Mission Organization Take 2! 1.15.2011

The last time I attempted this, I wound up on the couch feeling as tough I was a stepped-on gummy bear. This weekend, I felt up to climing step-stools and packing dozens of fine bubble-wrapped bone china tea sets into boxes. The sets ranged in size from 3 person to 10 person. Most were from either England or Germany/Bavaria. One even came with a full plate set with desert bowls and dinner plates.

No joking, it took from 10am till 3pm to wrap, label and pack 6 tea sets. The last 2 hours were spent reorganizing the Christmas dinnerware and tea set, Polish glassware dinner set, and my Bavarian china tea set. My grandmother loved this glassware set and used it every Christmas and New Year's.

Enough was enough! Time to relax!

My Desk Produces Paper (1.10.11)

My desk tends to produce paper. There must be some scientific marvel at work here: I clear my desk. Go to lunch. Return and miraculously, there is a pile of paper there waiting or me!

It is only Monday. By Friday, this pile will inevitably grow much larger.

Sometimes these magical appearances reoccure before I am able to eliminate the previous pile, eventually creating a veritable mountain of paper to go through. Can you say frustrating? Over the next few months I am embarking on an experiment to handle all paper that comes to my desk as follows:
Categorize it
Organize it's importance
Assign a day of the week to handle it
File it by the day it is to be done

Think this will work? Cross your fingers and knock on wood with me.