[mercuryrising]

These are all some great perspectives on this. I appreciate you folks taking the time to help me out.

Originally Posted by Smarky

Why are you trying to put yourself inside the same box as everyone else?

Why is being organized important? Your thinking and believing that you have to be, to achive, most successful people aren't as organized as you think they are, most organized people are barely successful.

Logical sucks. Come join the crazy party

What you are saying appeals to me more than you think.

I'll give you an example of why I want to be more practical. I have somewhere in the area of $6,000 in debt. My credit report is terrible. I can't buy a decent vehicle or a house. The practical means of getting out of debt would be to pay a certain amount every week or month until my debts are paid off. Even though I see the benefit and know how to go about it, I lack the motivation to do so. To me, it looks like I'll be enslaved for the next several years paying of these debts, just so I can go into more debt and stay enslaved (like going in debt so I can get a house). It's a terrible perspective, but I'm just being honest.

Originally Posted by The Cloud

Organization doesn't have to be "organized." Often times my room will be a total "mess," but I know exactly where amongst the piles of stuff to find what I'm looking for. Being organized doesn't have to involve putting things in neat orderly boxes.

Perhaps you could look at how you naturally organize objects and tasks, and try to refine the methods that you use in the absence of any particular method. Take what you do already and just make it better.

That's a good idea. I'll have to give that some thought.

Originally Posted by Logodae

Hmm. There's got to be some middle ground between the pragmatism of working at a dull job for the rest of your life, and the impracticality of becoming a rock star (or what-have-you.) Hard to guess what without more specifics, though... both of what you're doing, and what you enjoy doing.

Well, I am a machinist. It's an interesting business in it's own right. It appeals to me on a certain level.

I enjoy creating... stuff. I make my own music. I write. I've wanted to be a writer since I was a kid. A rock star would be cool. I like alternative hip hop: it's like poetry with a beat. Basically, I am an artist. I like creating my own reality.

Originally Posted by uberinquisitive

What are you doing to schedule in your dreams

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I am inspired by you. And this is an excellent idea. Dreams = schedule. Very cool.

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

I think that what Mercuryrising really wants are simple, idiotproof systems of organisation that require little or no maintenance & effort to keep them operating on an ongoing system. Such systems could include things like:

1. Automatic bill payments by GIRO
2. A good secretary
3. A large amount of storage space at home
4. An index dollar-cost-averaging investing strategy
5. A single, easy-to-remember password for all online systems you use
6. Automatic lawn sprinklers

Etc etc

I do enjoy creating automated systems.... hmmm. I wish I knew what an index dollar-cost-averaging investing strategy was.

Those are great for things that can be automated but real organization takes committment.

To me, it doesn't sound like Merc has an organization problem as much as a committment issue underlying everything. With a touch of procrastination and a dash of laziness. It's not an insult, all we disorganized people have that.

Jennifer

Yea, I couldn't deny the lack of commitment issue. I probably could have titled this thread, "How do I become self-disciplined without becoming a robot?"

And I love the nickname. If I become a rock star, that's going to be my name.


From another perspective, it is my lack of discipline that is making me a little automaton. I think that is sort of what you are saying, Dave (?):

"So, does anybody have some ideas/links/resouces I might look into for being practical without losing my soul?"

This is an important question in terms of personal ecology, by that I mean how personal change will effect other aspects of the self. If a person is looking to change but feels they will 'lose' something, they will not make that change. that was my point..

or you could choose to be happy as you are, but if you are asking the question at all, part of you wants to change..

dave