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ORGANIZING FUCK YEAH!
This is my life/home organization blog! This is where I will write about all of my organizational and life stuff!
I'm Really Lazy
So, a little while ago, I figured out that I have this cleaning problem. As in, I hate it. And who has time for that? There are books to read and delicious caffeinated beverages to drink and fabulous lipsticks to purchase and essentially a hundred thousand other things in life that are way more fun than cleaning. Fuck those blogs that say that cleaning can be fun - no, it isn't.
For me, it's about keeping things clean all the time instead of doing a once-in-a-while, pain-in-the-ass deep clean. Ain't nobody got time for that. Organization is the key part of this, and I'm slowly but surely organizing my cluttered home and life so that I can spend as little time as possible actually cleaning this shit.
I'm Also Cheap
Most of my products for the different projects I have going on are from Dollarama. For larger things, like bins for closet organization and that type of stuff, I usually go to Wal-Mart. I'm assuming that none of us have boocoos of money to throw around, so as much as possible, I'm going to make sure that any products I feature will have prices and where-to-buy (if, in fact, I bought it, which isn't always the case. I have a lot of stuff around my home that I just reclaimed or repurposed).
How I Started This Whole Thing
So, maybe you're like me and you look around one day and you're like, "Whoa! I wish I could just snap my fingers and everything would be instantly cleaned up and reorganized and I could just start fresh! Universe, if you can make this happen, I promise I will keep everything clean from now on." I waited like FIVE WHOLE DAYS and this didn't happen. I was forced to conclude that I'd have to do this myself.
The project section of my agenda.
I started with a massive list (I'm a list person). I wrote down everything I ever wanted to do and didn't edit anything. I figured that it was my goddamn list and I could put in whatever I wanted, from super-basic "clean off the kitchen table" to somewhat complicated "start a balcony garden" (we live in an apartment, not a house). I held back nothing and by the time I was done, my list was like, twelve pages long and I needed a fucking nap.
I felt totally overwhelmed and didn't even know where to begin. I went back to a website that I had discovered years and years ago, when I was trying to get a stain out of my kitchen sink - FlyLady.net. It's a self-help/organizational website run by some really nice ladies including the Fly Lady herself (the name comes from her love of fly-fishing and teaching others to do so). It's really inspiring and there are a lot of ideas and projects on there that I immediately became really excited about and put into practice. One of the most helpful things I took away from the FlyLady are ROUTINES.
Once I established routines at home, I decided to use the same principle at work. Also, I love laminating things and using dry-erase markers to check off tasks. Don't lie, you love it too.
I struggle with anxiety and find it necessary to have daily routines to keep myself on track. Without them, I feel overwhelmed really fast and then have some issues getting or staying motivated to take care of things. I set out some basic morning-and-evening routines to follow each day, and slowly began reorganizing my life with them.
I eventually expanded to phase two - dividing my home into zones. If each area of my home is a certain zone, I can concentrate on one zone at a time and complete one small project in that zone each week. This way, I'm tackling my giant list (which grows every day, as I think of more and more things I want to do) in little bites, and keeping myself motivated without devoting hours each day to getting it done.
This Is Probably Going to Be a Shit Show
To be clear, here - I am not a professional organizer, and I actually have no idea what I'm doing. I'm probably going to make a lot of mistakes and spend a lot of time re-doing stuff because it doesn't work or I hung a hook upside-down or some other stupid shit. And I'm not trying to teach anyone anything, I'm just someone who likes writing and index cards and Dorothy Parker, and I would like all three of those things to come together.
Organized living, yo. It's gonna be pretty fucking badass, okay?
My closet hangers don't match. That's also pretty badass.
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