That’s the nice way to say I’m a slob, right?

Don’t get me wrong. I love clean spaces. I love uncluttered homes. I love for my space to be light and easy on the eye, but I CAN’T SEEM TO MAKE THAT OCCUR IN MY LIFE!

Can you tell I’m frustrated?

I’ve been this way forever. Ask my mom. The poor woman tried to teach me better. She’s the most organized woman I know. She cleaned my room so many “one last times” when I was a kid. No matter what her threats, it always fell apart. Because of this I started doing my own laundry at a fairly young age.

My office isn’t usually bad. My car can be kept neat for long periods as long as no one else ever drives it, but my house? UGH!

My messiness does not tend to get in the way of my ability to do things. I can always find my keys. I know where my important papers are. Usually I can find both shoes in a pair. The clutter and the unkempt look of things stresses me out though. So you’d think I’d do something about it. But I don’t. I can find a gagillion other things I’d rather do. And if I get it partially organized? It falls apart after a few days.

I know there’s probably some deep-seeded “issue” I haven’t dealt with that makes this so. Some of Fly Lady’s thoughts hit home (yes, I even thought about trying Fly Lady but I could never get my sink clean to start). But really! It’s just stuff.

I don’t know what I want to hear from you dear readers. Tell me how it works for you. Tell me you suffer the same challenges. Tell me if you WERE organizationally challenged by now you’re reformed. If you have recovered, I want you to pour your secrets into that comment box. PLEASE.

I’m tired. I need to sleep. See, another thing I’d rather do than organize my life.

I don’t feel like I am really a grown up until I can have a house that looks put together. Hmmmm……

PS–I don’t want you all getting the wrong idea. There aren’t old milk cartons piled in the corners. You don’t have to weave through stacks of magazines to get from one room to another, but there is a big pile of clothes in my room which has become a permanent fixture in my room around which I must decorate.

HELP!!!!!