clean my room and keep it clean

I try…although I just tend to accumulate stuff/forget to throw out receipts from past months, etc. My work place will have a mandatory shut down for the Christmas/New Year’s though. So I can definitely make progress then.

I’m also trying to do donations of clothes/books. As well as selling things on eBay.

I’ve read that charity places/people won’t take small amounts of items and will only do a pick up if you have a LOT of stuff. On the other hand, I’ve found a donation bin near by gym that I intend to use to drop stuff off in. Yay!

Well, I made some progress. I threw out more unneeded papers, took some books to the library, tried to move stuff around. Unfortunately dust turning up=allergies. That part sucks.

...unfortunately with the holidays I didn’t have a chance to really do much with this. I am gradually donating books to the library. Next I may start tossing out old clothes and documents I no longer need.

Instead of trying to tackle the entire room (even that’s too much! :P) I took a part of my room. I threw out a bunch of uneeded papers, shredded some old receipts, and re-organized the books and other items.

Unfortunately that left me with a dry cough that I think came from my allergies… blah. But it’s progress! At this rate it’ll be clean in like 20 years! XP

Selling random/collectible stuff is also handy for cleaning out my room. Not that I have too much of those things, but there are definitely some items which I know I can make some money off of (as well as selling it at a lower price than what a store would charge). It’s quite handy for getting rid of things I don’t quite know how to handle.

...because that’s actually what’s making such a mess and collecting dust. I’d have so much more room but it’s hard letting those books go…

I swear, the books in my room are like Tribbles.

I’m going to bring some books to the public library so I can get started with this. I have the time, so I really don’t have any excuse.

This article made me laugh: http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/03/25/rs.complete.yr.past/index.html

I’m starting to think that it’s not going to happen in this lifetime… :P

I find it helpful to have adequate shelf/drawer space. If I find that I have too many clothes (because my dresser is too small, I need to give away clothes because they’re worn out and I don’t want to throw them away, etc.), I am less inclined to stuff my drawers full and more inclined to leave them on my bed. Same with my shelves. Too many books + not enough space = CLUTTER!