In the Spirit of Resolutions


You know when you're in a bookstore and you see a title that practically says aloud, "this book was written for you"? Yeah, me too.



For me, the latest is a book by Marilyn Paul that purports to be a "holistic method" of becoming organized. I haven't sat down to do any of the exercises yet (procrastination anyone?) but I've read to page 175 and I think she's onto something. Essentially, it's less about tips & tricks--that may or may not work--and more about getting to the root of why we're messy. It sounds hokey, but depending on the way we were raised we may be acting like or reacting against our parents' level of organization, or we may have deeply held beliefs about our messes (ie, messy people are more creative).

I wasn't sure I would discover anything deep about myself, except the usual "I'm too lazy/don't have time" sorts of excuses, but I realized as I was reading that my impulse to save everything (just-in-case, or even for "posterity" although I don't plan to have children) might come from my self-appointed role as the family "memory." Generations before mine tended to lose or get rid of every keepsake... and so I tend to keep more than I should out of fear that someday this thing might be important.

Now I'm not sure whether Dr. Paul will be able to help me SOLVE this issue, but she has another 100 pages or so to try.

Posted: Tue - January 2, 2007 at 10:08 PM           |

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