This past week, I witnessed both extremes of being organized. On the excessive side we have the accounting profession, and on the deficient side we have me.

I am currently taking a course in Meaningless Accounting. (The book says Managerial Accounting, but I'm convinced it's a typo.) So far, I have learned:

• Nothing in accounting is logical.
• Every complicated term must be synonymous with a minimum of 2 other terms.
• My professor is incompetent.
• I despise accounting.

However, in comparing accounting class to my personal organization skills, I realized that it wouldn't be terrible to find a compromise somewhere in between. So I bought a leather portfolio/notebook with a calendar!

Thus far I have spent considerably more time writing things on my calendar than I have actually saved by being "organized". My accounting professor would be so proud!