I love information. I collect it. Information about anything and everything. I sincerely love to learn about new subjects, new people, master new skills. My biggest roadblock is this: I am inherently and pathetically unorganized. Here are some examples of what I mean:
♦I am a nut about bookmarking sites I enjoy and subscribing to blogs and sites I want to keep up with, but my Google Reader and Bloglines are so full right now that I will NEVER realistically read it all. I need to just take a deep breath, press the "CLEAR ALL" button and try to pretend that it doesn't feel like I just cut my left arm off. Again.
♦And I'm a file/article hoarder. I save folders and folders worth of files that I want to keep. But I can never remember where I saved them. My file/folder naming system certainly makes sense when I am creating it, just not a few months later.
♦In addition to that I have a folder on my desktop, in plain view, labeled "READ OVER WHEN YOU HAVE TIME". It currently contains over 200 articles/websites that I still have not had time for.
♦I am guilty of 'out of site, out of mind' quite often. If something isn't staring me in the face, I will tend to forget about it. I don't mean to, I just am distracted by the other things that ARE staring me in the face. So, I am one of those really annoying people who has to have post-it notes all over to remind me of things.
♦And finally, I am a list person. I need to see a visual of the things I need to accomplish. Each item on the list must have a nice square box in front of it, ready for me to check off in victory when I accomplish it. I think the visual task list is helpful, but I also think the process of getting a thought out of my head, down my arm and out on to the paper simply helps it drill deeper into my sense of what I need to do.
Can anyone out there relate to this?
Today, in my efforts to look for something (that I still have not located, dang it) I came across the following list. I had intended to post it way back around the new year, lol. I'm a bit late, but really, these tips are applicable anytime at all. It's probably best this way anyway, because if they had been my New Years Resolutions, I would have had to humbly admit right around February that I was falling short in many of them. I cannot take credit for writing the list, it was just one of those articles I saved at one point, so please, if you wrote it, feel free to take credit where it is due.
39 Tips for Better Life - 2008
1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile.
It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement,
'My purpose is to __________ today.'
5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.
7. Make time to practice meditation, and prayer.
They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food
that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild
Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new
and flowing energy into your life.
14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, OR issues of the
past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest
your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.
Problems are simply part of the curriculum t hat appear and fade
away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a
lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a
college kid with a maxed out charge card.
17.. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the NEGATIVE BLUES away.
18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their
journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years,
will this matter?'
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. REMEMBER GOD heals everything.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends
will. Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33. The best is yet to come.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35. Do the right thing!
36. Call your family often. (Or email them to death!!!)
37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following
statements: I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished
_________.
38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you
certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through
life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.
May your troubles be less, May your blessings be more, May nothing
but happiness come through your door!
Comments (2)
Ah, how true these sentiments are.
I could so relate to this bit you first wrote:
"I love information. I collect it. Information about anything and
everything. I sincerely love to learn about new subjects, new people,
master new skills. My biggest roadblock is this: I am inherently and
pathetically unorganized."
--I am so that way too. I don't physically hoarde as much but bookmark far too many places and write lsits I have no hope of ever completing. I love to collect info. I am a news junkie and yes, love to elarn about new people too.
Oh my, I did not know you were a LIST person as well. I had to laugh as I read your introduction. I do those same things and do them well. I could not help but wonder, are you a tear up finished project list person too? I live for the times I can tear a list into a million little shreds and be done with it, all the while thinking in the back of my mind, "I have a backup of that someplace just in case, right?"