Hello New Year



Hi there, and a belated Happy New Year to all of you! I hope all of your holidays were wonderful... I can hardly believe that it's 2012...then again, I probably say that every year! Time sure does fly by, it's almost scary. There are many things I'd like to accomplish this year, and the major prerequisite is that I get myself organized! It's true, I tend to be a bit disorganized and scatter-brained, which teams up with my million ideas a minute and endless passions causing the occasional short-circuit of my motivation and too many unfinished ideas, blogs and projects. Does anyone else out there have this problem? Please, let's have a chat, e-mail me or comment on this post, I'd love to hear from you...

I'm not totally devoid of organization, however I don't keep a regular agenda - which I should! I have some notebooks and sketchbooks that I always doodle and brainstorm in, but I want the structured planner as well. To start, I bought myself a medium sized 2012 planner, it's a beautiful turquoise and has a Moroccan style lattice design on the pages. Don't get me wrong, I've bought plenty of planners in the past, but I never use them! I knowwwww... horrible. Again, I can't possibly be the only maniac with this issue... right? :) As much as I've wanted to, I've never been one to fill those babies up with millions of scribbles, plans, ideas and post-it notes or tabs... but I desperately want to! HAHA! I have to laugh, it sounds silly. But silliness aside, I mean business!

Perhaps I'm feeling thrown off this year, since I'm not living in my own apartment and I don't have my own space. Not having a large canvas to live and spread out in can be frustrating. I want a big office/craft room where I can have everything accessible (not in storage bins that are scattered in my mother's garage and a storage unit). Suffice it to say I've felt creatively stifled lately, I've also been down on myself for not blogging as much. Last semester just sucked the motivation from me. And guess what? Spring classes start today! I am registered, but my classes are on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I begin tomorrow. I have a week to drop/add new classes without penalty, and I learned fast that a combination of researching professors beforehand and doing some class shopping during the first week is the best way to get good courses taught by good professors. I go, and if I like the professor and the syllabus then I keep the class, but if not I drop it. I won't even register for a class taught by a professor that has consistently poor evaluations (who would?) and sometimes I discriminate against overly complicated syllabi or professors who take attendance (umm hello, this isn't elementary school). That's just me. The handful of classes that make me cringe on my transcript are from the beginning of my college days, the days of impulsive and inexperienced class picking. I hate regretting a class because of a terrible professor. Anyway, I'll let you in on my final courses after this week is over. Is anyone else out there starting (or maybe already started) Spring semester? Good luck!

So back to the organization, I need to run my life like a well oiled machine from here on out, time is a tickin'!  How will I start?  Well, by making the good-ol "To Do" list of course, except mine is a MONSTER to-do list and I might need a few pages and a personal assistant to get it all done.  Hehehehe... Help!  Do any of my awesome readers have some advice for me?

Enjoy your day and the organization inspiration below...

Catherine
xoxo

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Some inspiration to get organized? Yes please....


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Good stuff huh? So this is what I'm thinking...

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Let's get to it!  ;)
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