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Organize... The One Thing



I'm going to have a lot to write about over the upcoming months.  I'm undertaking a massive initiative to get organized.  Over the past 18 years, I've fought infertility and won with three kids, went to graduate school, my husband went to graduate school, we bought a house in a great school district and we've managed our life as a family with two parents working outside the home.  Let's just say we've created a big mess!

I am now deciding that in order to take control of our lives, I need to organize everything.  I haven't finished reading the book "The One Thing", but I get the concept and my one thing is getting organized.  Our finances are a mess.  We are carrying a lot of debt and I can't take it anymore. My pantry is a mess. The kids closets are a mess.  My husband's closet and drawers are a mess - mine were cleaned out recently and it's been liberating and saves me so much time! The basement is a mess.  My brain is a very very big mess!!!  So armed with my bullet journal, podcasts and library books to educate me and friends and blogs to support me, I'm embarking on a new journey of being more organized!

I'm trying to take it in 15 minute increments so I don't feel like I need to bite off too much at one time.  Right now I've been tackling my desk, finances and budget.  I just finished cleaning out the mail on my desk last night and tonight.  I'm about to do some filing of papers and then will begin the process of balancing my checkbook against 6 months of bank statements I have not gone through.  I'm admitting this for anyone else that may feel guilty for being so behind.  I'm letting go of the guilt. I'm owning up to it and the adulting is in progress.  I'm also laughing that spell check in blogger doesn't know what "adulting" is.  For those of you that haven't heard the term either.  It's pulling up your big girl panties and acting like an adult!

Help me out!  Let me know in the comments what are the blogs, podcasts or books you've read or listened to that inspire you in organizing or taking control of your finances.  I'm looking for all the help I can get...

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