Organisation

I like the concept of being organised, I am just not a very organised person. I actually suck pretty bad at keeping things together and in their right places--my house is a disaster, but at least I can find most everything I am looking for. I wanted to give this idea a try, so I searched for desktop organisation and found this lovely gem. Well, it was different colours so I changed the colour scheme to more match my chosen colours for my brand. I used the original for my writing account here on my laptop (you can take a look here).

Since I wanted to tailor this to my workflow, this was perfect because it gave me the option of adding my own labels. Most of the ones I found online already had labels, or horrible colours or a terrible layout. This was just excellent for what I was looking for.

Organisation
Pretty much where I keep forms, documents, guides, and contracts. This box is to keep all of my business papers organised, kind of like a filing cabinet!

The Centre Boxes (Import/Cull, Post-Process, and Upload)
These three boxes or for the different steps in my Editing Process:

• Import/Cull is the first step, where I get everything off the memory card, imported into Lightroom, and rated; then I'll remove the unwanted images and move the ones that made the cut to...
• Post-Processing. These are the files that I'll be editing and working with for the final step...
• Uploading. This is the final step in my process, uploading to a gallery (understand that this is my general process, and different sessions have different steps). This is also the step where I would be creating the sneak peek and planning my blog post around different choice pictures.

Client Files
Here is the space where I keep my present and upcoming client information, in folders with their LAST NAME as the label. I'll keep contracts, questionnaires, checklists, sneak peeks, and any other information in these folders.

Website/Blog
My last little box, this is where I have my blog planning sheets and my To-Blog list. Pretty simple.

Off in the corner is my Trash Bin, the desolate place of no return.

The rest of my filing system is horrible and scary and it makes me want to cry. I want to organise it, but even right now it feels like a bit too much, really daunting.

My Off Days

So, what do I do on my off days, or even before I get my work day start and after it ends? I take pictures! I always have my camera within grasp just in case there's a moment I want to remember forever, or a silly face or cute outfit that just makes me smile. Sometimes, I even get a gift of one of my furry companions sitting next to me while I work and I can't help but snap a few pictures.

I haven't been taking my son--whom I have nicknamed Sunstone--to school recently, mostly because of the rain, and the fact that I've done something to my knee to keep me from being able to walk early in the morning. It is the worst right after waking up, probably because it is stiff or something. I don't know. But we walked to school this morning, despite my aching knee.

So, I was able to get a few cute pictures of my little ones this morning. It was pretty awesome, especially seeing as today is my daughter's (who is nicknamed Moonstone) 5th birthday. She is growing up so fast and it is both amazing and heartbreaking at the same time!

                                                            

I am blessed to have two amazing kids who love being in front of a camera, and who are so seriously photogenic it is sickening sometimes! :D I'll admit, I get a bit jealous at how amazing they look in pictures, but hey, that's why I am behind the camera and not in front of it!

I will likely have more day to day pictures to share tomorrow because we are having a bit of a party at my parents house for Moonstone.

Before I leave you with the last crop of photos from this morning, I wanted to leave you with a bit of advice:

Take your camera EVERYWHERE you go. You never know when that perfect shot will show itself to you.