I Have a Goal

Ok I did it.  I went ahead and gave myself a "new year resolution".  Normally I don't do this because I think it's dumb.  Don't be hating, it's just not my thing.  Remember, I said setting a resolution is dumb, not the person doing it.  I don't think any less of a person for having a goal or anything like that.

Anyhow...

My goal for 2012 is...

DE-CLUTTER!!!

It's not going to be an easy task.  I've yet to find a "program" that works for me.  I don't want to take the entire year to get through this junk, yet I can't do it all in 30 days (flylady's way, which is pretty good, just not ready for that pace right now).

I'm going to focus on one room at a time.  And I'll work on it everyday.  Well, everyday that James has work haha.  Since it's *mostly* his clutter, I can't let him see me going through it.  I'm going to start in my living room, to include the cabinets that extend in there from the kitchen.  I'm going to make 3 "piles"--

1.  Keep
2.  Yard Sale Worthy
3.  Toss

And after the yard sale, I'll sort that stuff again.  Except it'll go down to 2 "piles"--save for the next yard sale or toss.  No more bringing in more junk without getting rid of some old.  I have 6 cabinets that extend into my living room that aren't truly functional right now.  They just sorta have junk crammed into them.  Not organized.  It's just stuff we needed out of the way and crammed in.  It's seriously dangerous to open some of those cabinets.  Things could easily fall out and hurt you!

Thinking about it, I might need a 4th "pile".  One for my stuff.  I know I have a few misc. things stuffed into the cabinets.  And most is various craft items I'd like to keep but need to put in a better spot.  Which is why the laundry room will be my second area to clean.  It's so cluttered in there that I can no longer properly store my craft items.  Sad thing is, I don't even have much craft stuff in there anymore!  James has been storing boxes of junk back there.

I think while I'm working on other areas of the house, I'll have James focus on our bedroom.  I'd like to make use of our closest.  It would be great to store his "end of the world" junk in there (yes, my husband truly believes the world will end in December this year).

I think I want to get another card table for my bedroom.  Put my craft stuff in here instead of the laundry room.  It's where most of it is anyways.  Just not organized very well due to lack of proper storage and the stuff.

Jeepers it's 1am!  And I don't get to sleep in tomorrow.  Not even sure I'll get a nap.

That's my plan, my goal, my resolution.  De-clutter this trailer!

Signed,
Super Mom