Show ‘N Share:
I went to a friend’s home and she immediately showed me her latest organizing project—this necklace holder.
They got it at Home Depot (or was it Lowe’s?) As you can see it holds a lot of necklaces tangle free. What a great way to get rid of clutter in your jewelry box by hanging your necklaces where they can be easily seen.
How do you separate your necklaces so you can find the one you want when you want it?
“We see them come,
We see them go.
Some are fast,
And some are slow.
Some are high. And some are low.
Not one of them
is like another.
Don’t ask us why,
Go ask your mother.”
—Dr. Seuss
I thought this cute thought from “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish” fit us all.
We all have different clutter and different clutter problems. That is why I wrote my second book. “The Easy Organizer”. I had the thought one day that most of my clients ask the same type of questions and wouldn’t it be nice if they had a handbook when I wasn’t with them to refer to to answer their organizing questions.
Of course nothing can replace me but it is a great resource. Some of us organize fast, some slow—either way is A-O.K.
Not one of us is like the other but we all are of one mind, we want to be organized and get rid of clutter.
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Monday’s Get Rid of Clutter Focus:
What has been bugging you? Is there some place you need to get rid of clutter and it has been on your mind to do but just haven’t done it?
This week I suggest you focus on doing than one area. Maybe it is one pile of paper, a closet shelf or the bathroom. The first step to getting rid of clutter is to chose a place and then make a goal to organize it and then get going.
What place are you choosing to get rid of clutter—share with us so we too can be inspired. I have some fabric that needs to be put away from projects I did over the weekend so that is my focus.
This is a fun little brain teaser:
Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?
If you didn’t figure out the answer right away—when you do you will say, “Of Course, that makes sense”.
When we want to get rid of clutter it makes more sense when we see the whole picture and it keeps us on the right track.
To get rid of clutter simply and easily (so to speak):
Seeing the big picture is like having a road map—we have a destination to steer towards. What is your favorite way to get rid of clutter? Johnny is the answer to the brain teaser.
Show ‘N Share Tuesday:
There are a couple of things I can’t believe. One is when I looked out the window yesterday there was snow on the ground. I thought it was supposed to rain. We are to get more snow today also. Oh well, it comes and it goes—just like getting rid of clutter.
The second thing I can’t believe is that I didn’t take an after photo of my button drawer. I was revisiting my already organized button drawer, (that is I thought it was organized). I sure did a number on it getting rid of clutter. I had buttons I didn’t like and knew I would never use. Why I ever kept them I’ll never know—nor does it matter, they are gone now.
I took everything out and laid them on my ironing board. I only kept the ones I really liked and thought I could use or share with friends, the rest I donated.
Since I forgot to take a picture to show how organized it looks here is a picture of a paper mache egg I covered with some of my white buttons.
What is the latest place you have “revisited” and gotten rid of clutter when you didn’t even think there was clutter there?
“Be of good cheer”
Does your heart sing when you read this? Mary Poppins used “a spoonful of sugar” to make the medicine go down.
Getting rid of clutter is a whole lot easier when we are cheerful about doing it.
How are you of good cheer when you are clutter clearing?
“A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck”. —James Garfield
Some days we have it and some days we don’t—pluck that is—when it comes to getting rid of clutter.
Those are the days when we need to take little baby steps and call it good. There are other days when we will just be burning rubber.
A friend at the gym came up to me and said, “I am here but I can’t stay long right now but I want to be consistent.”
Be consistent when getting rid of clutter by taking baby steps day by day. Is it hard for you to take baby steps?
Getting Rid of Clutter Show ‘N Share
I shed 17 pounds (more like 23 pounds) Saturday. That is to say not literally off my own body but off my mind. Several years ago—more than I even remember, maybe 4 years ago I put my quilt patterns in folders vowing that I would come back to them and label them.
It really wasn’t practical to just have them in folders and not labeled. I knew that but I rationalized they were at least contained and that was true. Now could you have asked me for a pattern and I could find it? That would be a resounding NO. But today it is a different story.
I recycled the manila folders and paper patterns I did not want and I didn’t think anyone else would either. You can see what a big undertaking this project was.
At one point I realized I had to leave the room and do something else because all I wanted to do was throw everything away.
Yahoosie, I cleared so much clutter. Getting rid of the clutter was easy once I set my mind to it and used the above 4 tips.
Have you ever shed 23 pounds in one day? The patterns I didn’t recycle I am taking to quilt group and am giving them away.
“Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and learn how to love and accept yourself for who you are—imperfections and all.”…Brene Brown
I think this goes along with getting rid of clutter. We have our own ups and downs in life and we have different schedules and everyone is different. Do what you can do when you can do it and accept yourself rather than beating yourself up.
I just felt like giving a little pep talk today—hope you don’t mind and that you do take it to heart. (Valentines Day is coming after all).
“It’s the job that is never started as takes longest to finish”
— JRR Tolkien
Isn’t this the truth! Edna left this thought when she commented on one of my blogs and it smacked me between the eyes.
How many times do we worry and stew about getting rid of clutter instead of just doing it? I am so guilty of this.
Take the first step in getting rid of clutter, take a tiny step—like the tortoise in the Tortoise and the Hare story and keep on keeping on and trust me, you will be successful in getting rid of clutter!
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