In a message dated 01/31/2002 11:08:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I haven't gotten into it too deeply, but I also have an interest in Feng > Shui. Based on what I've learned and my personal experience, having a > clutter-free bedroom is extremely important. That would be one of the first > things I would work on. My bedroom is always peaceful & clear and I feel > more relaxed just walking into it. Your bedroom sounds wonderful, Diane! I'm so looking forward to the day that my BR is like that. From the little bit I've learned about Feng Shui, I know they say to keep the area under your bed cleared out, not to use it for storage space. Well, we recently got a new mattress and box springs (which is heaven, BTW!) and we went from a full size to a queen size bed. We had to clear out the old bed and make a little more room for the new one. Well, there was so much stuff under the bed. I knew it was where I kept my shoes, but of course, a bunch of them had drifted towards the middle of the bed. There were a bunch of misc. toys of my 4 YO under there too. Another really bad thing about my BR is that that is where my office is set up and where I work. There's just no other room anywhere here. And my 4YO often plays in here during the day while I'm working. It felt sooooo good to clear out everything from under the bed. I threw away at least 10 pairs of shoes and only have 6 pairs left, none of which duplicate each other in function. For example, I have my sneakers, some "hiking" boots (don't hike, but to wear when the weather's yucky outside with slush and stuff), a pair of clogs that double as slippers, and two pairs of dress shoes, one navy and one black. Usually either one or the other of the dress shoes should go with anything dressy I might wear. Oh, and I have a pair of flat black shoes that are "casual" to wear when I don't want to wear sneakers. There were, of course, also magazines under the bed, too. Stuff I laid (is that correct? LOL) next to my bed so I could read it before bed, but never got to, and it ended up getting pushed under the bed, too. Anyway, we cleared that all away, dumped so much stuff, and vacuumed, and it felt soooo good! I am sleeping a lot better already, and I'm determined to keep the floor underneath my bed clear, even though we're short on storage space here. Also, I'm planning to eventually move my office to the DR and make that into an office, but we need to redo the walls down there first. Once we do, I have our BR envisioned with how it's going to look. I can picture it being so serene and restful. I really can't wait! > Having a clear family area and kitchen is also important, but I would not > dump my "to be sorted" stuff in the bedroom. Is there another area where you > could keep the things to be worked on? If so, I would definitely do that. You're right about this Diane! I really need to declutter because we live in a row house that is over 100 years old, and the two closets it does have are pretty useless and they're very shallow and small. Every room in my house is being used and there's not much storage space left. I think one of the main reasons the BR is the dumping ground is when we have people over and are doing crisis cleaning, things get put into bags and are "hidden" in the BR. I'm working to reclaim my space. It doesn't help having the office in there - lots of paperwork generated there. > Once you break the habit of dumping stuff in the bedroom it will be easier to > maintain. I think you're right, Diane. Plus, once I declutter and find a home for everything, I think that'll make a world of difference. Right now, so much of my stuff is "homeless" and just drifts from place to place. > I have an attached single garage which I use as a "holding" area when I > clear junk from other rooms. That way I can deal with it as I have time without > cluttering our living area. Sometimes I leave things boxed there for awhile > til I'm ready to continue and make decisions on it or deliver it somewhere. Wow, that's great, Diane! Thanks for the suggestions! Mary Joan *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
