#92 Clean and Organize Craft Corner

On Christmas night I started organizing my Craft Corner. This little nook is just big enough to get a desk into it, and surround said desk with lots and lots of crafty stuff. I decided the only way to clean and organize this hell hole... oops, I mean... Marcie's Glorious Art Studio, was to take every thing out of it, clean it and rearrange all my craft items, making it a place that inspires and invites "Creativity". So I took everything out of it. Holy Glue Gun. What did I do? My living room and dining room are now covered in Creativity. It's all over the couch, under the table, on the chairs, spread all over the floor, and taking up every inch of space it can find. It has now taken over my apartment. What did you say? Put it back? I can't! Not until I *organize* it. Which I have begun. I got the bright idea to get all my craft paper together and group it by colors and type so when I get inspired I can just reach up and voila! There's the color I need. You know what? I have a lot (and I mean a lot) of paper. And I have a piece of paper... for... every... color... in... the... world.

Memo to self: Do not buy any more craft paper.

All done...

What a pain, but I redid my list and categorized it. I've also tweaked it here and there cause some things were too easy. Take Task #84 - Read 20 classic books. It started out as 10, but I've already finished 2 of them, and if I had the books on hand I'd probably be done in a couple of months. Also, Task #63 - Get rid of 200 personal items. This was 100 personal items, but I'm a pack rat, and I certainly don't have any problems finding 100 things to get rid of. What I'm striving for on this one is that I don't add 201 items to my household at the same time. I really want to lighten my load, so to speak.

I think it's okay to adjust your list if need be. Some things may change making a task impossible to do, or maybe a project needs some clarification. It's good to be flexible. Flexibility makes life less stressful. I'm all for that. :)

Okay, I was wrong...

I should have categorized my list. I can't find anything without scanning it a couple times. What a waste of time. I need to organize it. I suppose I could put this on my weekly-to-do list. *sigh*

I love to read...

So I have finished the Twilight book series (Stephenie Meyer is a very good storyteller) and my first task, #81! It isn't surprising that it's one dealing with books since I spend a lot of time reading instead of doing something that would require cleaning and organizing. (blech!) I then moved on to task #84 (read 10 classic books)(edit: now 20 classic books) and read Brave New World, which was much easier to read than I thought and more interesting, too. Now I'm reading Beloved. I wish I hadn't seen the movie, but Toni Morrison is such an excellent writer, it won't matter that I already know the ending.



I've also made a "Rewards Envelope" pictured above which I have labeled (appropriately enough) "Oops! I did it again!". That's pretty much how I feel whenever I finish something - that it was by accident. Now I have to come up with $3 dollars. My first $3.00. :) If I finish the list, I should have more than $303.00 depending on how many weekly lists I finish. My weekly lists are monsters. They just keep growing and growing and growing! I need to rethink what I should be putting down on a weekly list because I would like to finish one. I'm beginning to think that I need a "202 things to do in 1001 days" list. Now I'm thinking that it would be nice if I had an assistant. :)