organize my closet

Once upon a time, I’d thought I’d take up spinning. I bought a fleece at a fair, which was a grand adventure a couple of summers ago. But now I know that spinning is not really “me,” so I am passing off to a friend this big box o’ fleece, and that clears out a couple of cubic feet of closet space.

Still much more clearing to do before I can organize.

But, new motivation: We are planning to get new carpeting for the bedroom, and before the carpet can be installed, EVERYTHING has to come out of the closets.

I resumed the Phase One: Major Decluttering project yesterday. The primary source of clutter in my closet is abandoned knitting projects. I culled a bunch of these and am sending the unused yarn to a church group that knits for charity. There’s a patch of clear floor space in my closet now. Still more space to clear. It would have been easier to just keep the closet door closed, so I feel good about applying myself to get this much done.

The first phase has to be Major Decluttering. Today I tackled a big box of stuff that was taking up space on the closet floor. I put away stuff and threw away stuff and donated stuff that was in the box – and then I cut up and flattened the box and put it out for recycling so that I did not have the temptation to fill it back up and stick it back in the closet.