You Say Organized, I Say Lazy

I used to have this dream of being really organized. An organized house, organized schedule, organized life in general. When I started my business, I dreamed of a clutter free office complete with structured calendars and daily planners, neatly placed decor, a meticulous filing system, and color coordinated sticky notes and sharpies. (Because clearly that shows how organized you are. When you color code things with sharpies and stickies.) Basically, I wanted an office straight out of Martha Stewart Home and Living. Or something like that.

Sadly, this dream is a bit far from reality… There are papers and stickies piled on my desk (not even color coordinated, I might add), a stack of boxes that need to be recycled filling one corner, and my lack of a filing system is slightly pathetic. Jake doesn’t even like coming up to my office because of how messy it is. (I married a bit of a neat-freak.) Sometimes I get very frustrated and overwhelmed by my lack of organizational skills. And yeah, even a little embarrassed. I mean, I don’t exactly love the fact that I have to say “excuse the mess!” to anyone who comes in my office. But on those days I just have to remind myself that I do actually have somewhat of a system going on. After all, it’s worked for me somehow the passed three years! I know where almost everything is, and if for some reason I don’t, I can always find it when I really need to. Eventually.

That’s not to say that I’m giving up on my dream of being more organized, though. I still believe I’ll be able to achieve the Martha Stewart office someday! But until then, I’ll just have to hang this little saying above my computer…

Right on, Pinterest. Right on.

And in other news, the winner of the $30 Pottery Barn Gift Card is ALICIA!!! Congrats Alicia! Hope that you can find a little something that makes you smile :) Thanks to everyone who entered!! Happy Wednesday.