Hello my friends,
OMgosh I have been so busy since summer started I have been trying to get my house in order and what a job that is. I have tons and tons of stuff and everything is just very unorganized. So I think where oh where will I put all of these things. I started trying to go through things and realized wow I have so much stuff that I need to get rid of. I have a hard time getting rid of things.
So my 1st step was to visualize the room and I started with just one room. I had some downtime at work and I would write down what I wanted the room to look like and also where I wanted things to be, you may not have this kind of time at work so you'll have to do it when you get home.
I would get home and I would not turn on the T.V. at all I got a 1 box at a time and started going through box by box, this was exhausting because my mental state was oh no I can't get rid of that I might need that. I'm sure some of you can identify with that. But I forced myself to do it. I kept telling myself that I can't live like this anymore and I need my life to be in order.
Once I cleared one spot on the shelf and that was one small box I started on another now during this time I also had my boy to take care of and other things that needed to be done but I stayed focused. I just keep going and before I knew it I had 1 shelf done and boy was I thrilled. This gave me the initiative to keep going.
During this process, I found that it was not just an organizing thing it was a metal thing as well or more so for me I think. I just kept telling myself that I could do it and I keep cheering myself on, and you know it works it really does. To me, if you would have told me this I would have been yeah um no to silly.
Another thing that I did was I cleaned one area I made sure that that area did not get messy again.
I work full-time and I travel about 45 minutes to get home so I get home around 6:15 or so usually by the time I get dinner and clean that mess < um no I usually leave that mess for later lol. I really don't feel like doing anything else I want to sit down and relax and watch America's got talent or something. Not after I decided to embark on this journey, I said nope as soon as I get home I have to spend 15 minutes up to an hour clearing or cleaning something, this helped a lot and it seemed that as I went on the easier it got.
So am I done um no not by a longshot but at least now I can get to my bed lol. It's a process and it's going to be a long one for me. I am more than happy to share this and other milestones with you and hopefully I can help you to take the first step or maybe you can give me some suggestions as well we can help each other.
Thanks for stopping by Heather with Ideas2come
