Organize Your Memorabilia
So, I did it! I finally finished my stain glass window project!
Well, sort of. It hasn’t dried completely (hence the lovely “blotchyness” effect) and I ran out of paint this evening after the store had already closed. But 99% done is better than where I was when this challenge started on May 13! Tomorrow I will get the last 3 bottles of paint and finish this project for good!
I knew once I started working on it again I would get re-obsessed and work non-stop to get it done. It was just finding that motivation to start again! Having the June 1 accountability deadline did the trick! And scheduling chunks of work time into my planner really helped me “find” the time.
I think that’s how most organizing projects get away from us. We want to get that closet organized. We spend lots of time thinking about how we would like to work on it; how wonderful it would be to open a neat and tidy closet every morning; how much time we could save getting dressed and ready; how proud and life stressed we would feel with an organized closet.
But then reality kicks in . . . We open the closet door, see an overwhelming, disorganized jumble of clothes and slowly . . . shut . . . the . . . door . . . and . . . back away.
And so, the cycle continues.
Let’s face it, it is easier to just complain and wish for a magical fairy to instantly transform your closet. (I have yet to see that magic wand at my house! How about you?) But if you take all that wasted energy spent thinking and dreaming about your closet and just dive in and start, at least it wont be wasted energy! Some progress is better than no progress. And, so what if it takes you a month of working a little at a time? Again, it’s better than spending your month just wishing the disorganization away!
So, every month I am going to post a procrastination challenge. And Suze’s comment to my last procrastination update gave me a great idea about giving each of these challenges a theme. So, in honor of Suze’s determination to get her home movies edited and transferred to DVDs, June’s Procrastination Challenge will focus on Memorabilia Projects! No pressure, Suze, but now you really have to come through with your project!!! 
Feel free to work on any type of project you’d like, but if you have a project involving home movies, photos, trophies, collectibles, or other forms of memorabilia, tackle it this June with the Virtually Organized readers as your accountability partners.
Post a comment, a link to your related blog post, and/or pictures. Need encouragement? Just ask! We’ll all keep each other motivated, updated, and accountable throughout the month. And on July 1, I’ll award a special prize to one successful procrastination project!
Like Suze, I’m going to work on converting my home movies, too. Moody Judy is now 11, and Blue Eyed Jane just turned 8, so we have a ton of footage to transfer. I may not get them all completed, but hey, any progress is still progress, right?!?!?! Good luck everyone!
Simply yours,
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