The re-org of my life.

I am spending a lot of time organizing my life lately. I am waiting for it to be completely organized, and then I just get to enjoy the organization. I am not sure that is ever really possible.

Mostly, I have been focusing on physical organization. Moving into the new apartment. Putting furniture where I want it. Buying things to go in the furniture. Alphabetizing books in the bookshelf. Setting up my art studio corner. Fretting over where oh where are all the paintings going to go.

And now I am mostly pleased on that front. I still need a vacuum cleaner, some plants, a dvd player and a few other household items. But I am settled, and my apartment is very functional.

I really like this feeling. Really.

Things are accessible. I can work on all the fun and interesting stuff that I like, whenever, WHENEVER !, I want. It is soooo great.

I am currently working on the electronic organization, which is as huge a task as the physical, if not greater. I made great headway during my April vacation to Hawaii – settling differences in email and blogs and pictures. Now I am just playing with the various websites that I have settled on. I think I have secured a fairly permanent blog, that integrates well through RSS feeds to Outlook and has the opportunity for multiple pages and growth. I am in the midst of posting thousands of pictures to Picasa, and starting the long overdue process of sharing those albums with the appropriate people. Even though I have a gmail account for use with groups and photos, I have made the switch to a hotmail based account that will integrate with Outlook and give my OCD brain the organizational tools it wants. And in the process, I have started editing the small business website that came along with the free url. I am not a business yet, but I hope to be someday. Generally, I am making strides in getting where I want to be electronically. And as technology continues to spin out of control, I try to keep up. Learning about everything as it comes, and drawing some lines where I just can’t stand it anymore.

In this crazed world, it pays to stay a step ahead. It helps to be an online resource at work. I like the job security of being invaluable, so I am going to keep striving towards that.

Overall, quite pleased with my progress in organization for 2007. I had quite the resolutions, but I am getting there. And really, there is an emotional and spiritual re-organization that is happening too. By nature, the progress here is much slower. much slower. sigh.

I should be pleased here as well. 2007 is much better than 2006. God is doing great things to transform my whole being. It just hurts like heck. Heh. I can see progress though, and even though the light at the end of the tunnel is the tiniest pinprick, I know that it is there. Better to live life in an important and weighty way, than ignorant bliss. At least, that’s what I have chosen.

Which of course makes it better :-p Well, it is my best attempt at life.

That was your dream.

Every time I see the latest Sprint commercial, a small part of my soul disintegrates. I actually love the graphic and film elements and the wistful effect they achieve, and I can’t get the charming, merry-go-round music out of my head. It speaks of childhood dreams, and opens up great opportunity for nostalgia… up there on that list of feelings that might really get me to purchase something. Just because it feels all warm and fuzzy. But all of a sudden the soothing commercial voice develops a pedantic quality, actually ascribing my dreams to me.  Not only that, apparently my dreams were of a glowing, mobile screen with buttons that do everything I could ever want. “That was your dream… and with Sprint Speed it all came true.” Riiiiiight.

I know my dreams were much more than that. Even if I don’t know where to start, I have already accomplished quite a bit more than owning a particular Sprint mobile phone.

You Tube - Sprint Commercial

Welcome.

Welcome to my home page. I am starting anew, getting settled into my new apartment and trying to adjust to my new life. There are so many things I want to do, but at the same time I can’t decide what I want either. This site will document parts of that journey.