Its that time of year again... along with all the gluttony and festivities, many of us are also thinking in the back of our minds what we would like to change about ourselves in the upcoming year.  I'm no different! Every year I succumb to the annual tradition, and I admit there are very few resolutions that I've been able to keep. Honestly, I couldn't name one that has stuck with me.

I'm hoping that the "Fail to plan, plan to fail" mantra is the reason that I've never been successful at keeping up with my goals, and this year I hope to change that!  I have a few things in my life I'd like to improve on, and I've been thinking about it for a while now, trying to map out a course of action to make my goals a reality.

One of my top goals is to be organized.  Yes, that is a very broad goal, and I've always treated it as such.  Saying "I will be organized" and then sorting through a small pile of junk is not fixing my disheveled problems.  I have to figure out what is making me so disorganized and chaotic and find specific solutions.

Paper clutter is probably one of my top issues.  I have to admit that I probably could not be more disorderly and irresponsible with my papers, and it has caused problems on more than one occasion.

I've found a few inspirational pins and sites that I've been getting ideas from, and now I'm working on narrowing down these ideas and start implementing some of them into my daily life and routine.

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I love the idea of having a central location to put papers that need to be sorted out for later.  My desk is a clusterfudge, as is the area by the front door, my counter, the dashboard of my truck, my purse.... I have never put the effort to make a place for these papers, and I think something like this would work wonders for me.  I think I'd have a file for bills, coupons to cut, school paperwork to look through, school papers to scan, papers to shred, and papers to file away properly (such as Lance's service paperwork, tax info...). I would like a special folder for Lance Jr right up front too. One of the things we did to help him keep on track with his school work is that he has to put every single piece of paper on the table as soon as he gets home so we can look through it together, but a lot of times it gets pushed aside in the rush for dinner, then forgotten for a week or so.  I think this might work for us :)

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