January is Get Organized Month
Today I was reading Maricar’s “Keeping the Castle” (another b5 blog) and discovered that January is Get Organized Month. Every month is known for something and now I know about January. I guess the people that made this decision probably figured that January was a good month for organization since you’ll mostly be inside and there are no major holidays in the month to distract you. Even though I did not know that January was a month to get organized, I am pleased to say that I have done some organizing.
At the school where I teach there is a closet where the teachers keep their art & craft supplies. That closet has been a major irritation to me since I started working there. Thankfully, that is no longer the case. Last weekend my parents were visiting us so I took my dad to work with me. We spent about 3 hours organizing the closet. Now each item is organized neatly into a box that is clearly label. It is nice to walk into the closet now and see signs for wiggle eyes, chenille stems, pony beads, feathers, and so forth.
Also this month I have tackled the pile station in my house - the kitchen counter. I know, I told you about this one the other day. Thankfully I spent several hours shredding, filing, and recycling papers. The counter is not completely cleaned off now, but it looks so much better now.I like Maricar’s take on the matter of organization. I agree with her. We cannot do everything and be a good mom to our kids. Sometimes things cannot always be the way we want them to be. I cannot live my life being stressed out all the time because of the way my house looks. I just have to deal with as much as I can and teach my kids some responsibility along the way.
Tags: b5-blog, clutter, home-life, housekeeping, messy-home, organizationI cannot advocate messiness and will always strive for some semblance of order in my house. But I also see the pitfalls of being obsessed with neatness. Mine is a 3-person job. Two little kids in the house, meals to prepare, bathrooms to clean, laundry to wash, and toys to put away every single day. At this point in my life, striving for neatness is causing me some amount of stress, and I never get there anyway. I want a clean house. I want neat closets. But, until the kids are older, I’d probably have to shelve such aspirations.
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