BelleMichelle

I just bought a bookcase. It was just a cheap thing from wal-mart, but it’s cleared off bunched of book lying around my desk. I’m not sure it really classifies as “decluttering,” but I did make my room feel much cleaner and more organized. I was having issues finding places to put my school books. This is perfect because I have a place to put them and I won’t loose them and they won’t get torn up.
I have a lot of books. There are a few books that I don’t think I’ll be reading again so I think I will sell them or give them away or something.

I feel better about my bedroom than I ever have.
My entire life of living with my parents, I have had a messy room (except for when I was very little). I will be moving out in a couple years, when I finish college. Thinking about the eternal mess in my room and the number of presents I have gotten every year for Christmas, Easter, and so on, and I feel like in a way I am spoiled. I feel like I have been given way too much. There are too many holidays where people are expected to give gifts bought from a store. CONSUMERISM!
(I’m not an economist, I have no clue how the economy works as far as consumerism goes)

I am at some fault because over the years I have held on to things because I felt like I need them, would hurt the feelings of the people who gave them as gifts. I had a realization a while back that when I am given a gift, it belongs to me, not the person who gave it to me, so I am free to do what I want with it. :)
Myself, I like to give gifts that I personally have made or worked on. This option is probably not right for EVERYONE, and there may be some things that you just can’t make yourself. But I think that if you have made something yourself then you are showing that you actually care and have put effort into the gift.

I no longer feel happy because I buy something. I don’t feel like I need something because I see it on tv. In fact the idea seems silly.

A friend of mine recently brought up something that she does.
With books for example, when she buys one, she gets rid of one (or two). She never has clutter. I think this is something I may start practicing. I have big clothing problem. I donated a bunch of clothes that I would never wear but I still have more. I would gladly give up some of my clothes to get one skirt or something that I would actually wear.

Wow! This is a very long post. :P

YES!
I can now walk through my room without brutally breaking anything on the floor. I have a new desk now that has storage. My old desk had one shallow, 6” by 6” drawer and THAT was it’s storage. This new desk (actually it’s old) has several drawers, so I can now place my school supplies in here. ALL of my school supplies, including the textbooks. I love it too, because it adds character to the room. There’s only one problem. One of the drawers is broken that I was going to store my video games in. The bottom has fallen out of it. Darn.
But that can be fixed with some nails. HA! Take that, mess and clutter!

Otherwise, my room has taken major strides in cleanliness.

My next goal is to clean off the flat surfaces and get rid of the many bits of junk there. And a Necklace tree would be nice too. :)

I’ve been wanting to write a book for several years now. I stopped to think about this and realized, even though I wanted to write a book, I was not doing anything even remotely productive. I had this idea that what you write will just come to you and there’s no thinking involved. I realize that the topic of the book might just come to you, but you are the one who needs to write it down. I had it in my head that, when you write a book, You think of the topic, and POOF! “Hey, I have a manuscript!”

So a few days ago (5 days ago), after I realized this, I decided to actually start something! I happy to start writing, and I’ve found that I really enjoy writing much more than I thought I would! Ideas also seem to come to me much easier now. I’m also going to do NaNoWriMo this November. I can’t wait!