Last night I started seriously working on the goal to improve my wardrobe.

I made a list a while back of what all the different “roles” (or wardrobe situations) I would need clothes for.  For example, work, weekend wear, lounging around the house, exercise, hiking, evening parties, family events, etc.

Then, I asked myself, “How can I make this goal fun for me?” and I thought it would be fun to build my wardrobe through pictures.

So, I photographed all of my clothes last night, a piece at a time and I am going to categorize them into the different wardrobe situations I listed.

Then, I can get a picture of what I currently have so that when I go shopping for clothes I am adding pieces strategically to my wardrobe.

I am going to use Creative Memories’ Digital Scrapbooking program (Storybook Creator) to digital scrapbook my wardrobe project.

I’m looking forward to see how it turns out!

Ahhhh, organized shelves make me happy!  The office supplies shelves organization project was a success.  Yay!

Here was my process.  One would think that just diving in would be the key to organization but actually I find it’s super helpful to take a step back before diving in to the piles and do a little strategy.

First of all, I took everything off the shelves and I divided all the stuff into three piles.

Pile 1:  What I want to keep on the shelves because I still use those items
Pile 2:  What needs to get out of the office and goes in to storage (which I’ll tackle later when I organize the bins in the garage)
Pile 3:  Trash

Then, I assessed Pile #1 and figured out what I would need to purchase in order to organize the items on my shelves.

I figured I would need some stacking trays in order to organize my various blank stacks of paper which were my computer paper, my blank lined paper and scrap paper.  Then, I also needed some bins to hold my various computer CDs and DVDs and office supplies (pens, pencils, staples, tape, post-its, etc.).

After making my assessment, I headed to a couple of stores that I figured I would find bins that I’d like:  Target and Cost Plus World Market.

I found the black letter stacking trays at Target and I picked up three of them.

Then at Cost Plus World Market I perused all of the baskets and I selected a few dark colored, sturdy baskets for my computer CDs/DVDs and various smaller paper items like check registers, boxes of checks and business cards.

I wanted to make sure I had some splashes of color (because I love color) on my shelves as well so I picked up a few smaller baskets to hold my various office supplies like staples, tape, push pins, etc.

Then, I came home and began putting the “keeper” items into my various bins and back on the shelves.

I’m pretty happy with the result. 

For anyone wanting to tackle shelves, I would recommend taking it slowly and when you need a break, take it.  There were times when I was getting tired and I simply wanted to shove items into the bins and not organize them since I wouldn’t see them anyway, just so I could get the job done quickly.  BUT, I knew I would regret it later and not feel like I was organized.

Take the time you need to get the result you want.  It’s totally worth it!

I’m currently working on one of my goals called Clean Up My House and Keep It Clean.  Today I’ve decided to focus on my home office as my first place to clean in my house since I spend a lot of time in here.

I’m going to work on reorganizing my office supplies bookshelves today. Lately those particular bookshelves have become a dumping ground for stray paper while also being a surface I can shove things onto.

My hope is that when I’m done, I’ll only have things in the there that I actually use and all the items are neatly organized and easy to get to.

We’ll see how it goes!

Hi Peeps!
I’ve been out of blogging-commission for a while, but I’m back!  Hi!

I’ve actually been agonizing over the fact that I’m a total novice when it comes to the blog and social networking world and I’ve been doing the thing that I normally do which is to try to take more classes, talk to more people, do more “things” in order to try to learn how to blog.  I’ve been doing everything EXCEPT actually blogging.  Go figure, eh?  Sometimes the most obvious solution is right in front of your face, huh? 

Isn’t that funny how sometimes we try to do sooooo much in other areas to get “better” at something when really alls we need to do is practice the thing that we want to get better at?  Like the example a bunch of self-help gurus give all the time which is driving a car.  At first we sucked at it.  We had to think about every move, but now we can drive, talk on our cell phone, chat with our neighboring passenger and eat all at the same time.

So, I’m going to be taking my own advice that I give others and I’ll be actively working on two of my goals (amongst the many that I have) which are:

(1) Be Fearless.  Take some kind of action towards whatever it is that is fearful for me or is holding me back.

and

(2) Populate GoalGetterGirls.com with valuable and helpful content.  Begin doing whatever it takes to start infusing GoalGetterGirls.com with cool tips, tools, tricks and trainings to help you transform your life to get the results that you want.

Am I going to be helpful and brilliant all the time?  I’d like to think so, but, hellz, I’m a realist!  I know that sometimes I may not hit the mark for you.  But, what I do know and this is my commitment to you, is that I will share with you the best of what I have. 

I freakin’ love learning so much and I will share with you what I’m learning about, what distinctions I’ve made and what skills I’ve developed so that you can share in what I’ve learned to date.  I’ll share with you what goals I’m working on and what’s worked for me and not in the various Areas of Attention while traveling my own life’s journey.

Hopefully you can glean even a small helpful distinction heres and theres that helps you on your own life path.  That would be awesome!

Okay!  Until I blog again, which should be soon!  Laterz my pals!

I’ve been up all night because I get insomnia from time to time.  Sometimes it’s annoying as heck because I just want to sleep and I’m lying awake staring at the ceiling, BUT, last night was my favorite kind of insomnia.  Those are the nights I get SO MUCH done.  Yahhhhoooo!

My recent obsession has been to come up with a Goals Management system that works for me.  I’m currently frankensteining together a system that uses concepts from Franklin Covey, Tony Robbins’ Time of Your Life program, and David Allen’s Getting Things Done system (also known as GTD).

For eons I’ve been struggling with coming up with a system that works for me and I’m finally getting closer.

My main challenge has been that I have so MANY goals that I want to accomplish that I get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of things I need to get done and I work on a little bit of this and a little bit of that but I don’t really feel like I’m moving any one of them forward with absolute momentum and certainty.

Zoraida and I call our HUGE goals that feel overwhelming “elephants” because of that old saying that goes, “How do you eat an elephant?” And the answer is, “One bite at a time.”

Well, I was telling Zoraida that it felt like I was taking a nibble out of the elephant’s tail and a bite out of its ear and a lick off of its body.  Hellz, my elephant had no worries that I was going to eat him.

Until now.  (Watch out elephant!!)

I won’t go into detail of what my system is right now because I’m still refining it, but here are a couple of takeaways that I’ve learned in regards to Goal Management.

All of the systems that I’m frankensteining together have a lot of common concepts.  Two concepts (among the many) that I found to be absolutely critical are the following:

1.  Know WHAT you WANT.  Be specific. You need to have a super clear vision of what it is you want and you need to know specifically what needs to be occurring when you have what you want.

A great question I’m practicing asking myself every time I state what I want is:  “What am I doing when I have that?” (Example:  I want Financial Freedom.  “What am I doing when I have that?” I’m lying on a white sand beach on a tropical island.  The sun is just setting, the air is warm, but not muggy.  My Dude and I are drinking cocktails enjoying the sun set.)

Notice that I can get even more specific with that image.  I could identify WHAT tropical island and WHICH sand beach.  The important part, however, is to simply begin imagining what it really, really looks like when you have that thing you are envisioning.

2.  Know WHY you want it.  Write it down. The purpose of why you’re going after what you want is actually extremely critical.  I kept thinking to myself all of these years, “Hellz, I don’t need to write down why I want that.  It’s obvious, isn’t it?”

Well, after doing some documenting about why I want some of the goals I stated, I realized that the reason I thought was so important wasn’t compelling to me at all.  No wonder I wasn’t making progress towards my goals!  (Example:  I said that I wanted to weigh 108 pounds and my reason was:  “Because I want to look good.”

Nooooo, duh!  I realized that I needed to have WAY MORE reasons about why it’s important for me to want to look good so I have a reason to haul my butt out to get some exercise and a reason to say “no” to that fifth slice of pizza with the delicious extra cheese and extra sauce.  (Hmmm…I definitely have more work to do in coming up with compelling reasons to weigh 108!)

By mastering the art of creating a vision and systematically breaking that vision down into manageable, bite-sized pieces, anyone can accomplish anything, I truly believe that.

The challenge is to be able to manage all of those bite-sized pieces so they don’t get lost in the shuffle. 

I’m looking forward to taking my Goals Management Frankenstein-system out on the town.  I’ll let ya know how it goes!