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Paper Clutter

Posted 29th September 2008 by mamajama, tagged organization, home office, clutter

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I'm going to show you something that's a little embarassing.  In the last year I've gone from being probably one of the worst house keepers in the world to in the 50th percentile at least.  Some places are better than others.  Our bathroom is VERY nice, the bed gets made about twice a week, the floor is vaccuumed and picked up, and the laundry is about two loads from being done. 

I'm pretty proud of all of that.  You see, I was the child that my Mom fought with constantly about keeping my room clean.  I always turned my school work in on time and got great grades, but you wouldn't have guessed it from looking at my bedroom.  My dresser was always piled high with half-way dirty clothes (you know the stuff that you wear for half a day and don't want to put through the wash yet). Anyway, I was also a stacker....all of my papers and books and things that I didn't know what to do with would go on one master pile (usually on my floor). 

Well old habits die hard I guess, because on top of what seems to be my printer is this....it looks like this every day...and no I'm not proud of it.





2 comments so far...

  • Hi mamajama, that's awesome! Good for you . :-) I am a TERRIBLE paper piler, among other things. I recently broke down & hired a professional organizer to help me, as my house was past the dust-bunnies-under-the-bed stage. It was descending into chaos. Yes, a professional organizer is very costly. The reason I decided to pursue it now (I had been thinking about it for a long time) was the tax rebate $; I put that towards this expense. The process of cleaning up and clearing out is going slower than I thought, as it takes time to whittle through these piles and such, but it has been a definite help. I'm not quite there yet; I still need help. However, I may have to slow down our appts b/c of the shaky economy. But one thing I have no doubt about was that I NEEDED HELP. Some people have the knack to handle these sorts of things; I don't. But I'm trying to change. - Paula.

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by tkd_mama on 30th September 2008

  • I have a desk which looks like this. It drives my hubby nuts.

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by lynn59 on 29th September 2008

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