Have you ever had a week where you were trying to catch up on all the things you missed the week before yet no matter how much you accomplished the to-do pile seemed to grow?
That's my week in a rather paper strewn nutshell.
Returning from the hospital and NICU duty and food runs to my little home office...I found myself quite buried in laundry, bills, iPad updates, dirty floors, messy mail folder, prescription pick-up, meetings...GAH!
This was a wretched beginning.
{PS Tip}
Make your bed in the morning. Just do it. Even if your room, house, yard is a mess. You've no idea what the day may hold. Coming home from a trip, the hospital, or just walking upstairs after supper with the fam...the calming visual effect of a nicely made bed and the restful joy of crawling into that well made bed is beyond compare. Laundry may be scattered, desk may be heaped, but that place of rest and recharging is ready for you. Pretty sure that made bed was the only thing that kept me from crying overwhelmed tears upon my return home was seeing my cozy cloud bed all tucked in for me.
Moving on...
My organized self developed an eye twitch just looking at my desk. Ugh. How did neat little me end up with this disaster after just a weekend of absence?
Instead of starting at the top of the pile and working down, I figured visually seeing all the paper things that needed to be addressed was better.
This is close to the end of the week...I dare not show how it looked on Monday
ENTER: Old second hand bulletin board painted with chalkboard paint. Using pushpins, I stuck every bill, sticky note, receipt, insurance card, stencil, safety pin {my random findings knows no bounds} to the board. Put a calming verse at the top, my budget and to-do list on the bottom and then...starting with my now clear and calm looking desk, I pulled one thing at at time down, dealt with it, and moved on. Ah the joy of no clutter!
Having my to-do list displayed aesthetically and where I could see it easily helped me make use of my time instead of pawing through stacks to find that random sticky that told me that vital insurance info or knitting needle size or meeting time. Less pawing is less stress!
Here's hoping your week was productive and absent of stress!