We’ve
been in our house for 15 years and today I worked on cleaning out clutter in
our office. The goal is to get some
organization going. I’ve been getting
around to doing this for about a year but one thing or another got in the way,
like my lack of will. God help me, focus
and order are not my strong suits.
I
usually…sometimes… can lay hands on what I or someone else am looking for, but
it might take an hour or day or two.
Occasionally, I stumble upon a “lost” object long forgotten about
several months after I’ve forgotten about it.
Needless to say, I could use a new method of being…shall I say.
My
husband thinks I have too much stuff. I
won’t agree with that, at least not to his face, but secretly to myself I have
to say that is part of the problem. But
it’s not because I buy too much. It’s
because I think I don’t have a particular item and buy it…only to find I do
indeed have a pair or three of scissors, but one is in the junk drawer and I
couldn’t see it, one was in the office under a pile of what nots and the other
was in the bathroom drawer. Oh, well,
you see my problem?
I
do know all the rules of putting things back where they belong and making sure
things have a home, I just don’t follow them.
There seems to be so many other more pressing things to do…like, ummm...I
can’t think of anything right now but I’ll let you know.
Anyway,
I haven’t finished straightening out the office yet, but I did spend a good two
hours on it today. I threw out a bag
full of absolutely useful stuff and paper items I definitely no longer need; no
one does. I set aside some articles to
donate.
The
result: my living room has one large plastic storage bin full of old work
books, training materials and files, a wicker basket with some writing
materials, an empty leather carry tote, two bins of photographs, a box of stuff
to carry to the garage and a folder full of random paper stuff I must figure
out what to do with.
I
feel good. Tomorrow I organize the
living room.
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