Organize!

This post is proof that I am a nerd.

I used to ask people on first dates (you know, to show that i was deep and had thoughtful questions) "What are you passionate about?" I got mixed responses, and they were often very telling about a person. In turn, most people would ask me the same question. Sometimes I had a response, other times I drew a blank. In general, though, I would say I'm passionate about the Gospel, about Living Life to its fullest, about Having No Regrets, about Telling People I like/love Them, about Being Full of Integrity....the list could go on and on.

This week, however, I think I could unequivocally say that I am passionate about Organizing.

When we first moved to Los Angeles, Seth and I went to the Container Store and went crazy organizing things. We got these awesome DVD binders that save us so much space--like three boxes worth of space.














And we got Slimline hangers (Thanks Jenny & Mel for the suggestion!). My collection of clothes has trimmed down considerably thanks to wonderful friends (cough. Julie. cough.) who can convince me to purge my "oldies" or "uglies" or "I just don't wear these". BUT, I still needed more closet space and these have done wonders. Seriously, more than twice as many clothes fit in my closet now.













I'll spare you the details of all the other space saving things we got--we seriously spent two hours at the store trying to decide the best way to organize shoes, bags, q-tips, socks.... (plug for awesome husband Seth who actually cares about these things with me, or at least fakes it really well).

I LOVE feeling organized. It's so empowering. I feel like I can go out and feel absolutely an unequivocally clean, neat, tidy, and germ-free (isn't it funny how if something is in a neat stack it doesn't seem germy?)

SOOOO, this week was possibly a dream week. I started my new job, and my bosses both LOVE organization. They have electronic file systems, so we scan documents in, file them electronically, and then except for a select few documents, we can just throw the document away. It is FANTASTIC.

Also, one of my bosses likes neat and tidy binders for the information we save, and the last admins weren't so good at tabs and organized binders, so I was tasked with re-doing all of the binders to look professional, neat, and tidy. Ohhh it was bliss!!! Seriously, to get paid to re-tab a binder to be color coordinated is like a working mecca for me! (especially when i don't have to buy the supplies!)

With another move this week, I've been really excited to organize some more of our "stuff" and purge even more. If you get a phone call soliciting advice about purging or organizing, don't be surprised! :) (or if you'd like to just offer advice here, I'm ready to hear it!)