Discovery

My most memorable memories are from my primary (grade 3 through grade 6) school. Everything was bright, vivid and the whole world was magical, mystical and abound with endless possibilities. School work and extra curricular activities were fun and was always exciting. The whole world existed because of my imagination and this creativity was often seen as a good thing. Friends and elders would often play along and par take in my imaginative journeys. Things were just fine.

I noticed a subtle shift in my interests and excitement as I entered middle school. Suddenly school no longer felt fun and exciting. The pressures of school work, expectations to perform from friends and family, competition and darkness started to loom in on me and slowly started to dull the spark of excitement, and creativity. I have always wondered but why? What had changed. Turns out I am not alone in this experience, there are plenty of people who felt this way. Does life get dulled by “realities” ? Does school kill creativity?

Organization

Organizing is a critical life skill if you want to succeed in life. I had heard this throughout my life growing up but never paid attention. Of course the biggest teacher that taught me the importance of organization is life! In my mid to late twenties I went through challenging times struggling with several executive functioning issues with being organized being one. Technologies such as online/mobile phone calendars, to-do lists with reminders and alerts and time management techniques such as Pomodoro has helped me get better in keeping myself organized.

I am slowly realizing the power of being organized. Being organized in one aspect of life translates into other aspects as well. For example, if you train to become organized in managing your tasks related to work you can adopt the same techniques to manage your finances.

I am exploring more techniques and technologies to improve my organization skills and hope to be even better in being organized in life. I will update more on my attempts at being organized.