become more organized

I spent about four hours yesterday organizing my craft space-and it’s still not done. I am about to start work on it again in a bit but I am feeling burntout. I’m tempted to just throw the rest of the stuff out if it means I don’t have to store it. On the upside, I can already see the benefit of having everything neatly organized and labeled. It will make future projects go much smoother as I won’t have to spend 30 minutes searching for one thing before I can even start. I need to just focus on the end result so I don’t get discourged and give up.

I got some bins from Target this afternoon so I can get together items I don’t want to get rid of but don’t have space for. Then this weekend I plan on storing it at my parent’s house. It should aleviate a lot of the clutter. When you live in a small apartment your storage options are limited. Going to start working on the storing after lunch.

Yesterday I washed (most) of the laundry and put away I don’t know how many loads. I am trying to get all of it done so I can start at zero. No more letting the clean clothes basket overflow and the dirty clothes pile up. Going to donate things today that I haven’t worn/don’t fit me right. It feel good to get this under control. Big task for today: Organizing my craft area. Reward for completion: Baking a cookies and cream pound cake. And eating some of course!

1. Clean out kitchen drawers
2. Start re-organzing my craft supplies (this is going to take awhile)
3. Clean out cabinet under sink
4. Take down x-mas tree and organize the ornaments for next year
5. Clean family room and find a place for everything that makes sense
6. Clean bedroom-this includes folding and putting away laundry
7. Go through all the rooms and purge anything I haven’t used in the last six months-including clothes and shoes

I have to be one of the most unorganized people I know-and I hate it. My apartment, car and mind all seem like a mess. The thing is that clutter really bothers me and it makes me feel so unsettled and manic. I dream of walking into my home and knowing where every single thing is and having shelves of tidy file folders, labeled boxes and sense of calm. My problem with organization seems to be threefold:

1. I have too many things I don’t need
2. I don’t have a system for organizing
3. I’m lazy

I am not sure which of these three to tackle first. My fear is that I will try to conquor all of them at once, get overwhelmed and go back to my old habits again. I guess I need to mull this one over and try to find a strategy that works for me.