Green Organization

Being organized at home has never been one of our strong suits, both as a couple and as individuals. I tend to be a little better than Jesse, but I think that has more to do with my gender than anything else. Jesse's desk is actually reasonably clean in this photo, only because I happened to clean up the pop cans yesterday so I could take the recycling out.


I find my lack of organization at home ironic because at work I'm hyper organized. If my workspace becomes cluttered or jumbled it makes me crazy. At home I can handle it.



Unfortunately, I had to organize our papers and whatnot so that I know where everything is when we meet with the mortgage guy later this month. This process was sort of fun, but only because I found these:



Everything there is made from at least 70% recycled paper, and it's pretty, too! Our old file box had filing folders in it, but I had been using and reusing them for probably 5-6 years and they were becoming so ratty that I couldn't take it anymore. At least I recycled them.

I was also extremely excited to find these Post-it notes, which are made from recycled paper! I love that the colors aren't OH MY GOD LOOK AT ME neon. In fact the deep rich orange looks nice against the white of my desk.



Here is what our work space looks like now, although keep in mind that it won't stay this neat for long. At least I know that our important files are neat and ready to go when we need them!