The Bedroom: Week Three

"Stacks and piles are unmade decisions made manifest."

Regina Leeds, pg 55, One Year To An Organized Life

I am continuing on my journey to be organized this year. For the 3rd week of February we were to think about our time, some goals and our closet space. I don't have a closet; only a dresser and some stackable drawers, but I really enjoyed answering the questions about my time.

Of course, the biggest question is: WHY?

Through organizing my home I hope to gain self-discipline and peace. (I just listened to part of a message by John MacArthur on self-discipline that has really motivated me again.) I am tired of living in chaos. We are a family of seven individuals living in a huge house and there are piles of stuff every where. And these are not organized piles! It's so messy and muddled and I can't find anything. I don't want to pass this mess on to my children and I want to teach them how to be neat and organized so that they can give their children the same. I want my home to be welcoming and comfortable for guests and for my family.

I am happy with the overall direction of my life. I am content and happy yo be my husband's helper and the mother to our children. I never really thought I would do anything else. Any schooling that I took was to fill time until marriage.

My life has changed recently with the addition of Baby R. A new baby always knocks me for a loop. I feel like I can't keep up on anything extra. Right now I am meeting everyone's basic needs and wasting too much time online. I know things in my home would get better faster if that one time wasting activity changed. My home would be cleaner, more organized and less stressful. So why don't I change? I'm working on it.

The next stage of my life is too far away to even start thinking about. I don't feel that we are done having babies. I see the next stage as not having a baby under the age of three in the house. That could be a few years yet.

Okay, the next major question is tough. Regina Leeds is really making me think (if I'm willing to do the work).

What do I do well?

If I'm honest with myself and a little conceited, I can say that I can do well almost anything I decide to do well. I can do sports. I once enjoyed volleyball, track and field, baseball and indoor soccer. I like to think that I write well, that I communicate my thoughts and feelings well by writing them down. I make babies well. <> I parent well, in my opinion. I have fairly good computer skills. I read well. I love to help people.

The only dream I can think of that I haven't really worked on is travel. I'd like to see more of Canada, the USA, and Australia / New Zealand. There is a lot of the world that I haven't seen.

On to the clothing storage:

Hangers: Leeds is very insistent on not using wire hangers. Here, that's all we use, but we don't have any really good clothes. Nor do we have a closet so it's not too big of a deal in my mind. We use the wire hangers to hang dry all our clothing in the house. In the summer, we hang on a clothesline outside.

Shelf Dividers and Stackable Drawers: I would like to purchase more of these for both J and I.

Shoe Racks: I don't have enough footwear to justify this item. I have all my shoes nicely fitting under my dresser. lol. Shoes are not a passion around here! LOL. Maybe it's the fact that my DH likes to keep me barefoot and pregnant. heehee

Jewelry Organizers: I need to find and organize all my jewelry. I need to re-purchase some earrings (little hoops) that were my standby, every day wear. They broke. I need to find my engagement and wedding rings! I can't believe I lost them. But at the same time. I can believe that they have been misplaced! Sigh. I think I have all the organizers that I need in this area, I just need to utilize them properly.

To Buy List: shelving (enclosed pantry type shelf), stackable drawers, shoes, pill shaver for my lovely sweaters I hate to wear due to pillage, drawer dividers/containers for under garments.