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O/T Are you naturally an organized person or do you have to work at it...

I would love to be one of those naturally organized folks but I am not. Am working on getting the whole house weeded out of unnecessary items and getting things in some kind of order. I don't have clutter sitting around it's closets, cabinets and such. My Dad was very organized but man that trait skipped a generation. To those who are naturally organized I envy you.

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Naturally. Anything less is chaotic to me.

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I arrived in the world with organization in my DNA.

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Me? I'm about as naturally disorganized as a person can be. That's just who I am. I accept it now. I try my best because life is so much easier and happier when I am organized but it's hard.

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I am neat, orderly and organized. I've been that way since I was a young girl. Might have something to do with being a first-born!

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I'm a little bit of both.

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Thanks for the input. I agree that the "a place for everything and everything in its place" makes life easier. I am retiring at the end of March and hope that within a short time I will have the house the way I want it. I absolutely hate hunting for something I know I have and can't find it. I have too much of everything and 90% of it is going. I need to have my daughter help me, she is ruthless when it comes to getting rid of unused stuff.

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On 3/4/2015 maddiecat said:

I am neat, orderly and organized. I've been that way since I was a young girl. Might have something to do with being a first-born!

Sorry, Maddie! I'm first born and about as disorganized as they come. Funny, when I was working, my work life was as crisp as the military. I guess that's why my personal side was always disheveled. Now that I'm retired, I can't seem to apply that professional skill to home life. I'm still a mess and unfortunately, DH is made the same way.

My younger brother got the neat gene. His home looks like he's just moved in or is just moving out. Incredible.

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A little of both. The happy medium.

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I am a first born also, and a Capricorn (if one believes that stuff). I was very organized years ago when I was a single working mother with four kids to raise. All I did was work . . . on the job and at home, so everything had to be organized.

Since RA and my other afflictions, that has gone down the drain and, believe me, it bothers me a lot.

It's the reason I have given so much of my things (not only clothing) away for the last ten years, and this time, really thinning out everything. When I leave here, I will have my bedroom furniture, TV, computer, paintings, and boxes, and that is it.

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