Keys to Organization, Is There Such A Thing?

Lately, I've been playing with the idea that I am going to conquer a new organization project in my craft room. I recently found some good deals on a bookcase and a china cabinet, which I plan on converting to a storage areas within the room. Notice I said I've been playing with the idea? Napoleon Hill said this about organizing and I think he may have been on to something. "First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination". I'm at the stage where I had the thought, in my mind organized the thought into ideas and plans, and now am in the process of transforming those thoughts into plans. What a job that has become! 

We've all seen those cute little pins on Pinterest where everything looks so neat and clean. As I have now learned, they were put there to antagonize "ordinary crafters" into believing that everyone else has a neat and tidy craft area. It's super simple to achieve this if you make a place for everything and put it in that place. Right? Wrong!!! Did I mention it looked simple in my mind when I was trasforming this into reality? What happened? 


I can think I may have figured out part of the problem! Well, there are many, to be perfectly honest. One is I have too much "stuff". I'm finding things that I forgot I even bought! When I do find them, and get re-introduced to them, I suddenly remember why I bought the item in the first place! Fond memories come flooding back, just like remembering a childhood friend.There was a project I was going to make and now I'm reminded that too had not gotten past the "transforming an idea into a plan". Beginning to see a pattern here? <smile> I think, it is safe to say, I need to stay focused and work on ONE project from beginning to end! 

One of these days I'm going to surprise even myself! One day I'll get to the bottom of my "stash". One day, I'll complete all projects before starting another, even though that will be a big adjustment for me. One precious day, I'll be able to one day, walk into my craft room and put up a "Do Not Disturb" sign. One day, I'll be able to look back on all of this and say that this was all made possible because I had stuck with a project from start to finish in determination to one day get myself organized.

It's A Shower Head Kind Of Day

We've all seen them. I'm talking about those entertaining quizzes that ask you something about yourself to determine what kind of personality you have. Of course, there is no right or wrong answer to the question.

You may not know this about me, but I love to take a nature picture and use it to get inspired for a jewelry design. In fact, here is a great example of what I'm talking about. This collage shows some designs that were inspired by a photo, used with permission, by VBeaudry Photography. 

I try to look deep within the picture and find something that the photographer did not see or perhaps even took for granted. This particular one is full of associations!

Where am I going with this? Glad you asked! Just as I associate beautiful nature pictures with jewelry, there are many other ways to associate every day items with something else that may not be related to them in any way. Such an occasion came to me recently so I thought I'd share it with you!

A revelation came to me in one of the strangest places! I just never know when I'm going to be hit in the head with one. It's sort of like the V-8 commercials on TV! My last revelation, or at least that is what I'm calling it, came to me in the shower!
Yes, I know that is a strange place to do any associating but it happened, quite unexpectedly! By the way, this post is not about to take a turn into "mature audience" mode! It will still be OK for the children to watch over your shoulder as you read this! I am only going to share shower head associations with you as they relate to every day life.

It's not uncommon for shower heads to have multiple pressure settings. For instance, mine has four. Let's associate the pressure settings with your every day life pressures! We all have pressures. Juggling a career and family life can be pressure. Perhaps it's daily struggles with the kids that you find challenging. A weak economy could even put some in a crisis mode! No matter what the challenge may be, it's important to remember your shower head settings!

We will have days where our daily life situation may hit us full force, like a power washer. You know this setting on your shower head! It's often a pulsating force, which sometimes is also used for tension release. I know I've stood under the strongest setting of my shower head to ease neck and shoulder tension. Yes, tension that was caused because of a hectic or trying day. A day where things just kept flying at me from all directions! A day where I found myself often wondering why I even bothered to get out of bed. This is my power washer day.


Then we move on a slightly different, but yet common, type of day we have all experienced. This is a normal day where we feel at ease with our daily surroundings. A day that we would consider everything to be going fine. All is in harmony and everything feels peaceful in our own little world. It would be great if all of our days could be like this, wouldn't it? But in reality, we know they can't all be like this, but we do have the power within us to think positive, and make it through the days that are not. This is how I associate life with the normal setting on my shower head.


The next type of day on my shower head is a drizzle day. These days are not really hectic and stressful, in a sense of things coming at me from all directions. Nor are they what I would call normal days. My drizzle days could be a day where I am not patient, where I want things to happen faster than they seem to be. Perhaps sitting in a doctor office or standing in line at the grocery store will produce a drizzle day for me. Perhaps trying to accomplish certain tasks will multiple interruptions would cause this same effect. There's basically no reason to get stressed but a faster pace would be appreciated. You know what I'm talking about! We've all had a drizzle day! This is the setting on the shower head that doesn't hit you full force, but let's you stand there wondering why you even have it set on that in the first place. It just comes at you at a slower pace, which may be exactly what you need after all.


I'll close this out by sharing my misty days! Yes, perhaps the most laid back type of day there is. These are the days where I stand there and just let things roll of me, with no second thoughts. These are the days where it is what it is and I know there is nothing I can do about it. My only choice is to take a deep breath and know that things will eventually come clean and work out. In fact, I love the misty effect! Even on the hottest summer days, a good mist feels calm and refreshing!

In closing this out, I wish you many misty days! As the saying goes, "Don't Worry, Be Happy"!