The semester is starting next week. In four days, I return to work as the adviser to a college newspaper. No more days of lounging with a glass of apple juice. No more frivolous days spent shopping — or ogling Edward Cullen or the Supernatural boys. The lazy, hazy days of summer are about to turn into the harried chills of fall.
That means I need to get in gear and get organized. Honestly, I’m in need of an organizational makeover. I’m hoping these photos will give me the push I need. Tell me: What do you do to get – and stay – organized?
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[Photos via Abby Sharp]
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Teresa @ good-grace says
Love, love, LOVE this post… the images are inspiring. Although the kids started school this week, I still have almost nothing crossed off my "to do" list. I'm *way* behind on my own learning curve.
Cupcakes and Cashmere says
i swear i have some sort of learning disability when it comes to organizing. i just have no common sense and often times end up just created tons of "miscellaneous" drawers/baskets/rooms. oops.
Michelle says
Ahhh….in two weeks I return to my job as editor of a college newspaper. I feel your stress.
Viewtiful_Justin says
I love the globes! That's so cool.
And…lists. Lots of lists help me organize.
DT says
being organized is a big task for me :p
Jesse MacInnis says
I am pretty terrible at staying perfectly organized. I start off amazing with things in their place and all color co-ordinated but once I actually start working in the space it turns into a clutter…and I kind of like it 🙂
Olivia Rae says
i'm about to start school too, and desperately need to organize!!
Melissa Blake says
Sometimes I think we're selective in what we're organized about. Maybe it's just we choose our favorite things to keep organized and other things fall?
Like my blog? Sometimes I think I'm too organized with it… 🙂
emma says
I think you're on the right lines already – if you can make the organisation look pretty then it becomes much more fun. I definitely finding doing the filing or whatever is much less of a chore if it's in pretty binders.
And lists. I love making lists then crossing things off as I do them 🙂
Eneli, says
good pictures !
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Melissa says
Good lord that's a lot of teapots!!
And there is nothing wrong with oggling the Winchester boys. I do it often myself 😉
Mel-Rox says
I am a organization freak. We are currently packing our apartment to move into the house we just bought and everytime I walk in the door I have to take a deep breath.
I'm a box checker by nature. It does wonders for my organizational skills.
The Cottage Cheese says
I wish anything in my life was this organized. Great (and much needed) inspiration for me! I'm in love with that dining room.
melissa kaye says
I love being organized but staying that way is quite a task! These pictures are very inspiring–I love the index card file. 😉
lk says
LOVE this. makes me want to redecorate! makes me wish i was a photographer! makes me want to paint my walls.
of course i will do none of these things…
great blog!
Rachel says
Organizing makes me so happy, but yet I have so much trouble getting motivated to actually do it… looking through an Ikea catalog gets me inspired sometimes.
C. says
Those teapots shelves are adorable. Except mine would be filled with books! I have terrible organizational skills – at least once a month I promise myself I'll re-organize and end up creating another random drawer or cabinet of stuff I can't seem to throw away. *sigh*
A says
hmmm.. I believe in an organized mess. Then again, I seem to lose practically everything in a matter of seconds. I guess my organizational advice may not be as helpful as I intended. 🙂
Melanie's Randomness says
Oooo Thank you for posting this! I've been trying so desperately to organize things but my bedroom is still a catastrophe!! But in the drawers there's a hint of oh i actually now where things are. I've been buying these large photo boxes to organize and put stuff in.
What I do to keep motivated is, I put on a video that I know I can listen to it and still know whats going on and just clean til it's over. hehe.
Love your blog!! =)
jessicaleighlalou says
Great pictures! I know what you mean about getting ready for school and leaving the Twilight boys aside. hehe. I need to get organized! great post! 🙂
Ali says
Love these photos! So organization inspiring.
What do I do? Hm…I guess I just dump it all on the floor, get rid of what I don't need, keep what I do and they make it all pretty and organized. Haha, helpful I know.
melocoton says
wow you bring a whole new meaning to organization!
inspiring!
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