I haven’t been doing much research during the past few days. Instead, I’ve been clearing the decks in my home office! I’m to the point with my genealogy findings where I feel like I’m ready to start trekking out to look for “real” paper documents and newspaper clippings. It’s a whole other story when I looked around at the systems I have in place for storing those things, or rather… my lack of a system.
So I pulled out all of the boxes and books and papers and files that were stacked up in this big closet/bookshelf in here and have been systematically going through it ala Peter Walsh. I haven’t touched this stuff since I moved back home to Nebraska last summer. Paper, paper, and more paper. Yikes!! So it’s taking a while to sort through everything so I have room to grow into my new genealogy hobby/obsession. I really want to start out on the right foot and keep everything organized, safe, and visually appealing. Nothing drains me more than clutter!
Boy you said it, nothing drains me faster and puts me in a bad mood quicker than clutter. It feels like a never ending battle for me right now, working full time and keeping up with just the regular daily life stuff. I am ready to dig in soon, it’s out of control right now!