What’s My Skiing Ability Got To Do With Getting Organised?




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Summary: Ruminations of a BUSY to Balanced Mum I wrote this blog post while in Italy recently but had trouble uploading it. It still rings true today – two weeks on from writing it! I really don’t like skiing. Snow skiing that is. It’s just not easy. Dressing in Michelin Man outfits, Nanna underwear, foot binding boots and two planks that feel twice as long as they probably are is not that much fun. Even though I’ve skied four times in the last three years I still feel like a beginner. Hubby and Mr nearly-7, on the other hand, absolutely love it. They love all the gear, have more gloves than I do bras, and can ski from first run to last run, day in day out, for two weeks.   Mr nearly-7 gets a huge thrill out of telling anyone who will listen that he’s on a “higher level” than Mummy. On my first run recently, when Mr nearly-7 had already skied for half a day, he was telling me what to do, encouraged me and told me he was proud of my efforts. How cute is that? This whole process got me thinking about organising. Not about being organised for a ski trip, even though that’s a big deal in itself, but organising in general. If I have a lack of interest and skill in skiing, when I’ve tried valiantly to improve my skills for quite a few years, maybe you feel the same about organising. For me it feels like a futile effort – two steps forward and one step backward. Is this how you feel about your organising skills? So what to do? The good thing for me is that I don’t have to ski every day of my life. But I do need to be organised. And I know, even though it might be hard to hear, so do you. Today when I went on the slopes for the first time I felt every emotion possible. I was worried that I had forgotten everything I already knew about skiing. I was concerned that I would fall and hurt myself. I was exhilarated from the view and crisp morning air. I was worried that Hubby might not get a great skiing experience if he hung out with me all day. But you know what? I went ahead anyway – tentatively at first, then with more confidence, until I felt like all the skills I already knew had come back to me. And you know what? It didn’t take as long as I thought. If you’re organising journey feels like my skiing journey, just take small steps, push through the discomfort, and know that you will come through the other side, better for it and with greater skills than you had before. And if all else fails you can think of me and my skiing ability, knowing that Mr nearly-7 is always going to be better than me – and I’m ok with that! So what do you think? Can you relate to my skiing ability when you think about your organising skills? Until next time, happy organising!       PS This is what I’d rather be doing. Lazing in a deck chair – but instead of in the snow, at the beach! With a cold drink in one hand and nibblies in the other!   PPS Yes, I did take this only a few weeks ago. There are heaps of deck chairs near restaurants and bars to sit in. The trick was to stay out of the wind – and then it was lovely!