It wasn't long ago that I was a somewhat naturally organized person. Clutter is an area that causes me a great deal of stress. I like my books organized neatly by size, cds in alphabetical order, my clothes folded a certain way and then put in the drawer in a similar fashion. I like symmetry and bare surfaces. When I got married, I quickly learned that my husband's brain just did not work the same way, and I would need to let go of a bit of my obsessiveness if our marriage was going to survive beyond the first month. And then we had our girls. And with children came more stuff. And more stuff became clutter...
Today, I thought I would attempt to bring a bit of order to one of my personal clutter areas- my sewing notion drawer. This is what it looked like before...
I made a run to Joanne's with the girls this morning and got one of these...
And while the girls were napping, I purged and added a few things to the donate bin. The items that I use on a more regular basis were mixed and matched into a configuration that worked..
during which time Aelyn woke up from her nap...
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I have the same problems. I am finding that the reason I can't stay organized is because we have way too much stuff. So, the past few months I've been purging. It's a slow process and I likely will have to do it again and again to get to the amount of things that makes life more workable again for us.
How do we collect so much stuff? I feel like I've been purging for over a year now and haven't made a dent! I need to do the same thing with my sewing box. It's hit the point where I pick up a spool of thread and several others come out with it. Yikes!
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