When ever I feel overwhelmed I start decluttering my home. I usually start with my bedroom. This time around I started with my kitchen and worked my way to the living room, then to my daughters bedroom, then my bedroom, then I went to my garage and organized it, last but not least my home office; (currently work in progress).
I’ve done this for years since I was younger. It helps me release stress, plus I get reaquainted with the things that I have in my home. This helps when I’m looking for something, I know exactly where it is. If I need to stock up on somethings for the season I make a list. This way I know what I’ll need. Even for the simplest things, such as needing a hammer. I can now walk into my garage and get one from the cabinet.
The way my home was cluttered is in a way a reflection of how I was feeling inside. To much going on in my head. My husband and I had trouble going into the garage. You could hardly walk in there weeks before. We usually spend time organizing it every few months, but lately there had not been time to dedicate to this task.
It helps to organize your home because you can get rid of the things that you no longer need. Plus, it helps you save money. Do you know how many people own more than one hammer? A lot, because since they couldn’t find the one that they had it was a lot easier to just go to the store and buy another one. If we do this process for all the things that we need, this is how we end up with to much repetitive stuff. This equates to a lot of money spent over the years.
Right now I’m working on the last part of my decluttering goal, my home office. I’m hopping to finish it today. I look around at all the papers on my desk and the floor which I put there temporarily in order to access my keyboard. I’m sure I’ll definetely finish by the end of this week.
I have a lot of papers that need to be filed away, thrown out, and read. There’s and unexplainable feeling that I feel when I do this process. It’s like a weight gets lifted off my shoulders. Some people have a drink, watch TV, talk on the phone, read a book,or go for a walk. I choose to declutter, it works for me. When I decluter my life I declutter my mind. I feel better, I can breath and look forward to going shopping to get the things that I noticed I’ll need for the remaining of the year. Such as more extensions, and christmas lights!
I encourage you to give it a try…..