Organization Freak

Ben and I are listening to a motivational speaker on CD about strengthening marriage relationships (it is called “For All Eternity” by John Lund and I would defiantly recommend it). In this CD it talks about setting boundaries in your marriage and that one spouse or partner can not control everything- or else it is not a marriage but parenting your spouse. He state that you must be willing to compromise and say will want this done, but I will let this go, because my marriage is more important to me than that one material thing.

Through this CD and other events, we have recently begun to discover that I am an organization freak. When we lived in our own home it never was an issue but now that we are living with Ben’s parents (the life of job-less college grads) I have begun going crazy that everything isn’t how I would have it or that the house isn’t how I would run it. I have had to step back and remember that my family is more important than having the towels folded correctly or the laundry done on the correct day; so I have been making an effort to compromise in my insane organization.

The Newson’s have been SO patient with me and have been giving me things to do around that house, that let me feel like I still can have my grip and handle on my own crazy organized world. Here is one example; they let me organize the pantry. It seems like a small thing, and maybe an awful job to someone else, but I LOVED IT!! (Yes I even labeled the tubs.) Slowly I will get over my controlling organizational behavior and I am learning to love a little chaos (a very little) in my life!!