I got about half the mess sorted through. I bought boxes to store Christmas and holiday decorations and craft supplies, etc. (after first taking stock of what I needed to store and how much space each category occupied). Those boxes are now filled and in my office closet. There’s room to walk on the floor but there are still deep ponds of paper and office supplies to leap over.

I found that I had accumulated a lot of stuff since I moved into my own place. It’s truly stuff I want to keep, but it’s no wonder the office is such a mess. Some of the stuff I keep in my office would be more appropriately stored in a basement or garage; since I have neither, my office is stuffed to the gills.

Another part of the mess is my recipe collection. I know how I want to purge and organize it but there’s only so much time.

Unfortunately, I’m starting my summer class just after Memorial Day so I’m doubtful I’ll get to this again for at least a couple more months. I wish I were the kind of person who could do a little bit at a time (the babysteps that FlyLady recommends) but if I divide the job into itsy bitsy steps then they don’t seem important enough to do. I end up planning but not implementing, and there’s little point to that. I just have to work with my personality rather than fighting against my natural inclinations. Granted, the office will be a wreck a while longer, but one day I really will graduate. Until then, I’ll keep the office door closed.