Or just teach me to drink coffee without spilling it down my shirt. Sheesh.
This post was not about the fact that I still don’t know how to drink without making a mess….
I’ve read a lot of books about organization. I’ve even bought a few of them. (I try to stay out of bookstores unless I have a purpose there because I’m irresistibly drawn to buying things when I’m there.) They don’t usually have much to offer that’s different than what I already know. Sometimes I wonder why I bother reading them. Maybe it’s just for the inspiration, the way that they jiggle ideas lost in my head so that I can stew on them and put them into action.
That’s the same thing with the cookbooks I flip through on occasion. It’s got to be an eye catcher of a recipe (and pretty easy without exotic ingredients) for me to try a new recipe. But seeing the recipes in a book will often remind me of an old favorite that we used to eat often and I’ll make that again.
As a parent, I’ve been told by various “experts” that it takes something like fifteen times of experiencing a new food before kids will like it. (That goes for us adults, too, by the way!) Well, the whole thing with these ideas and recipes and everything seems to be the same cycle. I have to read it many times before it finally sinks in and I do something with the new information.
It’s the same theory that advertisers use when running ads. They try to get a company’s name in so many times during one commercial and why they run several commercials throughout the time of one show. They want the viewer to see their name enough times that it sinks in and becomes familiar. This way the viewer has an inner motivation to check out the brand or company that was advertised.
I think this is part of why writing ideas down is important, even writing to-do lists down, and journal ling. When we do this, we put our thoughts and ideas down where we can re-read them until we imprint them in our minds. Every time we re-read the ideas, we give it a boost towards action. Maybe one day I’ll re-read one of those organization books and have an epiphany and I’ll be able to get my house organized.
What are the chances?
