Making my home better, one day at a time
I just had my first workday continuing this project and I’m learning some things about myself and my post-work energy levels. I did all of my reading and planning in the evenings after work leading up to the actual physical work, but executed all my work so far on my days off. Let me tell …
The further I get into my living room project, the more I realize I need to modify my approach. My living room is many things: my actual living room, my dining room, my office, even my storage closet (thanks to a lack of a real hall closet). Due to all those roles, I’m running into …
Julie Morgenstern has finally set me loose on my living room, and I’m so excited and scared. She walked me through her acronym, SPACE: Sort, Purge, Assign a home, Containerize, and Equalize. One of the best, most practical pieces of advice for me was to be realistic about time. Over and underestimating time spent are …
I’m really loving the deep dig into what I’m doing and why. In Part 2 of OFTIO, Julie Morgenstern gives a series of questions to ask about any project, be it a whole room or a portion thereof. I paused at the questions and answered them about my space overall. The first question is “what …
I find myself moving really slowly through this portion of the process. I’m figuring our how to rearrange my living room and it’s harder than I expected. The bump I’ve hit is my difficulty imagining the room any way other than how I have it now. While working through this exercise on how to reorganize …
Oh man, this is where things start to get real. I took Julie Morgenstern’s quiz of yes and no questions about organization and found I answered “yes” to 10 of the 21. There are definitely some psychological issues at play here. I’ve debated how deeply into my psyche I want to delve in this public …
Tonight I started to think more deeply about my clutter and why it’s so hard for me to get organized and stay that way. I had a feeling I’d be in store for some introspection as I started thinking about not only the “Technical Errors,” as Julie Morgenstern calls them, but about the deeper underlying …
In the midst of all my efforts to organize and renovate my living room, I learned about the One Room Challenge and it synced up perfectly with the progress I’m making in my space. I want to change this room to be more beautiful, peaceful and inviting to others. That means a lot of changes, …
I’m trying to get to the root of my organizational disaster, and I picked up a copy of Organizing from the Inside Out to help me work through what’s holding me back. I’m going to blog my way through the book. It’s not as trendy as some of the other organizational books out there, but …
My boss is a former professional organizer. As a result, she occasionally comes in and helps me organize my space. As you can see in this photo, it needs it. Her guiding hand makes this overwhelming process feel possible. I joked with her that I should have her come over and help me with my …
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