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"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." -Mark Twain

I love to travel! I've been to six of the seven continents. I enjoy learning about people, places, history and culture. One aspect of travel that I don't do so well with is language. I took three years of French in the 1970's but haven't retained much of it. I've learned a few basics in Spanish since I've traveled to a number of places where it is spoken. Other than that, I try to learn hello, thank you and bathroom in the language of the country I am in. I'm often successful, but I don't retain the language beyond my stay in the country.

Do you have any enemies? If so, what do you do if you can't avoid interacting with them? You may not have any human enemies but sometimes your efforts to learn a new skill or complete a challenging task may feel impacted by unseen enemies. This definitely holds true in organizing. Thomas Paine stated, “Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.” In organizing, these enemies "within" are frequently around boundaries, choices, and inside clutter.

When your computer has too many documents or programs, it gets sluggish and can shut down completely. It's also harder to figure out where important documents are unless you have good systems for naming and filing the documents. Two options are: delete unused files and programs or add more whether it is memory or the size of your hard drive. Usually it is better to delete since there are many unused documents and programs. But often people go the simpler route of more storage space.