I could quite possibly be, one of the messiest people alive. And it's a really odd and ironic seeing as how I suffer from OCD and major anxiety. And mess and not being able to find things FREAKS. ME. OUT.
I wasn't always like that. Infact, M so sweetly likes to remind me that when we were dating and got married I used to be quite neat. Always folding the laundry and putting mine and his clothes away. Always making sure I had an empty kitchen sink and clean countertops. And I'd almost daily, swiffer and/or vacuum our tile floors.
Then I became a mom. And somewhere in the shuffle, I lost the "clean gene" (and gained a few others.) I'm not sure what it was. M attributed it once to our move back to my hometown. He said moving home brought out the kid in me again. That could maybe be it. My room was never clean when I was a kid. But I don't know.
The point is I'm not the most organized person. I've come to hate folding laundry and doing dishes. I swiffer and vacuum when I get a chance. And when I try and organize, I feel like I'm making a BIGGER mess. Which sometimes, makes me break down and cry. And then when I do get something organized well, I can never find it. Case in point and the reason I'm writing this blog, I can't find my knitting needles right now and it's driving me batty. I feel like I turned my house (which by the way, isn't even that messy right now) upside down and they are staring at me from somewhere nearby, mocking me. It is driving me CRAZY. Where the hell are you needles??
So tell me please, how do you organize? How do you keep the clutter to a minimum? The paperwork and the mail and all the crap that comes day to day. How do you do it? How do you keep it from piling up high? How do you keep on top of it all? Share with me and help me. I need help before I'm buried alive!
I am an organizational FREAK! I ended up buying one of those accordion files seperated by month (you can probably find them at staples or office max) and that's where we keep our monthly bills and receipts. I have a 'junk' drawer in the kitchen where we keep coupons and user manuals and things to keep it out of sight, and I bought cute storage bins for the baby stuff like toys and blankets (including the ones that hang in the closet... those are amazin!). I also have a whiteboard calendar where I write down EVERYTHING so I don't forget appointments and plans. Would any of that work for you?
ReplyDeleteYES Johnna! SO helpful! The accordion file would be so helpful with a lot of of the little paperwork that is driving me batty. I have the closet hanging organization things, I'm just OCD about how it looks and it always looks so cluttered to me. So maybe I need to put craft stuff in those and put clothes and stuff elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteRemember this....you only have to be good enough. Same goes for your house. I do it little by little with an aid of a junk drawer and room that I can pile things into. It keeps it out of site and the rest of the rooms tidy-ish ;)
ReplyDeleteRemember this....you only have to be good enough. Same goes for your house. I do it little by little with an aid of a junk drawer and room that I can pile things into. It keeps it out of site and the rest of the rooms tidy-ish ;)
ReplyDeleteI am an organizational FREAK! I ended up buying one of those accordion files seperated by month (you can probably find them at staples or office max) and that's where we keep our monthly bills and receipts. I have a 'junk' drawer in the kitchen where we keep coupons and user manuals and things to keep it out of sight, and I bought cute storage bins for the baby stuff like toys and blankets (including the ones that hang in the closet... those are amazin!). I also have a whiteboard calendar where I write down EVERYTHING so I don't forget appointments and plans. Would any of that work for you?
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