My Clean Bedroom!

I’m so proud I just borrowed this book from the library called “It’s All Too Much” by Peter Walsh and it helps you go through your home, room by room, and declutter! It’s not just a ‘how to’ book though, it provides you with some really great perspective on the psychology behind it – the kind that is life changing.

The idea that fuels me is to “Imagine the life you want” for example, if I want a nice peaceful, relaxing bedroom to re-energize myself and spend quality time with my boyfriend, how am Isupposed to do that if it’s cluttered with a TV that we don’t use (though the idea of watching DVDs in bed is nice) and we have storage boxes in the corner of the room keeping clothes that haven’t been worn for years, but we still insist on keeping “just in case”. Well anyway, you get the point.

Today I cleaned out my bedroom – took the boxes out, moved Jasmine’s toddler bed from the end of ours (making it hard to get out) and moved it beside our bed where the boxes were (maybe she’ll start sleeping in it now!) and I even put a bedside table between them for our alarm (which was previously balancing on the telly) and some storybooks too – because that’s an important night time ritual that I think deserves a place in our home.

Everything that isn’t either functional or beautiful, is going outta here! If it’s good enough to give to a friend, we’ll give it to charity, otherwise (and I’m sorry mother earth) but it’s going to the tip. I really do wish we had a better recycling program. But that’s another topic – right now I need to reclaim my home! It’s supposed to be a place of happiness and support, not an overwhelming nightmare that I need to escape from!

My next job is to tackle the wardrobe and sort through those boxes of clothes. I’ll save that for another day – maybe tomorrow after the gym and the library if I have the energy!

For anyone that’s curious, this is my list that I’ve been working through.

GOAL 1: BEDROOM

Ideal function:  Sleeping, dressing, cuddle time
Who should use it?  Ben, Romi & Jas
What should it contain?  Bed, clothes, story books
What has to go?  TV, storage boxes

Bedroom
1. Make the bed nicely – use fresh, clean linen
2. Move Jasmine’s bed – make it too
3. Move TV and boxes out of room
4. Tidy and vacuum – room should be pretty now

Wardrobe
1. Go through all the clothes (let Ben do his) only keep clothes that:
a. I love
b. fit me well now
c. make me feel good when I wear them
2. Sort clothes by season, then by type, then by colour
3. Sort shoes – toss old ones!
4. Organise socks and underwear – only keep good ones!

Accessories
1. Sort handbags
2. Get a jewelry box and collect it all
3. Move laundry hamper somewhere useful

TOSS or GIVE items no longer needed away!

TIDY EVERY NIGHT BEFORE BED!!

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