I wish this were easier and I hadn't let it go for years ... — 9 months ago
I so envy you here, you who can organize your files and papers in hours or days, since I put off organizing my files and papers for years because, although I have fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, as well as a just recently discovered lifelong immune disorder, I kept pushing myself to be “normal” and that included working a full-time job.
I used up every bit of energy I had and energy I didn’t have trying to work the job, which became harder and harder for me, but I had not worked for three months prior, and I felt like the minute I started not to feel so bad, I should push myself back into the world of the healthy.
All I did was make myself much, much sicker, and during a period of about four to five years, and most recently about the last year between medical paperwork, disability paperwork, etc., which comes every other day it seems, my “I feel like a corpse” exhaustion, severe pain, medical appointments and life circumstances, I threw mail, papers, etc., helter skelter into boxes and bags and various files, and I have been trying to do a little each day, but it’s so hard.
My brain doesn’t work the same, and I don’t know whether I should file papers within a folder by type of document (letter, form I complete, form a doctor completes, statements, etc.), by date only not caring what kind of document it is, or alphabetically by … well, I don’t know.
If anyone happens to read this and has ideas, I would love to hear them. Really, I used to know this stuff, but it’s like everything I used to know fell out of my brain.
I am sure that by minimizing clutter and excess possessions (which is my overall plan), I can improve my health. That is my goal, because I am getting worse and I don’t want to get worse.
All I really treasure is my dog and everything else doesn’t really matter.
Kat
