Project 1- De-clutter, organization

In Gretchen Rubin's book, The Happiness Project, she quotes, "outer happiness leads to inner calm." I truly believe that because I have been in a state of dull upheaval in my soul for a very long time now. There are lots of things that I can work on that should have the honor of being the first project in my 12 Months of Projects, but de-cluttering my life just feels right. I sorta feel like I'm drowning in crap most of the time. So many papers, so many emails, so many bills! It's a true source of stress for me.So I'm going to work on it. My plan is to tackle four key areas in which I function: overall life orgnization, my offices, home and our car.Let's start with the home. My first two steps there are to clean my entire house and to set up a cleaning schedule. I will let you know how it goes in future posts.While Sheriss would not allow me to take before pictures, I did create this MS Paint picture.

It's kind of a dramatization of what I'm up against. I'll keep you posted. ;  )