Down sizing in place

[susandennis]

Clutter goals.

My goal is to have only thoughtful clutter. When I move my eyes around the room I only want to see stuff I want to see. If it should be hidden in a drawer, closet or cupboard, that's where I want it to be.

Furthermore, I never want to open a drawer or door and have to dig. I want to see what's in there at a glance. I do not want to ever lose shit in the house again. Everything needs a place and everything needs to be in that place.

After years and years of work, I am getting oh so close to achieving my clutter goals.

I have a storage unit in the garage that I cleared out years ago and now rent. I have four large cabinets out on the terrace. The last time my brother was here, he helped me clean them out. They now only hold a tiny fraction of what they did. The next step is to remove all of them and install one single set of shelving and move that stuff there (tools, cables, extension cords). That will empty out one whole side of the terrace and organize the other.

I have, over the past few weeks, reorganized my clothes. They are now tidily hanging, easy to see in two closets but one of those closets has 2 very long, large shelves that are empty!!

I have one more organizational mountain to climb and, really, at this point, it's more of a molehill. But, it still has a bunch of stuff that I need to let go. I want empty shelves in there as well. So tomorrow, that will happen.

There is, for me, such comfort and peace with having all my stuff organized. Knowing where everything is and that it is easy to get to.

Downsizing to me is only having stuff you actually have room for. I am so so so close.

Comments

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

I watch one of the minimalist Youtubers and try to take tiny steps all the time. This week she talked of a game where you get rid of one thing on Day One, two on the second day, etc. for a month. I did get the kitchen cabinets emptied of all the extra stuff we've accumulated but there's still so much to go. I have time.

[xinas_island]

"My goal is to have only thoughtful clutter."

Same. That is the end game I have been working towards as well. ☺
Sounds like you are well on your way to achieving thoughtful clutter.

[mollywheezy.livejournal.com]

I have those goals, too. We still have stacks of boxes from our move, because I am not putting things away until I have gone through them, make sure I still want them, and make sure they are put away properly where they can be easily found. MY mom doesn't want ANY visible clutter, so she crams it all into closets so it won't show, but then she can never find anything. My clutter shows, but at least I know where things are.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[dadi.livejournal.com]

You are my hero.

[susandennis]

:)

[laciann.livejournal.com]

My clutter is all very organized and in closets, as it should be. My problem is that I live in a rather large house. 5 bedrooms with neatly organized closets is still a lot of stuff! My craft room is bursting at the seams. Hubby has a large den (not so nicely organized). I have very way too many kitchen cupboards, so they’re all full, but neat and organized. Every once in awhile, the word “downsize” flits through my head, but it makes me shudder.

[susandennis]

I get that. I have 1,300 sq feet of fairly open space. It's too much space really but at least it's containable! If I had your house, I'd be in you exact boat.