Re: Hello Again!

[Guest guest]

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Hey! Thanks for worrying about me! Somebody sure needs to.

Yes. I made my grand entrance and then have been lurking instead of

posting. Wellll _ I tried to post - but then just kept staring at the

screen.I guess everything I put aside just slid right back over… and

wham! Once again, healing my " issues " is going nothing like I thought

it would. Somehow I still had this image that I would be able to do

it in my own time, in my own way. Instead – it takes its own

direction in its own time...and oh..what a tangled web....

I have made some shifts already - though I have no idea what they are

yet. The part of me that is wise sometimes seems to keep my conscious

mind out of the loop - to keep it from messing with things I suppose.

Oh yeah. I know ALL about - NEXT time I will be organized - LOL

Here is an interesting article you might enjoy.

http://www.unorg.com/a71a.htm

Unorganized does not mean disorganized

There is a massive difference between being unorganized and

disorganized. Unorganized refers to a view of the new world devoid of

security, stability, certainty and permanence. Disorganized refers to

disarray- to untidiness, to an inability to find certain documents or

turn up as arranged. Unorganized is a macro world term, disorganized

refers to a confused and overloaded personal state of mind and

possessions.

To thrive in the unorganized world, individuals cannot afford to be

disorganized- if they are it means that they are likely to miss out

on otherwise suitable opportunities because they are somewhere else

doing something else. There can be chaos in the external environment-

just make sure you are organized enough personally not to be in chaos

yourself. You can be all over the place geographically, but in your

head you need to know where you are going mentally.

I am a great believer in the importance of flexibility in the

unorganized world. Flexibility is effectively the ability to be

mobile enough to up and go somewhere at short notice- having a

suitcase packed and ready to go. Being disorganized on the other hand

is characterized by an individual's failure to book tickets to get

where they want to go or being ill-prepared for what they are doing

when and if they arrive. To be flexible, you cannot afford to be

disorganized- you have to have the tools to let you catch hold of

fleeting opportunities in the unorganized world- a phone, laptop and

other such tools.

To avoid being disorganized, work out what tools and what work is

essential and focus on the opportunities your skills let you exploit.

You get disorganized if you don't know what you want to do, where you

want to go and how you are getting there. Remember clarity and

purpose not fuzziness and indecision! Individuals can enact their own

futures and invent their own future if only they set their priorities

rather than being disorganized.

To conquer disorganization and thrive in the unorganized world,

remember to aim for business not busyness! Down-shift, enact, stream-

file, simplify, tidy up, throw out... and avoid disorganization!

Free

-- In ModOasis , " ketebebe1972 " <ketebebe@c...> wrote:

> Free! I am so glad to read your post. I have missed you and

> actually worried about you a few times. I'm relatively new with

the

> group posting thing and certainly people fluctuate in their

> involvement, so it was silly of me to worry about you, but hey! I

am

> glad you're still posting!

>

> I can realte relate to the concept of getting all of the

depression/

> healing/ etc done in the summer break and gearing up for the

semester

> just to find yourself overwhelmed differently. I keep

thinking " the

> time I save not talking to nada on the phone should seem like 5

extra

> hours added to each day! " But it really isn't. But I can also

> credit myself for taking better care of me, resting more, and just

> beginning to unravel the knot that I couldn't even acknowledge last

> spring and early summer. I always rely on vacation to to mend all

> the wounds, clean-out the cobwebs, but I guess it taked continual

> maintainance. Ugh, I always think I'll do that too... get up a

> little earlier and meditate, get to school earlier and be mega-

> organized, hardy-har! I used to have a post it note on the

computer

> that read " find the balance " but then it got lost under all the

other

> post it notes. I laughed when I found it months later in a fit of

> disorganization. It's funny how unrealistic I can be!

>

> Blessings,

>

>

>

>

> > Big sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!

> > Wow! I took this summer off from teaching to give myself the

luxury

> > of being depressed - figuring I could resolve everything and " get

> it

> > over with " and come out the other side in the fall " all better. "

> >

> > Welllllllllllll - it didn't quite work that way. I came out in

the

> > fall still deep in the hole of my self-induced, well planned

> > depression - with my plate full, over-flowing in fact of things

> that

> > needed to be done - without the gushing flow of adreneline I am

> used

> > to, and lacking some of my previous coping skills.. without

having

> > fully settled into new ones.

> >

> > Soooooooooooo it's been a rough few weeks.. or month.. or some

> horrid

> > amount of time that I have been running as fast as I could to

keep

> up

> > from being so far behind...kind of like treading water while

> holding

> > dumb-bells.

> >

> > So I haven't been around for awhile... trying to stay as

> resourceful

> > as I could to make it through this semester. I think I graded

> papers

> > and projects non-stop since a week or two before Thanksgiving....

> > never getting " ahead, " just keeping from being as far behind. I

> > generally DO teach 8 to 9 classes in the fall (Prime time for

> > adjuncts), but this year it kicked my butt.

> >

> > One thing I am proud of - is I didn't push everything DOWN and

keep

> > busy. I put things ASIDE to function. And I also took care of

> myself

> > better. I RESTED when I was tired (such a unique experience).

> >

> > I thought of you all many times.... and my thoughts often made me

> > smile.

> >

> > I turned in my final grades 2 hours ago... and it feels good to

be

> > back.