Hey Out There...

So at this point, I am the only person reading this blog and perhaps that is alright for now and maybe forever. This is an exercise of accountability for me because for far too long I have set goals that I never achieve; made plans that have never happened; and basically slipped into a cycle of bad habits that only a misguided teenager could appreciate. I can't exactly pinpoint the reason or the time that this began to occur in my life...it hasn't always been my mode of operation--but it is here now and I want it to go away!!

What is the problem you may ask?

Well, in the simplest of forms, I am a mess!! LOL!! Well maybe not that big of a mess.

This is my journey to adulthood. I am chronologically an adult of 35 years but in many aspects of my personal life I don't act like one. Granted, I am very professional and seemingly do a great job of being very adult in regard to my relationship with others--super responsible in fact. I will take care of others in all the ways that I can't seem to do it for myself. So maybe the accurate goal would be--The Journey to Adulthood in My Own Life!!!

I am going to attempt to set a few goals over the course of this blog and to update this blog 1-2 times per week to lament about how I am doing with accomplishing these goals. This may seem a bit selfish but all of these goals will be directly related to me...

Goal 1: Getting My House In Order.

I am a pack rat to the 100th power and I also like to shop. I don't think I mentioned that I live in a small one bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. I have two closets that are the equivalent of a coat closet in the entry way of a nice house somewhere other than New York City--and then I have this alcove that I had a shelving system installed into-- so that is my only other space to store "stuff". This in itself is part of the problem but may be hard to fix in the short term. If you didn't get it--lack of storage. So I am going to have to begin to purge and to maybe stop shopping. Both will be hard--but hey....I am trying to be a responsible adult...and responsible adults don't have more clothes and bags and shoes and other random items than they have places to store them.

So in a nutshell:

1. Everything must have a place to rest
2. If it doesn't have a place to rest then it must go
3. I am going to plan a stoop sale to get rid of some of these items and place my earnings in a savings account for a rainy day. (Another great adult move by the way!!)

Stay tuned to hear (really read) about this purging process. This could take a bit of time but I hope to have it done by..let's see...June 30th.

Let the games begin!!