An Irrelevant In Box! (Gasp!)

The Irrelevant In Box

So how did my In Box get in this state?  Lots of business, plus a little piling.  And the pile completely repelled me because of the busyness.   It did serve it's purpose in the beginning.  I put all my mind dump for a 60+ luncheon, and opera costumes in it on little pieces of paper.  But then I transferred them to my gmail task list.  But I didn't remove them from my In Box.  Silly Me. 

The In Box, exploded view. 

Here it is in all it's "repelling" glory

So let's start again, shall we?  Let's use the review process to take a step forward.  I have 30 minutes before I have to go to bed, and this will really move forward my life and clarity!  

 Anything you can do in 2 minutes, just Do It.  In this case it was a lot of move it too.  Why was it in there?  The book goes in the book shelf.  The magazine goes in my read and review pile.  The elastic goes in my newly organized sewing tote.  The chapstick goes in the drawer an arms length a way.  The little bottle of stuff goes upstairs my bathroom.  YAY!  It doesn't have to repel me anymore!

 Sadly enough, it is nothing I can delegate.  (Although I did delegate a lot of things that stressed me out, like programs for the luncheon, and the dreaded Centerpieces for the luncheon.)  It was an awesome feeling to find someone who is better at it than me and was willing to help out!  I just had to ask. 

 Defer It.  It goes on my Next Action List (mine is on the computer.)  Done. 

 Ooo Wee, Baby!  So much could be recycle.   Like how on earth did a piece of clean tin foil get in my In Box.  It just further repelled me with all it's reflective glory!  So much of this is paper stuff that I had already taken care of, or stuff I didn't care about anymore.  It was important.  It wasn't relevant.  It goes in the "trash"!

 Save for Reference.  I filed it.  I put coupons in my monthly tickler file.  I put the journal entry for last year's Disneyland trip in my file.  I put my expired passport on a file.  I put my Relief Society notes in their file.  I put my 3rd Grade Health Lesson plan in another place (long story, it GOES in the Health Book, but some helpful person who is away on business right now as moved the Health Book, so I don't have a place for two papers.  Scary!)

Someday, Maybe List.  I happened to not have something for this.  But I could have!  I should have just made something up so it wouldn't look so lonesome.  Aren't you glad I'm not perfect!