Organised heaven

Chaos

Muji calm

My perfect bed

Feels I’ve had a constant stream of boxes being delivered at home in the last two months, my beautiful Roberts MP53 Radio, my photos, my candle-making material, my Folio books, my returned Roberts radio and on and on,  so my room has felt like a constant storage unit and I have felt totally ill at ease with such accumulated mess, but anyway got to sorting out and I’m pretty pleased with the ongoing progress. Not sure when I’ll feel happy enough to tick this one off the list, as it feels like a continuous process and that I’m FOREVER acquiring things as quickly as I get rid of stuff, but anyway no more as Nadine now has possession of my debit card and will only give me my food and £100 miscellaneous monthly allowance. Anyway these Muji storage boxes, THE. BEST. INVENTION. EVER.
 Thanks for the hook-up Dimska.  So have one for my eye make up (decided I need no other make-up, foundation free for life now) and one for my night-time ritual. Got rid of lots of things and realised that I have ALL the cleansers and moisturizers, shampoo and conditioners (thanks to Olu and Dimska for my Carol’s Daughter goodie box) I’m gonna need for the rest of the year in my spare storage boxes. So just want to use all of what I have before I buy any ‘replacements’.

Having read through all of Regina Hall’s ‘One Year to an Organised Life’ and ‘One Year to an organised work life’ it actually feels like it’s falling into place. I packed my case for Peru over the weekend (normally I’m flinging things into case on day of travel) and I aim to NEVER again travel with more than my cabin luggage and big Zara shopper. It feels so good to have everything at hand, all my bathing and skin care products were decanted into Muji bottles and I’ve bought two of everything I use so that I don’t have to put things back when I return. My bathing and skin travel bag will always be ready when I need it.

My workspace is immaculate and has stayed that way for 17 days, normally it does not last more than a week after I clean and its cos like Regina says you gotta have a system. So my system is work on one thing at a time and when finished, all paperwork goes into relevant folders. I spent the best part of a full day (feels like it) sorting through my expenses and charge card statements from last year, so that constant reminder of piled up receipts is no longer cluttering up my valuable workspace. It makes such a difference having a clean space and a system. I have actually been 10 times more productive. Also helps that I’m sat by a window now and getting some natural light and pretty much separated from the rest of the office. That physical distance from the negative energy of a particular person has also been a total godsend. Soooo onwards and upwards with continued decluttering and organisation.