31 Days of Getting Organized!

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If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you will know that the past two years I’ve participated in the 31 Day Challenge….

In 2016 I wrote the 31 Days of Quilting UFOs series.

In 2017 I wrote the 31 Days of How to Earn $ From Sewing and Quilting series.

This year I had lots of bright ideas.. and none of them ending up happening!

Do you ever wonder how people that join in on these challenges plan for them… and how much they write out in advance…?

Well, I am here to tell you my method….

1. After completing the last 31 Day Challenge my mind is buzzing with new ideas… still all hyped up from completing the challenge and having fun interacting with everyone!
2. A month after the last challenge, decide I have plenty of time to think about the next one…
3. Three months before this year’s challenge, think – I must start planning out the next 31 days…
4. Two months before this year’s challenge, think – now, what were all those ideas I had?
5. One month before this year’s challenge, think – ummm, should I join in or shouldn’t I?
6. Three weeks before the challenge, think – yes, I can do it!
7. Two and a half weeks before the challenge, think – nope.. it ain’t gonna happen… I think I’ll skip it this year…
8. Two weeks before the challenge, think – oh, I really should do it, after all it’s become a tradition….
9. One and a half weeks before the challenge, think – no I really can’t do it…
10. One week before the challenge – tell DD that I am not joining in this year.
11. 5 days before the challenge – tell DD that I am not joining in… really I am not…. (and tell DD to yell at me if I change my mind)
12. 3 days before the challenge…. maybe I should….. (don’t tell DD)
13. 1 day before the challenge – nope, not going to happen… I don’t like any of my ideas….
14. Day 1 of the challenge – It’s October!!! I need to join in!!!!!! What am I going to write about????!!!!!
15. 9pm of Day 1 of the challenge – I am going to write about getting organized…….. (good thing DD is asleep – she can’t yell at me 🙂 )

Hahahahahahahaha (hysterical laughter)

Isn’t that an amazingly organized way of planning out a monthly writing challenge?

If you are thinking that it is the most terrible way of planning out a monthly writing challenge then you are quite right. I am not a very organized person.

Oh, I try to be. And sometimes, for a day or so I am. But one thing I can tell you – I never give up trying to be organized!!!

So, this month I am going to get organized (again), and I am going to share my bumblings with you 🙂

Aren’t you excited?!

I am 🙂

I have a few goals for this month… I want to get my sewing room organized (again), my household binder up and running (again), and my sewing & quilting binder up and running (again). I want to get the kitchen organized, and a few other areas of the apartment. Good thing it is such a small apartment, I should be able to do it all in a month 🙂

As in past years, I will be updating this page with a linked index to each blog post, so you can come back here and get a good overview of the month.

Day 1 – this post you are reading 

Day 2 – Getting Organized by Setting Monthly Goals

Day 3 – Organizing Sewing Rooms

Day 4 – Using Ikea Trofast Tubs in Your Sewing Room

Day 5 – Organizing Your Spools of Thread and Bobbins

Day 6 – Organizing Embroidery Floss

Day 7 – Organizing Perle Embroidery Threads

Day 8 – Organizing Bernina Feet and Accessories

Day 9 – Organizing Quilting Rulers

Day 10 – Organizing Quilting Blocks of the Month

Day 11 – Being Organized While Travelling ~ Free Checklist!

Day 12 – Being Organized While Travelling ~ with Passport Holders

Day 13 – Organizing Craft & Sewing Projects While Travelling

Day 14 – Organizing While Travelling ~ With A Travel Tray

Day 15 – How You Organize Your Threads!

Day 16 – Organizing Cleaning Supplies

Day 17 – Being Organized with Medications while Travelling

Day 18 – Getting Organized with a Binder, Printables or a Bullet Journal

Day 19 – Getting Organized With an Ipad Pro

Day 20 – Getting Organized with Goodnotes ~ Setting up a Notebook

Day 21 – Getting Organized with Goodnotes ~ Using Printables

Day 22 – Organizing Quilt Patterns in Goodnotes

Day 23 – Frequently Used Printables for Sewing and Quilting Binders

Day 24 – Organizing My Fabric Stash

Day 25 – Organizing the Sewing Room with Trolleys

Day 26 – Taking a Day off From Organizing…

Day 27 – Organizing My Yarn in Bags and Folding Yarn Baskets

Day 28 – A Trip Down Sewing Room Lane

Day 29 – Picture Perfect Organized Sewing Rooms

Day 30 – How to Store and Dispose of Broken Sewing Pins and Needles

Day 31 – Will the Organizing Ever End?

 

I am hoping you will have fun with me this month, and maybe you can do a little bit of organizing too! Of course I know you are all organized already, but just in case you aren’t, I’ll be sharing some planner sheets and other ideas… so, here is to a great month of Getting Organized!!!!