In my family, I am known as the neat one. We came to this conclusion when my oldest sister moved to college. For many years, my two sisters shared a bedroom. Now, I love them to death... but their room was a disaster. It was filled to the brim with various stuffed animals and papers and clothes and suspiciously fuzzy coffee cups. Katie claimed that she was orderly and it was entirely Erin's doing... Erin claimed that she was the organized one and Katie was the cause of the chaos. When Katie moved out, it was soon apparent that they were equally at fault. Katie's dorm was just as messy as Erin's new single bedroom. Now both sisters fully accept their messy natures. While they were sharing a room, I switched between spending some nights in my mom's bed and some nights in a storage bin full of pillows which I proudly called my bed. Because of my lack of room, I had very few personal belongings which automatically left me with the title of Young Family's Most Tidy Kid. The combination of my nomadic nature and my love of organizational self help books, has shaped me into the semi neat freakish person I am today. I am in no way implying that my room is always clean. However, when there is a mess around me, I notice that I have trouble focussing. When filling out my bio for finding a roommate at college, I stressed the importance of having a very clean room. I also made it clear that I like waking up early and going to bed early... you will probably not be surprised to hear that I will not be having a roommate this year. Annnnyway, the point of this very long winded intro is to introduce (duh) my new goal of getting rid of stuff I don't use. I was inspired by my close friend who shares my love of organizational self help books. She systematically went through all of her things and only kept stuff which was truly sentimental or that she used in her everyday life. I like the idea of doing this because I feel like it perfectly represents a fresh start. There's something so satisfying about sloughing off the old things that are hiding on your closet floor or in the back of a shelf. In addition to being therapeutic, I feel like purging my things is a good idea before I leave! I don't have to think as hard about what to pack. Anyhow, at this point in my post I'm realizing that there's no real reason why anyone would particularly care about the fact that I'm going to clean my room... but it's a little too late to change the subject. I also acknowledge that my intro was longer than my actual post... long story short, I just wanted to share with you that I am excited to declutter my life. That's all :)
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NT
8/13/2017 03:12:45 pm
Would your scrap booking count as tidying up? Just curious how you would define it if you believe you have a tendency to hoard papers
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Kerry
8/14/2017 08:04:12 am
I guess scrapbooking is a way of putting all my papers in one place, I hadn't thought about it like that before!
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AuthorHey, it's Kerry:) I have 2 older sisters and they both started a blogs... so naturally (being the little sister) I joined the bandwagon. So here I am! I hope you enjoy, if not... well go find something else to do. :) Archives
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