions to get rid of things, create new spaces, and set up each room to be purposefully functional.
So all that chattering to say... I am not ready to take any "after pics" but I am making decent progress. Plus, with my new equation and time line in place I still have another week to finish! = p
Once again it comes down to my new motto- "It's about progress, not perfection!"
Hope your week is starting out with a smile!
Ginger
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