There are lots of people that are really good at organizing things and throwing things away that they don’t need. Â Unfortunately, I am not one of those people. Â I think I have mentioned previously that I am a touch of a hoarder. Â But I prefer to think of myself as a keeper of things. Â I don’t want to alarm anyone. Â I don’t have any really crazy stuff. Â But I do have things like ugly clothes from high school, art and home decor items I don’t care for anymore, old cat litter boxes, and lots of lots of shopping bags and boxes from Amazon. Â Okay maybe I do have some crazy stuff. Â I read this article once that said you should consider every item you own as something that you carry with you at all times. Â On your back. Â Or something. Â Well obviously I don’t really remember exactly what the article said but when I thought about all of the crap that lives at my house, I started to feel pretty overwhelmed. Â And recently I have started to feel like I may just be drowning in a sea of my own junk. Â This winter and spring, during moments when I am less busy, I think I am going to make an effort to start getting rid of all of the things that I haven’t touched for years. Â Specific areas to target include my closet (eep!), the freezer with its frost bit bags of old green beans, and ALL storage closets and junk drawers. Â This is happening people. Â I need to improve my posture by getting all this crap off of my back. Â Â Then I can make space in my life to receive new and lovely things.
Like gold vases and pink hardcover books.
Tiny dogs that may or may not be statues.
And when I get off my spending freeze, I should probably buy some more baskets too. Â Baskets are good news.
Do you all have any slight hoarding issues as well? Â Any tips for me to help organize my life?
Sometimes it just feels so good to purge and start fresh. I tend to do this every time I move. This time I’m all about pretty storage solutions. Out with all the ugly.
Your getting a dog?
Hahaha. No way Jose. That’s the last thing I need right now. I just liked that pictures cause I thought it looked organized and then thought that dog was cute but looked strangely like a statue. Don’t worry Kel. 🙂
YES! In fact, my post today is on the same topic! I have several types of items that are just really hard for me to part with. Way too many clothes for our small closets. Books I care nothing about. Magazines, OH the magazines!
I wouldn’t call myself a total hoarder, but I know there are areas in my house that need help. I like your idea of targeting areas of your house…kinda of narrows down your to do list a bit more (and makes it seem realistic). you’ve somewhat inspired me to do some purging of my own!