Really? One Year to an Organized Work Life Filled with Hapiness?: The yellow bag

Monday, March 2, 2009

The yellow bag

I have had the yellow bag since June of 2005. In it I placed things I had on or in the desk in my area in the librarians' workroom. I placed all sorts of things in this bag and kept them there while in two other offices. The bag has been on my mind for quite some time, so I took it home and attacked it tonight. Here it is:

From One Year to an Organized Work Life?!

But wait until you see what was in it!

From One Year to an Organized Work Life?!

Here is what I found to throw away:

From One Year to an Organized Work Life?!

In the throw away pile, I had broken pins, sunscreen that expired in 2004, ibuprofen from 2005, an inhaler that expired in 2004, some old hard candy, and various flakes of paper and plastic that make their way down to the bottom of any container over the course of nearly four years. Yikes! I also recycled a good pile of paper.

Here is what remains in the bag:

From One Year to an Organized Work Life?!

There are office supplies to put in my newly organized desk drawers, photos to put in my photo album, correspondence to file, YAC mementos to file, and some disks to look at to see if they can just be destroyed. I haven't used them for at least 3 1/2years! It feels good to have the specter of the yellow bag dealt with.

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Weight progress

11/10 173.2
11/3/12 174.3
10/27/12 175.2
10/20/12 174/8
10/13/12 172.8
10/6/12 175.0
9/29/12 175.0
9/21/12 174.2
9/14/12 174.8
9/7/12 175.2
8/31/12 175.0
8/24/12 175.2
8/17/12 175.0
8/10/12 174.0
8/3/12 172.4
7/28/12 173.2
7/21/12 173.2
7/14/12 175.4
7/7/12 173.6
6/30/12 172.6
6/23/12 172.0
6/16/12 171.6
6/2/12 171.6
5/26/12 172.0
5/19/12 171.4
5/12/12 171.0
5/5/12 171.6
4/28/12 171.2
4/21/12 173.0
4/15/12 174.4
4/8/12 174.4
4/1/12 174.4
3/25/12 175
3/18/12 174.2
3/11/12 Whoops! I forgot to weigh-in !!
3/4/12 173.8
2/26/12 176.4
2/19/12 174.4
2/12/12 176.0
2/5/12 178.2
1/29/12 178.6
1/22/12 179
1/15/12 179
1/8/12 182
1/1/12 183

How I said yes to life and no to overworking in May:

5/14/12 Went to Fusion class and read before bed
5/13/12 Visited with in-laws, parents, sister's family, then went to daughter's softball game
5/12/12 Went to YMCA interval class
5/11/12 Made potato salad to add to dinner prepped by hubby and went to Rebecca's softball game
5/10/12 Read before bed time
5/9/12 Went to Power Yoga at the YMCA
5/8/12 Didn't run errands on my lunch hour.
5/7/12 Fusion at Just Breathe Yoga Studio
5/6/12 Spent some quality time with hubby
5/5/12 Went to see friends on a last minute invitation and read on the way there.
5/4/12 Had dinner at Sam'z and read before bedtime
5/3/12 Went for a walk with my husband after dinner.
5/2/12 Went to Power Yoga at the YMCA
5/1/12 Went to Rebecca's softball game.

Home Habit of the Month

Month 3: Get rid of and file all mail and incoming paper from school, work, and play as soon as it comes in. (Touch it once!)

Accomplished on: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

This includes reading newspapers and recycling right away and cutting coupons and recycling the remaining paper right away. There are two visual measures to this success in my house.

1. Dining room table free of clutter

2. Kitchen counter free of clutter

On May 1 the dining room table is pristine. The small kitchen counter has a to do pile, which I'll put in a folder so it isn't as noticeable. That way I will have a visual reminder. Is the small counter clear? Yes. Good. No? Take care of it every day!