http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-we-so-attached-to-our-things-christian-jarrett
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"How do you eat an elephant? 
One bite at a time."
(Possibly Creighton Adams or Unknown)

That's how I do the jobs I don't want to do. I decide to, at least, just start it and work for a short bit. And, because I'm only committing for that start period, then I'm not overwhelmed about doing the whole job at once. Sometimes, though just getting it started helps me do a bit more than I thought I'd do. Once the job is started then I can come back several times in the day and do short stints at it, taking breaks to do other, more likeable things.  :)  And by the end of the day, I find I have 'accidentally' gotten a good portion of the overwhelming job done. Basically, I'm tricking myself into getting the job done one bite at a time. That's how I roll.  :)

Sneak up on it. 
Work on it for 10 minutes, go do something else, swoop back, conquer another 10 minutes. It's only 10 minutes, not the Whole Elephant at once. 

And don't beat yourself up about it. If you didn't get to it today! Just simply start the goal again tomorrow. No worries!  :)
Be kind to yourself. Encourage yourself like you were talking to your best friend.
 
Here's a very short youtube illustration.
It helps illustrate accomplishing your "thing". 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZpAYmUpx44
Put out by www.ThatsEasyLearning.com

If you point yourself in the right direction and just get the ball rolling by little nudges and bites then you will be further along in a month or year than you would have been if you waited for that impossible perfect thing before you start "It". 

Magazines, pinterest, tv, internet. 

They are all feeding us lies. They look so good that we eat them right up. I look through a magazine and there is an article on organizing so, of course, I head right to it. The featured mudroom is beautiful. The rug is a blue and white chevron, so 'in' right now.  And, imagine that, the whole family somehow managed to purchase coats in soothing blue tones. The dog leash is blue and of course his favourite ball is, you guessed it, blue. The shoes are tones of blue and white with a playful hit of red for the toddler's shoes. Even the teacher was considerate enough to send homework home in the approved mudroom colours. 

This is not life, my friends. 

It's a bit much, isn't it? Life isn't like that. How can a family's worth of sunglasses, homework, backpacks, purse, shoes, coats, books, rug, the detrius and minutia of life all be the same matching style?

I'm not taking any of it. 
I'm with Twisted Sister on this one.  "We're not gonna take it"   Bahaha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmckWVPRaI

My whole families necessities of life are Not going to be in this seasons approved colours. 
​Twisted Sister and I are free. 

Tablecloths are happier rolled than folded, as we usually store them. They will develop less wrinkles if you roll them, making for easier and quicker entertaining. So, if the spot you store them allows , try rolling and see what you think. Alternatively, they can be hung on a hanger which helps with less wrinkles. But closet space in a home usually doesn't allow for this option. 

I love over-the-door shoe organizers. They can be used to store anything and they make small items readily available.  

I'd be the first to say, we aren't a sporting family so this way to store smaller sports items works fine for us. We don't head to the tennis courts often so we don't need to keep our things in a ready-to-go tennis bag. We throw our tennis balls for the dog. We rarely play badminton but sometimes we do and we know where to find the birdies; in the Pringles can on the top row. Biking? No problem, just let me grab my bike gloves from the second row and the locks from the bottom. Oh, and my soft gel seat from the middle row. What's that? You want to go hiking? I'll get the bear bells from the second bottom row. We are ready to go, if we ever decided to...

To be honest, I straightened these up for you. They never lay flat on the hanger. "Ain't nobody got time for that!" I shove them on the hanger. This pants hanger works great for me. It hangs in the front closet with my coats. When I get home I hang my coat and push my scarf onto one of the empty rungs of this hanger. It's an easy way to put them away and it keeps them from getting wrinkled and lost in a pile. I also have the Ikea Komplement multi-use hanger in my bedroom closet. 

Standard kitchen cupboards come with two shelves in the upper cabinets. 
Most cabinets will hold your dishware better if you add a third shelf. Go to a hardware store and get them to cut a shelf to the right length. Pick up a pack of extra shelf tabs as well. Bring it home and move all three shelves to the most conveniently spaced height for your dishware. Measure your stack of plates and add enough space between the top of the stack and the bottom of the next shelf so that you can still easily lift out a plate.
I've also added a free-standing wire shelf. This allows me to choose a bowl from the bottom without moving the whole stack. 
I use three shelves with my cups and glasses cupboard as well. There is less stacking needed and it's easier to access what I want without moving other things out of the way. 

Love It! 

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Alberta Recycling is doing their annual hazardous waste roundup. It's a great time to clean out some of those dark corners. ;) Bring in your unwanted computers, TV's, cleaners, batteries, herbicides and old paint and they will haul it away for free. Take it to the Tofield Fire Hall between 3-6 pm on Saturday, June 21. For more information contact Beaver County Agricultural Services at 780-663-3730 or go to www.beaver.ab.ca