I wanna be like Smoorg when I grow up…
My office mate (I just typoed office mage, which, for as much as I admire him, is not far off) is very organized. Incredibly organized. I just looked at his collection of facts on the corporate wiki, and he is certainly more organized than I have any hope of becoming. What’s more, he is cheerfully organized. He is so comfortable with his process of organization, and has made it so much his own, that he can be silly with it. I aspire to such organization, but instead, my monkeys play catch with all the acquired crap that fills my head, and I can only really come up with useful things when I am reminded of them, usually rather randomly. Here is a current factoid: Because the Japanese language is made up of syllables rather than simple sounds, there is no value placed on rhyme, since everything ends with one of 5 vowel sounds or “n”, making the creation of rhyme a less-than-impressive feat. *sigh*
This must be why haiku developed. As i understand it, the rules for a haiku in Japanese are slightly more stringent than for one in English.
You are organized, sweetie. You just have a huge collection of stuff (physical and mental) to deal with!
Learning to let go of it is the hardest thing of all. He is just a bit farther along on that path than you at the moment.
I have learned to forget everything that can be remembered easily with a quick google search, and let go of any paper or thing that can be easily reproduced from elsewhere. Cheap manufactured crap is easiest to let go, and cheap manufactured thoughts are the same.
You simply have a huge collection in your head. It isn’t really about organizing as much as selective forgetting until the time you actually need it. ;^)
Perhaps writing it down is the way to go, though. I look back at my blog sometimes and am amazed at what is there. And I can search it whenever I want!
The private stuff, of course, goes into the journals. ;^)