Organization: Fun? No. Important? YES.

Two posts in two days?! Who I am a power blogger?

Yes, I know this is out of character, but I feel kind of bad that Tink and I have given "organization" such short shrift. Why? Well, because I feel like getting/being organized is actually a really important part of adulthood. Really important. Like, really. I mean, I have one friend who told me that the defining "OHMIGOD I'm an adult" moment in her life was when she created a super elaborate filing system for all of her important papers, her passport, her insurance and tax records, etc. I have countless others who told me that they think remembering to pay all of their bills on time is a real mark of adulthood. Even people like me who came out of the womb making lists and checking them twice have to step it up now that they're real life adults.

No longer can we just throw away all of our receipts and count on our parents to pay our bills on time or remind us of our siblings' birthdays. We have to do it all OURSELVES. And it's daunting, it really is. I mean, I get like 8 bills a month - that's a lot of paper on my kitchen counter and a lot of dates to remember.

I think the only thing you can really do to tackle the organization monster is to be proactive: make that filing system, use an Outlook calendar and/or agenda, set up automatic debiting for bills that don't fluctuate too much, wake up a little earlier everyday and jot down that day's "To Dos," buy birthday cards whenever you're at CVS so you have them on hand when you inevitably forgot you old roomie's special day. I know it's not fun, but it's necessary...unless you want to be "that girl" whose cell phone is cut off because they didn't pay their bill. Trust me, you don't to be that girl.