a holiday organizing...

im doing some holiday chores because, well, xmas is pretty much over now and im gettin' bored.

so im going to organize something.  since ive become lazy this week, its going to be a non-physical organizing - moving my bookmarked internet pages into pinterest
AND
- deleting bookmarked pages that are no longer relevant to me

its amazing how many pages ive bookmarked this year & have no idea what they are.  nor ever looked at them again.  this is the time.

the secret of it is doing a total brain dump of small tasks that you know you need to do "one day" but may never think of again.  an item on my list is the cleaning of the bookmarks.

merry xmas

UPDATE:  9 new boards, 58 new pins

the secret is in...

i had some challenge today & yesterday regarding "project: secret".

in true opposite fashion to what i would have instinctively done, i reacted as "project: secret" would've wanted me to

result 1 - everything was actually ok.  normal even....  there may be something to this specific change im trying to make.  positive result. :)

re-start

im on my hardest project today.  its day 1.  its something ive tried before & keep failing at. 

this one is my nemesis, my enemy, my devil.  and if i dont fix it, im going to drown.  so i re-start this one today. and ive already been challenged. 

and its super hard but i dont have a choice.  so here goes.  "project: secret" back in action.

pray for me through this one.. it is not an easy road ahead.

save the dog, dump the cheerleader

the way the dog is treated got me sad!  it made me want to save all the lonely dogs in the world!!

it was a downer movie but i "got it". people who live back at home, back in the neighborhood you grew up in... the main character a girl who probably acts younger than she should, who's lazy, who goes out too much and cant get her work done.  shes a tad delusional about whats actually good for her and what is not good for her.  she has a mixed tape.  she is 37.  she drinks coke for breakfast.  she texts in public when shes alone to look important.

HOWEVER, shes not nice to people, shes selfish, shes unlikeable,  shes mean, shes full of herself. 

i do love that the guy from "a gifted man" and patton oswalt are in this.  i like both of them.

but because of the dog.  it broke my heart and made me sad :*(
and what it did was make me hate the main character and not root for her at all.

she does figure out shes crazy though.  you find out that she does know she has problems & throughout the movie you see that shes aware shes majorly flawed and is hurt by it. its an interesting look at depression too and for someone whos gone through it and still does, there are scenes where ive felt what shes feeling.  i know EXACTLY what the scene is saying. 

and even though the dog is ignored (BOO), this movie gave me a bit of hope in some way...

document this!!

as i complete goals on my go mighty list, im going to scrapbook-document all of it!! 

this gives me more of a push to get things done!!

view my city!!

ive lived in atlanta for 25 years.  ive done a LOT of touristy things through the years thanks to all the people who have come to visit us, but there are still things ive never done.

i feel like i live in a really entertaining city so i should take advantage of it.

heres my to do in atlanta list... i present "project: atlanta tourist"...

1) stay at stone mountain 1nn - CHECK

2) go to a braves game
3) go to high museum
4) see movie at tara cinema
5) eat at STK
6) go to GWTW museum; tour margaret mitchell house
7) go to music midtown

this is just a start... and i did do #1 this weekend and it was good.  so ill have to work through this list but itll be fun doing so!

mega-fix number 6!!

so, ive made a short list on the gomighty.com site, but i think its a good start!  like 'project: un-hoarder', i need to attack a large project by cutting it up into small and manageable steps.

i have 10 goals now!  :)  and theyre goals ive had on mind for sooooooo long and now i have a place to put them and this blog to track progress with. 

today im going to talk about one of them that needs to be taken care of asap! 
my only business goal so far...

#6 - mega-organize my mystery shopping

between finding new companies, applying for shops, confiming shops, scheduling dates for locations, doing the shops, tracking payments, cleaning out emails and files, etc, this is a big job. 

i need a better system as i have more shops now than ive ever done before.  if i miss a payment here and there or forget to apply for shops one week, im out of $$$.  and being unemployed, every little dollar counts.  even if it is a $5 phone call. 

so tonight, im cleaning out some october receipts, grouping sept & oct checks, and looking at paypal and excel to figure out how to organize my month better.  the more shops i do, the harder it gets to keep track of receips and emails..  and tomorrow i need to take a certification test to get gold certified!  :)

omg! shes such a hoar..der...

im also staring my organizing project with this dec 1st.  with family coming to town for the holidays & the new year around the corner, its probably a good idea to get my stuff together.  with my extremely limited space and ongoing projects everywhere, my space is beginning to look like an episode of "hoarders". 

soooooo, commence 'project: un-hoarder'!!

1) take pics of small areas of my bedroom/bathroom pre-organize
2) choose an area at a time to organize
3) don't move on to a new area until the first area is complete
4) take pics of un-hoardered area!

the more you cut up a project into manageable steps, you can handle a project easier.  so here goes!!

toxing & detoxing...

probably my worst project idea ever.  giving up (AGAIN) queso and soda for the month of december.  however, december is a very social month and ill be doing lots of dinners and drinking lots of jack & cokes... 

the point of 'Project:: detox xmas' is to cut back on the EXTRA cheese and coke consumption.  not ordering queso at every dinner, not ordering calzones, and not drinking cokes at home.  cokes at home is probably the worst habit i have.  its a daily habit and i could be drinking other things like juice, milk or water!! 

so in my most toxically entertaining month of the year, i detox.  and believe me, if anyone can do this... i can.  :)