How good to be back again. This has been a busy time for me. I have been on business trips, had visiting family members and several projects to be finished at home. A laptop would be a great convenience but since I am dependent on a desktop computer I am not mobile with my blogging time.
Lately, I have been taking a sharp look at my own environments—yes, that is a plural. "Environments." It is a good word to describing aspects of life. We could call them life compartments in the general sense.
But the truth is everything that encloses some part of life can be considered an environment . You girls will get this: your handbag. A lot of women I know are fussy about the kind of bag they choose. And since it is hard to get it right you keep buying them to get one that will behave. Maybe you are looking strictly for function. Maybe it is more a fashion question. For me it is definitely function.
It took me lots of years to figure out I need a structured bag. That enlightenment nudged me to get one of those multi-section organizer types and it nearly did me in. Never could remember which section held what especially when I failed to return stuff to its appointed "home." Much too complicated.
Anyway, you don't need to read my whole handbag saga; you could probably write your own story on that one.
Nonetheless, your handbag is a very personal environment. I contend you need to choose it yourself and do it with care so that it is the just right size, is designed well to hold what you must carry and feels good to you. But here is the important part: how to set it up so that it has particular places for particular things—a well ordered, clean place for your essentials and even space for extras. Not a messy, over-loaded, inconvenient space that will let you down when you are in a panic to find something.
And that is the point about setting up healthy environments that work for you, even your handbag. When you take the time and the care to make it just the way it needs to be for you it becomes a custom supportive environment. That means even on bad days your environment will be in place and support you. (Works for both boys and girls—big ones and little ones. Briefcases, backpacks, totes, you name it.)
So, a purse is a good place to start. Right now, why not dump yours out on your bed and quickly sort out the trash that has accumulated, take out what 'lives' somewhere else, add in useful things in small sizes (lotion, tiny measure tape, small pocket knife, a paper clip or two and?) and decide the best way to pack your goods. Before you refit it how about a nourishing dose of leather cleaner and good buffing. Then put it back together and enjoy your supportive environment.
I guarantee your life will go better.
More enviroment talk coming up.
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