If you know me well, you know that my mind cannot handle a lot of things at once. Moving and making this transition has been fairly smooth, mainly because I have an amazing husband, but I have tried to be organized from the get-go. However, I think some of the organization has become a little out of control!

I have become obsessed with sticky-notes. Also, the Reminder app on my iPhone has been very helpful. For example, I know I need to take the health form that the doctor signed to Eden’s school the next time I go, so I set up a reminder on my phone to remember to take it. An alarm will go off as I’m leaving my house. Placing items by the door, right beside my keys doesn’t work anymore. I’d even trip over it walking out the door and still forget it.

When I became a mother, I coined the term “Scatterbrain Disease” or SBD. We would blame so many things on SBD. Even my husband caught on. “Oh, you washed our white clothes with a red sock and now they are all pink? SBD.” “You went grocery shopping and had the coupons in your hand and didn’t realize it until you were loading the groceries in the car? SBD.”

Is it possible to be so organized that you’re not? I think so.

Well, here’s what this simple-minded girl has to do when organization overload happens ~ REST.

Seems impossible to even consider, but for the sake & well-being of my family and others, here’s how I REST:

1. Read. I have a slew of books that I want to read right now. This one looks interesting.

2. Knit. I haven’t really picked up my knitting needles since before Christmas. I want to finish this scarf and work on some more hexi-puffs.

3. Exercise. This is the one that will be the hardest for me.

4. Photography. Grab my big-girl camera nicknamed “Nanney” or my iPhone, and take pictures.

What about you? How do you handle organizational overload? Or maybe this doesn’t happen to you? If so, share your secret!