There is a new movie coming out called the Julie/Julia Project or something like that. It is about a woman (Julie) who decided to cook her way through a Julia Child cookbook in one year and blog about what she was doing. This struck me as interesting. Even more so because it is based on a true story. So when my desire to write more popped into my brain as I was starting to read "When Organizing Isn't Enough - SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life" I remembered this movie I heard about. So I am going to attempt to blog my way through this book.
On the subject of the book, I am a big fan of Julie Morgenstern. Her "SPACE" method and philosophy of organizing from the inside out help focus my intense need to organize without all the crazy systems I had previously come up with on my own.
SHED is the fourth book of hers that I have purchased and I have no doubt it will be as good and as helpful as the others.
I'll go into more detail next time as to what the purpose of SHEDing is but to start off I'll just explain her latest acronym.
S - Separate the treasures
H - Heave the trash
E - Embrace your identity
D - Drive yourself forward
Undoubtedly, someone will think that this is all a bunch of touchy-feely self-help crap. Possibly, but considering her other books on home organizing, time management and ways to improve your desk/office/schedule at work have been extremely helpful and chock full of great tips, I figure what is the harm in giving it a shot.
My first assignment is to give this next phase of my life a theme. This will certainly require some consideration. A few words do pop into my mind: Freedom, Creativity, Independence, Exploration, Expression, Self-Gratification, etc. I suppose in order to accurately give a name to what I want this next phase of my life to be about I need to further examine the phases I have already been through. But that is for next time.
Until then....D
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