Two Steps Forward One Step Back

OMG!  My goal was to be more organized and at this point I feel like a juggler who has thrown up too many bowling pins.  Yesterday I looked at my desk and it was in disarray; papers everywhere.  I thought, not again, it has not been a month yet and my desk is in such a mess; this organization thing is just not working out.  At the end of the day I was not going to be defeated.  I looked at my desk and had no idea where to start.  I began by pulling one page at a time; papers that had not been graded, memos that I said would be in a binder had not made it there yet and sticky notes with reminders that had been overlooked.  I worked for 3 hours non stop wading through the pile of papers, putting the important stuff together, grading papers and recording them in gradebook, and throwing away the ones that were no longer of use.  At 6:00 my son called and stated "Mom, are you alright".  I knew it was about time to go home.  I looked around and there was still things to do but the majority of the chaos had been taken care of.  You could actually see my desk once again and the important stuff was organized in binders.  What a sense of accomplishment.  Can I now keep up????? Can't make any promises but hopefully I can do better than the past.