![]() Teagan has all kinds of plans to update her room and create a great space for her extended room. She understands this and part of our agreement is that I can take the room back if it is not appreciated and taken care of. I’m ok with just shutting the door to her main bedroom, but this second room I truly want her to keep orderly. ![]() She is amazing, and could use more space…and I have the ability to give it to her!Īfter communicating with her about my expectations for the ‘office turned Teagan’s extended room’ area, (which really is just to keep it orderly enough for me to easily dust and vacuum it with the rest of the house once a week), I decided she could take it. During the school year, she studies her cute little head off and needs a calm, clutter-free, quiet place to do it, especially as she enters college. Over the summer, she worked so hard, saved a ton of money and showed so much responsibility in many areas. I also recognized that Teagan (being a senior) has at least a year left with us, and has been talking about living at home for her first year of college, so we might get her for 2. I know it would force me to declutter and get rid of stuff that has been overflowing the office and office closet. The last few weeks I have softened to the idea for a few reasons. I feared a few things: giving up space where I stored a lot of my stuff, facing my room-sized junk drawer (who has the time?), and fear that I would just be trading my messy clutter for Teagan’s. It made sense since the rooms flow into each other, but I was immediately resistant. Teagan and her Grandma came up with the brilliant idea of clearing out the office and giving Teagan the space. ![]() We all know clutter attracts clutter, so I take responsibility for how easy it was for her to add to my piles with her stuff. My baby has grown up and needs more usable space in order to live more organized.īecause of her lack of space and her love for all the things, I would often find her stuff overflowing into the office area. Now it is overflowing with clothes, high heels, and past homecoming and prom dresses. Ironically, she choose her tiny room when she was little because of this “fun” step-up and slanted closet…it made the perfect private fort! I found her a few times using it as a place to pout about her ‘annoying’ little sisters or when she got in trouble for reacting to that annoyance! I picture her all tucked into the closet with her favorite yellow fuzzy comfort blanket, and it makes me smile.she was so little! Once inside the floor slopes and makes it hard to stand straight and reach anything. You literally have to step up about 2 feet to get into the tiny closet. She loves all the things but has the smallest room in the house with the tiniest, most dis-functional closet. Teagan has the ability to be organized, but it is not easy for her. I end up keeping clutter thinking I’m going to sell it, which just creates more work and does not help me embrace simplicity. You can’t see inside the bags so you won’t second guess or retrieve, and neither will your kids! I have one kid that is notorious for searching through my donate bags. ~Have bins/boxes and black yard waste bags all ready to grab and use. ~Clear out a small space, then keep plugging away at the rest. If you think too much, you will be paralyzed and get nothing done. ~Just start. There is no system or checklist that is going to do the work for you. In the process of dealing with my own clutter, have gathered some tips and tricks to help you declutter when you are feeling overwhelmed, too. I can’t stand seeing it every day, so I have been very motivated to chip away at the clutter. It is in our upstairs landing area, a place that I must walk through to get to my bedroom. I purposefully transferred all clutter to an area where I could not close a door or drawer and ignore it. I talked about how we cleared out the study (that had become a storage room) and put all clutter in one area upstairs. If you read my post last week called Facing the Clutter in that One Dreaded Room, you know I’ve been busy decluttering around here, and honestly was quite overwhelmed when facing my own clutter. ![]() I’ve gathered some tips and tricks to help you know how to declutter when overwhelmed.
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