A wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. Proverbs 14:1

One of my goals for this month is getting more organized.  That can be a challenge for anyone with an artistic bent, but I've discovered that when my personal space gets too crazy it works against me by shuting down my creativity.  

Extreme disorder makes me like the woman in Proverbs 14:1 who is tearing down her house, with the "house" I'm tearing down being my ministry with words and watercolors. That makes it imperative that I straighten things up so I can get back to the things I've been called to do (instead of wasting my time searching for stuff).

As a right-brained artistic type, this has always been a trouble spot for me.  I have pictures from magazines in my head of what a perfectly organized office and studio would look like, but my space has never looked that way (for more than 15 minutes, that is).  I'm finally learning that my space does not have to look identical to those picture in my head, but I do need a creative system I can celebrate and embrace in order to more effectively get my work done.

A couple of years ago, I hired a professional organizer to help me with my office.  Things were really neat and tidy. . . for about ten hours.  That experience made me realize that there's no such thing as "one size fits all" organizing system for everyone.  Sometimes very left-brained (i.e., neat, structured, tidy, meticulous, detail-minded) organizers are gifted with the ability to create orderly spaces, but those plans don't always fit right-brained (artistic) types.  

I've realized my need for a fun, creative, personal system to keep things in order--- one that fits my personality, learning style, brain hemisphere preference, etc.  To that end, I'm reading Organizing from the Right Side of the Brain- A Creative Approach to Getting Organized by Lee Silber.  It's giving me some great ideas, most of them simple baby steps. I'll keep you posted on the progress.

The Pondering Palette:  How can getting yourself organized glorify God?  What's one wise way you've gotten organized lately?