Saturday, January 31, 2015

Almost Missed: It’s GO Month!

In the slow process of organizing the garage yesterday morning (like ten minutes a day) … I pulled out a batch of paper including a January 2008 newsletter from Colonial Court.   Was it just luck at the end of the day, that I noticed the feature article: “January Is Getting Organized Month”?  
I think it was meant for me … not my recycling spree.  Excited about the prospects, I felt compelled to Google if it’s honored in 2015, with only one day left.

First up was this NAPO Get Organized Blog with a different article for every day of January 2015: napo.net/get_organized
“Tips, news and resources from the National Association of Professional Organizers ... So this GO Month [powerful acronym], we challenge you to go through your old … collection and pick out all the ... 
1/23/2015 — Now, let’s talk about that old CD rack in your home that is more or less a glorified dust collector. You haven’t listened to ...
1/29/2015 — Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Organize your Paper
The last topic we’ll be highlighting for GO Month is paper documents. How many of us get excited when we hear the word: Paperwork? Every day we are greeted by newspapers, junk mail, bill statements, flyers, newsletters, the kids homework assignments and invitations, just to name a few. It can be a shock to realize that one day what seemed to be a small pile of paper morphed into a sea of paper.  ...
according to a recent NAPO survey, only 40% of Americans actively reduce, reuse and recycle.  ...  [We do the last two.]
1/30/2015 — Sponsored Post
All gamers know a very familiar cycle when it comes to their video games… Here at Decluttr, we have a …”

Wo!!  I remembered my office, a space “full” of future potential for productivity, meaningful meditation, and peaceful prosperity.  Having almost totally missed the month, I was relieved to learn that GO can be done throughout the year – not just in January.

GO makes me smile when it’s done!

A select few VHS tapes I am tempted to preserve in the office


P.S. (postscript):  This go post reminded me of the Super-organized event tomorrow in Glendale AZ.  As I looked into it, I puzzled for a moment over the “XLIX” – must be one more than last year’s “NFL marquee game.”  
"The word for forty-nine or 49 represents a cardinal number that conveys 'how many'.  Quadraginta novem is the correct form of the word which means forty-nine ...
Forty-ninth in Latin is quadragesimus nonus.  The Roman numeral for this number is as follows: XLIX"  – latiumfigures.info  (I'm learning Latin.)
(One more piece to keep in my digital collection.)