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Closets, Clutter and Deployment!
By elaine | February 27, 2011
I’m starting the year 2011 feeling “cluttered.” I feel like my work life, and sometimes my personal life is overloaded and I find it difficult to figure out how to prioritize things. Just when I remember something I have to do, I forget something else! There are just too many things around me right now. Have you ever felt like that? I went to put groceries away in my pantry and found that it was so cluttered that I couldn’t find a place for a box of Cheerios! Now that’s sad. Then I hung up some clothes in my closet and was hit in the head by boxes – some empty and some full – that fell from the shelf above the clothes bar. I realized then that everything around me was cluttered; closets, office, kitchen, etc. So I’m thinking that maybe if I clean out some of the clutter around me, that my life will begin to feel less cluttered too. So here’s my experiment: I’m going to clean out the closets. I’ll throw out (hopefully) things I can’t even remember last using, and give away things that could prove helpful to other people. I feel like it might be a cleansing from the inside out if I can surround myself with a less cluttered environment. So I started with the pantry and am amazed at how great it is to open the door and actually be able to see what’s on the shelves! Now I need more food – not really!
Look around you and see if the clutter is making you feel out of control. Especially if you’re going through a deployment, because you’re taking on so much more just by the fact that you’re missing an adult in the household! Can your kids help you put the toys away? Are there others who could use some of their old furniture and toys? Can you donate them to the childcare center at your FRG or FAC? Maybe it will help you to get back in control if you clean out your closets too – both physical and mental. Let me know how it goes, and I’ll keep you informed from my end too. Ok – now off to clean the hall closet!
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