Adam is organizing.
getting started now
2 days ago
I’m getting started now. I was thinking it would be nice if someone else could do it, but I guess that would require that they could make decisions about what I keep or donate.
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How to clean my closet
It made me
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 "I cleaned my closet, because my parents moved away...it was either clean it, or try to take this crap to college."
How I did it: once I found out that my parents were moving, I figured that was motivation enough to clean my damn closet. I couldn't take it to college with me, and I didn't want them to have to store 21 years of my crap in their new, smaller house. Thus, I cleaned. It was therapeutic, but at the same time depressing, because I knew it was a step towards never seeing the house that I spent most of my adolescence in ever again, and my parents being 5 hours away from me instead of one hour. |
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krazylexy is going to work out!
It made me
Relieved 
How I did it: Take a deep breath. I understood right away that I was not going to get this done in one day, so doing this during a long weekend would be perfect. First I took everything out of my closet, including things on hangers and in my dresser, and laid them out all over my bedroom. I then separated the clothes into piles: Dirty Clothes Clothes that were out of style/didn't wear/didn't fit. Clothes that had small holes, discoloratio… Read how I did it…
spasibasong is back in the real world, trying to stay sane.
It made me
Free
How I did it: I've been getting rid of things for years now, lots of donations to thrift stores, and things that are just not thrift store worthy I leave out on corners of streets for passers-by. It makes it easier for me to move and travel, which are big goals in my life. It also creates space for new things to come to me. Read how I did it…
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Adam is organizing.
clean my closet
2 days ago
I want to clean my closet and reduce the amount of stuff that I have. I think I have over 100 t-shirts. I want to make it easy to find what I’m looking for.
rEvolutionQueen is twisting her hair for loccage =)
peace .
3 weeks ago
i have tons of things piled up that need to go !
-game system
-clothes
-shoes
-computer(s)
-whatnots
-mental baggage
sometimes ‘things’ cloud perception, and keeps us from truly experiencing the present .
there’s money in that closet too, and unfortunately, i need to get it. . .
Tink is pleased with her progress.
I sometimes forget...
4 months ago
...to update this goal when I do something relevant to it while working on my overall decluttering goal.
Last weekend’s mad reorganization spree (reported in a series of entries under the main goal, culminating in this one) included some work on all three closets:- Reconfigured the stuff stored on the floors of both the coat closet and my clothes closet
- Rearranged part of the ensuite storage closet
- Switched some occasional-use items from prime closet space to the storage closet
- Transferred my heavy winter outerwear from the coat closet to the freestanding wardrobe that recently migrated to my bedroom from my dining room, where it had been used to store office supplies and boxes of papers left over from my big office downsizing during the summer of 2007. (The office supplies are still on the wardrobe’s shelves for now, but the boxes are in my dining room, where I plan to sort through over the next couple of weeks.)
- Move my suitcase full of foldable off-season stuff into the bottom of the wardrobe, below the coats.
It’s nice having more space in the coat closet for the light sweaters and blazers I use on cool summer mornings and evenings.
And this morning, when I needed an extension cord, I was pleased that I knew exactly where my spares were located in the storage closet, and could get at them without too much trouble.
Still to be done in the closet realm:- Purge and reorganize top shelf of bedroom closet
- Reorganize linen closet
- Continue organizing ensuite storage closet so that I have easy access to everything that’s in there, and get rid of anything I come across that I don’t need or use
- Purge other half of freestanding wardrobe (which is fitted with shelves), and decide on best use of that space
silencedhearts is dreading school.
Today is the day!
9 months ago
I’m sick today, home from school.
I’ve decided I’m going to crank up the tunes, get a trash bag for trash, my laundry basket for clothes stashed away in the mess, and a few boxes labeled, “Keep” and “Donate”.
Wish me luck!
5dogs What a beautiful weekend! It made me happy and grateful!
A start, albeit tiny...
10 months ago
Yesterday, prior to leaving the house to run errands, I filled a box wtih items from my closet. Filled up a XZerox paper box, but still LOTS left in my closet, so much that you can’t even tell I took anything out!
Anyway, dropped them off at Goodwill. Next weekend: MORE!
Prettyxmistakes is tired
De clutter!
14 months ago
Cleaned out my room and closet, got rid of 3 gargage bags and a box full of stuff! Feels good to have the space clean, neat and decluttered!
Piscean Dreams looking ahead
feels good
17 months ago
to see all my shoes. WOW i have a lot of shoes…there must be some kind of syndrome. Shoes always fit!
Tink is pleased with her progress.
Coat closet is 90% done
18 months ago
And miraculously, everything fits either inside the closet or on the open hooks closer to the front door.
Best find (from going through each item’s pockets before hanging it up again): the credit card I misplaced yesterday. (Didn’t cancel it because I knew it was here somewhere.)
Next steps:- Finish considering best place to store occasional-use items (see previous entry)
- Organize footwear
- Purge and reorganize top shelf of this closet
- Purge and reorganize top shelf of bedroom closet
- Reorganize linen closet
- Tackle ensuite storage closet
Tink is pleased with her progress.
Half-time report on coat-closet reorganization
18 months ago
OK, I’m taking a short break, so I thought I’d update this goal. (I’ve been warming up to this task under the get rid of all my clutter goal.) Finally started it today, after a late lunch.
So far, this is what I’ve accomplished:- Took every garment off the rack
- Sorted garments into several categories: heavy winter coats and jackets, lightweight coats and jackets (suitable for spring or fall), and sweaters/fleeces/flannel shirts (most of which also fall into the previous category, but which I often wear indoors as well – e.g., in overly air-conditioned offices and restaurants)
- Removed all the plastic shopping bags that had somehow made their way into the closet, and set them near the door (to be dropped off to the neighbours who adopted my dog last spring: dog owners are always in dire need of stoop-and-scoop bags)
- Remove all garments from the three coat hooks that live behind my apartment door (outside the coat closet) and sort them into the appropriate categories
- Put back into coat closet (with 3 “overflow” garments – those I’m currently using a lot – allowed on the outside-the-closet hooks) only those items that fit and flatter me and that I love; if closet becomes too crowded, pare down as necessary
- Straighten up top shelf (which isn’t in terrible shape)
- Consider whether shoes, recycling bins, out-of-season handbags, and occasional-use items (e.g., dance bag, backpack, duffle bags) are best stored here or elsewhere; move as necessary
