Addicted to..... Organization?

I found a new magazine today...Organize. Okay, I technically bought the last issue too but, I rediscovered it again this month.... LOVE IT! The pages are clean and crisp and the embody that zen I am so desperate to have in my life. The only problem.... I am a hoarder, I have too much stuff and I squirrel it away and refuse to throw it out just in case I might need it someday. My stamp collection breeds, the paper in my studio is out of control and I have more bits of "useful" trinkets and trash that I *know* will ROCK once I alter them a bit.... So, the funny thing, knowing my predisposition and squirrel genetic DNA, I still get suckered in and buy into these these delusions of grandeur gracing the cover of magazines such as this. It is as if by buying them, they will by osmosis clean up and organize my life by proxy... I bought therefore it will magically happen. Seriously, I love magazines in general, but I am floored by how many I gravitate towards feature organization. It's like subliminally I crave order but in reality, I live and thrive in chaos.

I think the organizing trend is a product of our guilt about consuming too much and lacking discipline over our households and time overall. We really do not want folks to know we cannot control ourselves in a stamp store, rather, we want new and innovative ways to hide our stash and minimize the look of being obsessive. I have a friend, who will remain nameless to protect her identity, that hides paper and fabric in an extra freezer in her basement. Each package is meticulously coded and labeled "BEEF" or "CHICKEN" and wrapped in freezer paper. All this trouble just to hide her fabric and paper from her husband. I know, you are laughing but, we all know folks like this in one form or another.

So, "Hi, my name is Sarah and I am a organizational magazine junkie. I secretly long for everything to have a place and a place for everything but, truly, I need to see my bits and pieces in front of me as I create and having them hidden away out of sight means they won't be used and end up victims of my junk drawer. I live vicariously through these magazines and my friends whose studios embody zen and  look as if they leapt from the pages of IKEA or Pottery Barn. I daresay, I do harbor a speck of envy when I see their cleared away tables and labeled bins all color coded...... but, at least I do not have paper in my freezer...wink..."