SALUTATIONS FELLOW BLOGGERS!
Wow, I just did a MAJOR clearing out of my office and in the process I realized some things! With a cluttered office, I have a cluttered brain! So when I de-clutter my office, I find that my mind begins to work so much better and more efficiently!
I've been cleaning this office for the past 4 hours, and it is now 1 am and I can finally say that I'm extremely happy with how it all turned out. I have an office where when you come in, you seem y vanity to the right (this has all my makeup products and all my skincare and all that jazz), my shelves with a fish tank on top, and a large floating corner desk in front of you (that spans almost the length of my two walls) with 4 shelves of books right above it.
The problem I had was that when I moved in, I kind of tucked a couple of boxes underneath my corner desk that I never had time to go through and deal with (since we moved in right during Thanksgiving break and exams were going on and so were final projects). Because of this, 9 months later, I finally have gotten to those boxes and completely cleared out the bottom of my desk and got rid of a lot of junk and went through all the stuff in there.
I notice that when I'm in these cleaning moods, I'm less likely to be someone who hoards items, and I'll be more likely to throw away the stuff I don't need. I think that a good rule of thumb is that if you haven't touched it in a year, then you probably will not touch it next year either and then it will just end up clogging up your space and harshing with your mellow man! :)
After going through all those boxes, I windexed my vanity and organized all my makeup. I kind of did a perusal through my collection and threw out some things that I knew were old and not healthy to use anymore but one of these days I need to sit down and go through my whole collection and really get rid of all the stuff I don't use and make an organized collection of what I have so that I actually use it and mix and match more easily, knowing where everything is.
After doing that, I went through one of my bookshelves that stand on their own and did a complete reorganization of that. It looked really cluttered before because I had a lot of bags and extra miscellaneous items sticking either way but I went through everything, organized it all and made sure everything had it's own spot and place where it belonged. I also started laying out all the nursing textbooks that I already bought that way I could figure out what I still need to get.
After that, I went through everything on my desk and asked myself "Is this important information or can I throw it away? Or move to somewhere else where I can store it if it is important information?" That way I cleared my desk and the only things on it really are my computer, my printer and my jewelry holder! I've noticed that if you keep your surfaces cleaner and less cluttered with 40 million different things, it looks so much more clean-lined and organized. That way people are not going to be distracted by all the papers and all the magazines or books you have on the desk but can overall see cleanliness is a state of mind you like to stay in.
During this whole process, I lit a gorgeous smelling Green Tea Candle (that I mentioned in a previous post) and I turned on my computer and watched/listened to YouTube Videos. That way I can get in my videos and keep up with all the YouTubers I love watching while using my time wisely and cleaning. I also like to watch YouTube Videos while folding laundry or cleaning my kitchen, that way I'm not just sitting in front of the computer for hours not doing anything, but I'm multi-tasking!
Well, it's been a crazy day since right after coming home from work I went right to work on re-vamping our first floor (We've finished tearing up the floor, and putting new flooring down and today we painted everything - baseboards and all the molding and then all the walls too). So after doing that and then making food, and then cleaning my office, I'm ready for a long and hot bath! I think I'm going to use one of my Lush bath bombs (Review is coming soon!) so I'll talk to you all later and hope you have a wonderful and blessed Sunday! Stay Fabulous Darlings! :)
- Suzanochka -
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