What should we do with all the stuff we have in our house if we do not have enough storage space or closet? Should we simply close our eyes and throw it or should we buy decorative boxes to hide? This seems to be my biggest problem. Waiting company and so I tried to clean, but I still run into the same problem I had for a long time. I have new items that I want to read the paperwork, I want to finish, some form of art or computer project that I want to work on, or things that I brought from the shop that I have laying around the living room or dining room. As I begin to clean, I must first do something with all these “extras.” Then I began to collect everything and take it to “table” in my room where nobody goes, but me and my husband. The problem with that is that whenever I have company, which is always where the “extras” and eventually “the table is now piled so high that I forgot some of the mess below . Well, now I have to put it all away but I have nowhere to put it. This is one of the greatest challenges of my life. I wish I had more space to keep things that are important to me, but my house is simply not big enough. So I have to decide what I want to keep and what I need to throw. Unfortunately, many years of marriage and education have left me way too much to store. This leads to problems with parts of my house is a mess, even if the “stuff” is very important to the family, and many plans and projects that are left unattended, but must be taken. Examples of some of the things I’ve collected this year: the birthday cards from my children, Valentine and birthday cards from my wife and new clothes that do not need to return to the store. I have a box of memories of my children and 12 years of photos I started to sort of Christmas presents for each of my children. I have not finished the job but I still “Plan” to get it. There is a bag of baby clothes for a baby shower, plus a bag of clothes (some new and still have price tags on them), another bag of gently used clothing and assorted stuff that I made to give away to charity. All these things always end up in my room every time the company has, somehow, they never caught they belong to or taken from my room. Let us discuss my plan. I have not finished the job but I still “plan” to get it. There is a bag of baby clothes for a baby shower, plus a bag of clothes (some new and still have price tags on them), another bag of gently used clothing and assorted stuff that I made to give away to charity. All these things always end up in my room every time the company has, somehow, they never caught they belong to or taken from my room. Please read further in the second part of this series.
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Clearing Clutter From Your Home – Part 2
This is continued from part one of this article series. Please read that before you read this article. What can we do with the collection of things that we have saved over the years that have turned into clutter? Sometimes the stuff is new, even with tags still attached while other things are gently used and have been collected to give to charity. Every time you clean the house, you have to either clean around the stuff or move the stuff to clean under all of it. Many times you will have projects half finished and others that have not been started but the materials for those projects have been bought are waiting to be used.
We have gathered up all the scattered clutter so now it is time to do something with all of that stuff, the “extras”. I need to decide what to do with all those “extras”. Those collections of scattered clutter and are zapping my energy because I just don’t know what to do with it all. Although I want to organize everything, I keep running out of time because there are always new projects and responsibilities that come up. So, it is now time, finally, to decide what I will do with all the scattered clutter that has been taking up space in my home.
The scattered items that have been collected includes everything that has caught my eye when I was in different stores, touched my sentimental journey of my family and children’s past and been collected but is now mixed with all the stuff I have started at various times to organize. I bought 4 new photo albums, one for each child and 4 collectable boxes for the keepsake items for each kid, as well as scrapbooking supplies to finish the projects.
With Christmas around the corner, I am not going to be able to finish those projects but I will be adding more stuff as I get present and wrapping paper for Christmas. Once again, the stuff will be piled up with all the ‘extras’ and the problem will be compounded. I think it is time to hire a professional to come in and help me get this task under control. As most of my house is organized, I just can’t seem to get the bedroom done because there is always something new happening.
It may be time to box up all the pictures and keepsakes and give them to each child to do for themselves. It certainly is time to take all the charity boxes and bags to a collection center. And any of the things left, discard. Then I will be able to really clean my bedroom, and the first thing to go is the collection table. Next, I am not going to buy anything new unless I get rid of something first. Finally, I will not start a project unless I am willing to finish it right then. It’s either time to follow this plan or put out money for a professional. I think it would be wise to not get in knee deep with ideas and plans once I have everything, in every room, cleaned and organized. Pretty good plan, right?
