Cleaning up my act for 2011
Anyone else have an issue with clutter? Seems like the piles in our house just keep getting bigger and bigger. In the past, I could easily blame the mess on a hectic schedule. Heck, between work and kids activities, I never really noticed how out of control the clutter had become. My hubby would complain, but I just brushed it off. Then today it hit me like a lead balloon. The house was so messy it could be featured in one of those Reality Hoarding shows. It’s that bad. I couldn’t believe we had a professional organizer here just a couple years ago who filled up two commercial containers with junk. Where did all of this new crap come from? I guess at this point, it doesn’t matter. So I looked at my husband and decided we should videotape BEFORE shots of every room. Then hopefully, by the end of the week, I can share the AFTER video. So I am using public humiliation to help inspire me to try and clean like a mad woman. As you look at the video, you will hear a lot of giggling. I guess it’s either laugh or cry at this point.
It’s one pile at at time. If I think of the house as a whole, it just gets too overwhelming. But I have already made progress. As I was uploading the video, I cleaned off and organized the desk area. Baby steps!!
Oh my……that was……I’m not sure how to describe it. “By the end of the week…” that is one giant leap, but I wish you the best.
I’m waiting until after Christmas to tackle our basement, that’s the main area of concern.
I love your blog. See you at the rink one of these days.
Hi Kris.. you were right. Way too big a job for one week. I had no idea when I started just how time consuming it is. Good luck with your basement and hopefully I will see you at tomorrow’s game.
Thanks for the tip! Next time I feel overwhelmed, I’m just going to say “it’s merchandising”!
Lori, you are a brave woman to put this video out there. Not as bravely, I too wrote about my clutter problem this year:
http://keeniebeanie.blogspot.com/2010/04/why-real-simple-newsletters-engender.html
I look forward to seeing how your decluttering project turns out. Perhaps it will be the inspiration I need to really tackle my issues, which at 8 months on, haven’t been mitigated one bit.
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