it makes perfect sense to me that we can help each other through it. mock the corny parts and use the helpful stuff
Hi there. Checking out your journal and noticed this, cuz I happen to have Flylady's book. I, um, kind of have a collection of books about organizing, and I'm too disorganized to actually have them totally work for me, but, you know, each one helps a little bit. My kitchen sink is always pretty much good, cuz I can't stand looking at it if it isn't, and I keep stuff mostly clean, but the clutter is an issue. Always has been. I'm a visually oriented type who has to have stuff where I can see it or it might as well not be there! So I've actually found some other books much more helpful. Especially Organizing for the Creative Person by Lehmkuhl & Lamping. Great book.
But anyway. I like the idea of fen supporting each other at this, because we understand each other's pack-rat tendencies and our obessiveness and our creative-type orientation. And so on.
I don't recall the gender issues and the God comments in Flylady's book, but I didn't read it cover to cover, and I pretty much ignore that kind of thing, anyway. I try to get the value an author is offering and ignore any "noise." "God" is pretty much a nonsense word, anyway: who really knows what anybody else means by it, you know? So I kind of mentally substitute Spirit or Universe and I don't worry about it.
There's always de-cluttering and organizing I can do. I'm beginning to think I'll never actually get to where I think I'm truly organized, but hopefully I can be a little more organized...and make peace with the rest. :)
Anyway, cool idea. And I am VERY IMPRESSED at how well you pimped DS. Yay! We should have, like, a Scout badge for that. :)
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Date: 2007-06-06 02:36 am (UTC)Hi there. Checking out your journal and noticed this, cuz I happen to have Flylady's book. I, um, kind of have a collection of books about organizing, and I'm too disorganized to actually have them totally work for me, but, you know, each one helps a little bit. My kitchen sink is always pretty much good, cuz I can't stand looking at it if it isn't, and I keep stuff mostly clean, but the clutter is an issue. Always has been. I'm a visually oriented type who has to have stuff where I can see it or it might as well not be there! So I've actually found some other books much more helpful. Especially Organizing for the Creative Person by Lehmkuhl & Lamping. Great book.
But anyway. I like the idea of fen supporting each other at this, because we understand each other's pack-rat tendencies and our obessiveness and our creative-type orientation. And so on.
I don't recall the gender issues and the God comments in Flylady's book, but I didn't read it cover to cover, and I pretty much ignore that kind of thing, anyway. I try to get the value an author is offering and ignore any "noise." "God" is pretty much a nonsense word, anyway: who really knows what anybody else means by it, you know? So I kind of mentally substitute Spirit or Universe and I don't worry about it.
There's always de-cluttering and organizing I can do. I'm beginning to think I'll never actually get to where I think I'm truly organized, but hopefully I can be a little more organized...and make peace with the rest. :)
Anyway, cool idea. And I am VERY IMPRESSED at how well you pimped DS. Yay! We should have, like, a Scout badge for that. :)