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Reigning in the Chaos
I am naturally chaotic. You can tell when I've been in a room because I'll leave behind a little bit of chaos.
I am currently trying to turn over a new leaf, and be organized. I started with a meal plan for the week, and made a shopping list based on the menu (as opposed to what ever I happened to be craving at the moment I enter the grocery store).
On the upside, this is going well, and I feel much less stressed at suppertime. Being organized, and prepared, when your natural way of being is chaotic, and spur of the moment is HARD! However, parenthood, homeschooling, and a busy family life, not to mention, most professions, favour and organized personality over a chaotic one, so I think this change is good and necessary.
I don't know how you organized peeps do it. I find it exhausting. It will be interesting to see how long this lasts. If I can do it for a month, then perhaps the change will become permanent.
I am currently trying to turn over a new leaf, and be organized. I started with a meal plan for the week, and made a shopping list based on the menu (as opposed to what ever I happened to be craving at the moment I enter the grocery store).
On the upside, this is going well, and I feel much less stressed at suppertime. Being organized, and prepared, when your natural way of being is chaotic, and spur of the moment is HARD! However, parenthood, homeschooling, and a busy family life, not to mention, most professions, favour and organized personality over a chaotic one, so I think this change is good and necessary.
I don't know how you organized peeps do it. I find it exhausting. It will be interesting to see how long this lasts. If I can do it for a month, then perhaps the change will become permanent.