"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self- confident and more and more successful." -Mark Victor Hansen

Monday, January 7, 2008

Cleaning and Organizing My Life

I'm adding another goal for myself in 2008.
This is the year I'm going to clean up and get organized!

I woke up this morning with the overwhelming feeling that I need to go through all of my closets & rooms (there's 6 closets in this house!), throw out the old stuff and organize everything else!! I think the reason behind this feeling is that I realized just how soon we'll be leaving my hometown... As of today we only have about 3 and a half months left before we'll be leaving! That's only 3 and a half months we have before everything will need to be packed up in to moving vans and sent on it's way to our new home.

Here's how I'll get my life cleaned up and organized:

  • Living Room: Clean up the desk area - throw out/shred old bills, ads etc. Get rid of anything that hasn't been used in the last 6 months... including Cam's toys. (He has way too many!)
  • Kitchen: Go through cupboards and get rid of any dishes that haven't been used in over a year. (We have 2 sets of drinking glasses and one we NEVER use.) Get rid of all of Camron's old bottles/bottles & cups he never used.
  • Both Bathrooms: Throw out any old shampoos/conditioners/lotions/make-up. Get rid of old curling irons, hair clips.
  • Master Bedroom: Get rid of old clothes/clothes that don't fit. Get rid of purses I will never use again. Get rid of books that haven't been touched in ages.
  • Camron's Room: Pack away all old clothes in his closet. Get rid of all old toys he doesn't play with. Pack away old receiving blankets/baby towels/thick baby blankets/burp cloths.
  • Up stairs hall closet: Get rid of any old craft stuff I never plan to use. Organize the stuff I'm keeping.
  • Downstairs closets: Get rid of old shoes/coats/uniforms. Get rid of anything else no longer in use. Organize everything!
  • Laundry Room: Get rid of everything in there that we no longer use - including the box that sits in the corner and everything on the shelves!
  • Pantry: same as laundry room. Organize the boxes that are down there.
  • THEN TAKE EVERYTHING THAT'S STILL GOOD TO THE SALVATION ARMY!!

Now I just need to get started. All of this will probably take me about a month to accomplish. Sorry for the really boring post... Just like with the weight loss goal I needed to type everything out, otherwise I'll just keep feeling overwhelmed and nothing will get done...

2 comments:

mad said...

Moving is the pits. We still have boxes in the garage from the last couple of moves. They've never been opened. We don't even know what's in them anymore.

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Anonymous said...

You go girl!!! Get organized and clean!!! Maybe your little one can sing that barney song while you do it!!!