My whole life is one giant stab at organization. Files, To Do lists, tasks, meal plans, baskets of clothes that need buttons sewn back on, shopping bags with items for return, Hefty bags filled with donations for Big Brothers & Sisters of Utah. It seems I just can’t get away from the constant need to reorganize, toss out the old, hand-over the girls outgrown clothing and cross items off of my never-ending To Do list.

Ugh.

I am constantly wondering when it’s going to end? Am I ever going to wake up, look at that list and see a normal day’s work? Such as:

1) go to grocery store;

2) pick-up at dry-cleaners;

3) buy tights for Pea & Coco.

Instead, in addition to the above, add on:

4) finalize wills with attorney;

5) find new sales agent to handle Texas property;

6) finish labeling and organizing all files (personal and professional) in husband’s new file cabinet;

7) reorganize the lower level hall closet (formerly known as the Art Closet, now just the closet that I hide shit in)…

To you that might seem like not such a big deal? To me, it’s a thorn in my side, just a bunch of annoying stuff that has to be done, has needed to be done for a long time, and that I just can’t seem to get to.

And so instead of attacking that list with gusto today? I made labels using my newest obsession, A Print A Day, and then slapped them inside the covers of each and every book in this house that belongs to the girls. I have no idea why, other than I was dying to use the gorgeous (and free!) artwork that the artist puts up for our personal use. Just incredible!

So, in addition I finished updating Google calendar for the month of October. I love Google calendar. After years of searching for the perfect planner only to be foiled again and again by what I deemed stupid ideas that were not going to work for me, I gave up the paper and pencil (withdrawal, anyone?) once and for all and am now wholly committed to my many Google calendars, all synced up on my Mac.

Peace of mind. Seriously, I am in love with how organized life is becoming. I may not be getting to my To Do list as quickly as I would like to, but there it is, just staring at me from the right-hand side of my open calendar!

Anyway, about one month ago, before I really decided to commit and do the whole going steady thing with Google calendar, I bought a new 2010 planner that I thought looked pretty awesome. Check it out. I’ve since decided not to use it, for the sake of keeping it simple, you know? But the copy I bought is still shrink-wrapped, nice and neat and just aching for a new home for the New Year. Will your home be it? If you’re thinking yes, leave a comment on this post with your name and we’ll do that good old trick where we write them all on little scraps of paper and then one of the girls pulls the lucky person’s name out of a hat and I send along this very cool 2010 planner to that person. By midnight tomorrow (Friday), eastern time, okay?

From one trying-to-be-organized person to another…

Good luck!