When it comes to my job (that is, the work that actually involves a salary) I am very, very organized. I have a Bring Forward file and a detailed task list in Outlook. I pay the bills on time and do my filing and backups every week. And I pride myself on speedily returning phone calls, replying to e-mail, and maintaining Inbox Zero.
When it comes to blogging (that is, the work that pays very little now but hopefully more some day) I am also very organized. I have an editorial calendar, a promotion checklist, and task reminders in my Filofax. I keep my plugins updated and my spam folder checked and cleared. And the contents of my blog are backed up automatically every week.
But when it comes to home (that is, the work that doesn’t pay at ALL) it’s like I’m a whole other person. I have a box of filing that’s been accumulating since we first moved into the house *ahem* more than three years ago, and actually paying the bills on time every month is pretty much hit or miss. Backups get done every couple of years or so (if I’m lucky). And the Inbox tray on the corner of my desk resembles something akin to a structurally-unsound ziggurat and its contents are constantly being knocked to the floor by one or other of the cats (and in fact, the stack just shifted OF ITS OWN ACCORD and a couple of items fell from the top as I wrote this post).
Split personality? Organizational burnout? Or perhaps my motivation is fueled largely by (real or hoped-for) financial compensation?
Who knows?
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Twitter: frugalcoupons
March 9, 2015
Hard to be organized in all areas of our lives. blogging is hard.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
March 12, 2015
It is hard, isn’t it? One has only so much energy!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Wildcard Wednesday No. 8
Ahh… i try each year to be organized … and I get these little date things … and I fail at January 15… I even give up on my diary …which I am going to update tonight because of this!
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
March 12, 2015
LOL, glad to inspire! 😉
Laurel Regan recently posted… Wildcard Wednesday No. 8
I get that. I mean I really do. I am the same way.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
March 12, 2015
Glad I’m not alone. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Wildcard Wednesday No. 8
I had to chuckle as my brother visited and was on my computer at home and told me I had not backed up in ages. I thought it was being done automatically. Oops…
Twitter: alphabetsalad
March 12, 2015
Heehee, oops!
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Twitter: parul2411
March 9, 2015
No, you aren’t a case of Split Personality. You are just doing it right 😉
It’s not about pay of anything, trust me. It’s about what is important at that one moment. Isn’t it?
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
March 12, 2015
I suppose you’re right!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Wildcard Wednesday No. 8
When I used to work full time, I had many ideas to keep the house organized. Now that I am a SAHM, I realised that I can organise the house only once in a long long while. My house always looks like it has been run down under with a 4 year old around and I don’t have too much energy.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
March 12, 2015
There are only so many hours in the day!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Wildcard Wednesday No. 8
Ha — maybe it’s your soul relaxing in the space where you feel most comfortable. Letting things go and chilling to keep the pressure down.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
March 12, 2015
That sounds good to me!
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