Organizing...for all aspects of life.

I've discovered in my life that you can use the techniques of what I call 'Zen Organizing' to help you get control over any challenge that faces you. In the Epilogue for "One Year to an Organized Life," I wrote about my best friend and how she helped me see the value of using my techniques to get through cancer treatments. It all seemed so daunting at the time. (As of this writing, I am a 6 1/2 year survivor. In the end I wrote two books during chemo. And, no, I have no idea where the strength came from much less the mental clarity. God's grace would be my best guess.

I've written a book when my heart was breaking over the end of a relationship I held dear. Today I'm faced with a new challenge: writing a book with the impending passing of my most beloved golden retriever. I'm contacting his friends to see who would like to say good bye in person. I'm thinking about the memorial service I will create for him in a few months. Yesterday he went to see his wonderful vet.

Loving someone, no matter what form they take, means you will be blessed...and you will one day have to say good bye. If I didn't have Zen Organizing to help me take the practical steps, I would be lost.

My wish for you today is that whatever challenges you face, you open your heart to the gift of organizing to help you get through.


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