Normally at the beginning of a new year, I do the following:
- File away all paper work from prior year
- Taxes
- Fill Scrap Book album with all Momentos from the prior year
- Balance Checkbook from any thing that I got behind during busy season of the prior year.
There was a time when I did all this as I went... Have a receipt, file it... before it became a bucket full... Have a momento, stick it in the book... before it becomes a bucket full of stuff...
Then I became a full time parent with a full time job and many things to be done on a daily basis... some things I keep up with and other things not so much... Those other things become buckets full of stuff by year end.
2010 however, is my Simplify year.... I realized, I don't have to spend my whole holiday or vacation time sitting in a room alone sorting through all this stuff...There really is no drop dead date. I set that upon myself. In reality, the bills are paid, who cares what happens to the receipts.
Of course I DO, but it doesn't have to all be done at once... So I used the January holiday break for having fun with family and cleaning out closets in between.
I spent Veg's birthday break with him and my Mom and a few naps.... and now I'm spending each week conquering one task...
Before going back to work, I got our taxes done... the next day, I got my paper work sorted. This weekend, I got my Momento Scrap Album all caught up and bills done. Next weekend I will get the sorted paperwork in to files...
And while it may be March by then, I will have all my big daunting year long tasks complete... The following week, I may develop a new filing system so the end of this year doesn't look so horrifying!
Its all about Simplifying and Dividing tasks.... Not everything HAS to be done NOW! And I'm OK with that (some times) *wink*
