Having a YouTube channel with over a hundred videos, I thought I had video down.  I just had a rude awakening though. Last week I was at a workshop for entrepreneurs where a TV producer drilled into our heads (jumping up and down screaming, actually) that we have to be creating videos all day every day or else our business is dead.  

In case you missed mention of it in my 6 Things I Learned About Organizing in 2017 post, I want to make sure you get the chance to listen to Melanie Spring’s interview with me for her Adventures in Branding podcast.  I’ve known Melanie for many years and had the chance to work with her in December just before she moved from DC to Denver.

I’ve experimented quite successfully with habit tracker apps in the past such as Good Habits, then drifted away from them either because I just couldn’t get on board (lights out by 11pm) or the habit became so ingrained that I no longer needed to track it (meditation). As of January 1st, I seem to be making good use of an old fashioned paper calendar to track workouts.

Am I the last to learn that the Container Store has a custom drawer divider planner in each store? Kansas City Professional Organizer Lauren Weldon recently shared on her Instagram the Container Store’s drawer planner where you can measure out your drawer’s dimensions, dropping in various options to visualize your layout to a T.  

Since 2012 I’ve been compiling a year-end list of lessons learned that stand out.  I make a point to not review previous year’s posts when writing the current one, for fear that it will narrow my thinking.  When finished, I review past years’ posts.  This year I noticed some overlap.  Elements of #1 and #5 were planted before, but this time they re-emerged in finer detail, proving they are themes that continue to help evolve my work as an organizer.

This December I did something I’ve always meant to do, but never had.  Nic and I sat down and started listing out all of the wonderful things that happened this year.  What prompted it? What prompted it?  My defiant “2017 WAS the best year!” in response to a comment heard in our home expressing a different sentiment.