Forced Clearning

Here's the crux of the solution: there comes a time when a deadline needs to be marked on the calendar as if it is a line in the sand. All the sifting and sorting could go on forever because life shifts and changes and possessions move in and out of our lives. When I come across something that hasn't been used in the last several years I wonder, Who could be using it? That thought comes to me much quicker and easier than it used when before I started this whole process. Right now, there is a manger in my garage (right? who knew?). It's been buried so long I do not remember the last time I used it. A quick picture, a fast email to my list of victims, er-uh-friends/family, and lo and behold there were 7 takers who saw value and wanted it. Soon, it will have a happy home where there is room at the inn, so to speak.

So, a deadline is in order. I will be starting to have Garage Gourd Day meetings starting the week after Easter. The first GGd will be April 8th!  The organizational gauntlet is thrown down; time to spin into action!

Thank you Giphy!

Sidetracked!

Oh MY, I have been totally sidetracked lately with stuff that was vital at the time but now, looking back, seems like lost time. There are now deadlines to look at: 2/14 is when a visitor will be in my office to work on the computer so that area needs to be BAM!! organized; 2/21 there will be 14 gourd artists at the house who will need to polyurethane portions of their projects in the garage so the remaining stuff in the center of the space needs to be cleared; 2/26 is the visit to the CPA so all the office paperwork needs to be ordered for her which means organizing folders and files instead of having them piled up.

As Steve Sheer says, "The key value of having the dates and deadlines is to keep the transaction moving on course towards closing."  Of course he was talking about real estate, but the sentiment is the same for clearning.