MY STORY
As a kid I struggled with dyslexia - it was a challenge for my parents to get me to school with matching shoes, let alone a backpack with completed homework. I knew I would be an artist of some sort, and I had about a million projects I was cooking up. I ran from one to the other, rarely finishing what I had started and leaving piles of clutter in my wake - organization was the last thing on my mind!
In my 20’s and early 30’s, I lived in San Francisco and New York City with limited resources and a multitude of interests. I was fascinated by performing art, visual art, crafting, wilderness skills, farming, music, dance, politics, sports, travel and cooking, among other things.
It was somewhat of a battle, but I slowly came to embrace organization; learning how it could help me DO all the things I was excited about while living in a beautiful and fun environment - and all on a very tight budget!
There are three “ah HA!” moment that I remember.
The first was when I was doing a solo bike trip at age 18. I only had as many items as I could fit on the bike and it bothered me that I could still so easily loose things. By the end of the trip I had forced myself to organize my bags and to ALWAYS put things back in the same place. It made a big difference and informed my future lifestyle.
The second "ah HA!" moment was as I studied permaculture farming in my early 20’s and learned about the principle of stacking functions - the idea that everything in your garden should serve multiple purposes. What a winning idea! Why shouldn't everything in my life have stacking functions?!
The kicker that tipped me into a true organization lover was working through David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done as I started my first business. I am NOT a natural business person and it was truly transformational.
Over the last 20 years, I have trained myself to stay on top of my many projects and have become a “finisher.” I now love to compete my own projects and am known to take on other's abandoned projects and finish them as well.
I find joy, artistic inspiration, and energy in organization. I started Bower Bird because I want to help others learn to harness this energy.
As a kid I struggled with dyslexia - it was a challenge for my parents to get me to school with matching shoes, let alone a backpack with completed homework. I knew I would be an artist of some sort, and I had about a million projects I was cooking up. I ran from one to the other, rarely finishing what I had started and leaving piles of clutter in my wake - organization was the last thing on my mind!
In my 20’s and early 30’s, I lived in San Francisco and New York City with limited resources and a multitude of interests. I was fascinated by performing art, visual art, crafting, wilderness skills, farming, music, dance, politics, sports, travel and cooking, among other things.
It was somewhat of a battle, but I slowly came to embrace organization; learning how it could help me DO all the things I was excited about while living in a beautiful and fun environment - and all on a very tight budget!
There are three “ah HA!” moment that I remember.
The first was when I was doing a solo bike trip at age 18. I only had as many items as I could fit on the bike and it bothered me that I could still so easily loose things. By the end of the trip I had forced myself to organize my bags and to ALWAYS put things back in the same place. It made a big difference and informed my future lifestyle.
The second "ah HA!" moment was as I studied permaculture farming in my early 20’s and learned about the principle of stacking functions - the idea that everything in your garden should serve multiple purposes. What a winning idea! Why shouldn't everything in my life have stacking functions?!
The kicker that tipped me into a true organization lover was working through David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done as I started my first business. I am NOT a natural business person and it was truly transformational.
Over the last 20 years, I have trained myself to stay on top of my many projects and have become a “finisher.” I now love to compete my own projects and am known to take on other's abandoned projects and finish them as well.
I find joy, artistic inspiration, and energy in organization. I started Bower Bird because I want to help others learn to harness this energy.
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