Evernote Challenge

A few months ago I found Evernote...a wonderful free resource for saving and organizing all of the information that can found on the web.  I have used this to help me save all of the great ideas I see on other peoples blogs but don't have time to get to right at that moment.


Well, just like ideas scratched on paper can get out of control, so can ideas saved on the web.  I have over 700 pieces of information saved in my Evernote account ranging from recipes to try to preschool activities to ideas to improve my marriage. 


I think it's about time I actually tried them out, don't you?


So, my own personal challenge to myself is going to be that this year I'm going to try the recipes (and write them down in a notebook if they're keepers), do the activities with dd2 and kids in my classroom, and bless my dh with the wonderful ways of improving my marriage...along with the many other categories I have in my Evernote account.


I have come to terms with the fact that I'm an information gatherer...now it's time to use it or lose it... :)

Getting rid of the CLUTTER

Amy at The Finer Things In Life also has decluttering as one of her goals for the year. She's planning to get rid of 730 items over a year long period. Getting rid of stuff is one of my goals for this year. While I don't know if I have 730 things to get rid of I know that I do have a lot of stuff that needs to go. I do like her idea of keeping track...so I've decided to keep an unofficial tally of what is going out of our home. Today a bag of 12 items and 1 item for consignment left the house...never to return. Hmmm, I wonder if there's a counter of some sort I could use to keep track of the numbers?