How many times do you find yourself saying:
I just can’t get organized. I’m hopeless. I’ll never get things under control. The house is always a mess. It’s useless. Things are such a wreck around here all the time. My life is one huge mess – I can’t find anything.
Think about the power of words: watch your thoughts – listen to what you are saying and the tone in which they are said. Under your breath. In your mind. Out loud. Screaming…or silently while laying awake at night with the mind racing because you can’t sleep. All of this can be thought of as emotional baggage or the cluttered closets of the mind.
One thing that is interesting to me is that when I have completed an organizing project or made significant progress, I just want to stand there and admire it. Similar to the feeling when you get a new hairstyle you just love and keep looking in the mirror to happily check it or the way your nails draw your attention after a manicure.
Let’s say I just finished changing over my closet to reflect a seasonal change. I am excited about all the possibilities of new combinations of clothing I can put together. I have a different set of shoes to choose from. My jewelry usually stays the same, but maybe I have new accessories like scarves or hats to add to the look. I get up in the morning and it is fun to see what is there. I feel fresh and have a new perspective to start the day in different outfits. All of a sudden I find my words are changing too – they are more positive. I may say to myself in a very satisfying or confirming tone:
I am more organized now than ever before.
I like finding what I am looking for easily and effortlessly.
It is a joy to get dressed in the morning. I love everything in my closet. This will be fun to wear today.
And you know what…I tend to sing a happy tune as well. One positive thing can lead (or link) to another all day long. It becomes you – you wear it well.
I think that is one thing that clutter clearing and organization does for you. It puts you at ease and makes your life more enjoyable. It creates a different mind set. Maybe a new way to look at the phrase “Mind over Matter” – or even change it to “Kind over Matter”; because we sure tend to talk to ourselves in a whole new way and it seems to happen naturally with kindness.
It’s that time of year
Where you can go crazy, you can go sane,
Or you can have a candy cane… (Couldn’t resist).
So many choices…So little time
And just like with all of the hustle, bustle, shopping, gift giving, and food partaking…
You get to choose.
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I also recommend listening to the recorded story entitled The Spirit of Christmas.
“Yule” be glad you did!
In this most joyous season,
Be Well and Peace to You
Lorese
This desk and chair found a new home easily and effortlessly
You say Goodbye…
And I say Hello
Okay, I know it is a Beatles song, but it is what I was thinking of as this desk made the transition from one client’s home to another client. Both clients were making changes in their son’s bedrooms. One son was letting go of a desk he had outgrown and did not suit his personality or needs any longer. The other son was in need of a desk to create art and also to store his art supplies.
The amazing thing is how it all lined up as if it was this synchronized plan…
While working in son #2 bedroom, it was decided that a desk could really help in his room.
In the matter of a day or two,
I was notified that son #1 wanted to remove the desk to free up some much needed space.
Did I know of anyone that could use it?? You bet!!
I picked up the desk with matching chair (that just fit in my jeep) the evening before I was to be at son #2’s home.
Delivered and carried it upstairs and the most amazing thing…it matched his bedroom furniture as if it was made to match.
Don’t you just love stories like that where things line up and happen so easily and effortlessly? I know I do and the other thing I love is the fact that when you let go of something, you can be sure that there is someone, somewhere who will love and cherish it or has a genuine need for it.
William Morris wrote “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”.
Take a look around – is there anything that is taking up space that doesn’t fit the above criteria? Let it go (from your possession) and let it go to someone who can really use or cherish it.
Say goodbye if you need to (I have done that before – it feels better).
And let someone else say hello.
And in keeping with the Neat Nest Motto, it will help you to “Love where you Live”.
Be well and peace to you,
Lorese Harper
Neat Nest
Clutter Clearing and Organization
I’ve been looking for THAT!!!
One of my favorite moments while helping clients clear clutter and organize their homes is when I hold something up to ask a question and they exclaim (and sometimes squeal)… I’ve Been Looking For THAT!!!
They become instantly happy!
One client lost hope of seeing one of her favorites – a necklace handcrafted by a silversmith in Iowa. The necklace is the Saint Cecelia Cross, Patron Saint of Music. She has a special attachment to the necklace as she is very accomplished in many venues of musical nature. It is not replaceable as the silversmith stopped making them about ten years ago. The last time she saw the necklace was in Keokuk Iowa about six years ago before her move to Indiana. When we were clutter clearing, I found it at the very bottom of a box (filled with toys) and set it aside to ask her about it. She thought she had seen the last of it and was certainly a happy camper with the reunion.
It is interesting that sometimes when we let go of things we don’t use, need or love, we then create a vacuum for things that we do want (and will cherish) to come to us. I knew by the look on her face that this is a cherished necklace and it now has a home, living with all of her other jewelry. The jewelry is stored “like with like”. All of the bracelets live together. All of the earrings are with earrings and necklaces are stored together as well.
When organizing, one of the techniques commonly used is to sort items like with like. Then you can see the amount of like items you own and make easy decisions about which ones can go and which ones will be keepers. After clearing the “don’t wants”, then you organize and store your keepers together “Like with Like”.
In the Neat Nest terminology I like to call it “Birds of a feather flock together”.
Instant Happiness. Reunions. Clearing
Who knew that clearing clutter could give you Instant Happiness! Try it and let me know what happy reunions show up in the process.
Be well and peace to you,
Lorese Harper
Neat Nest
Clutter Clearing & Organization
www.neatnest.net
A New Year – A New You!
It’s January 2011. In fact today is 1/11/11. I like that – it reminds me that we are all connected – we are all one.
Are you feeling connected…to your home, your personal space, your environment?
If not, my wish for you is that you will experience a wonderful transformation this year. My hope is that your home will soon reflect who you are.
Some say…Out with the old…In with the new.
I would like to rephrase that with “Out with the old…In with the YOU”
Reinvent a room as a space that reflects the current you. Think of it as a reflection of who you are and/or who you want to be verses being held back by items or possessions that represent who you were in the past. Take some time and steps to release the past by reducing excess. If it doesn’t fit you or your life now (and I’m not just talking clothing here), consider letting it go to someone (remember we are all connected), who will truly utilize and cherish it.
That’s what I mean by out with the old…In with the YOU.
I saw a sign on a fridge that I wrote down. It stated:
This time next year you’ll wish you had started today.
It is indeed a new year – one to celebrate you in all your you-ness.
Reflect – Reinvent – Reorganize
And in keeping with my Neat Nest bird theme…I hope you will be proud as a peacock!!!
Be well and peace to you,
Lorese Harper
Neat Nest
Clutter Clearing & Organization
Rubbermaid Slide ‘n Stack
| Have you ever thought you would pull your hair out (or twist your back) looking for canned goods in the lower cabinets of your kitchen?Or do you have a wonderful pantry – yet the only things you really have visibility or access to are the items in the front row? (I recently had a client explain that some canned goods explode in the very back of the pantry – certainly an undesirable mess to contend with).
Enter a very hard working storage solution that I absolutely love – the Rubbermaid Slide ‘n Stack Stacking Basket. It is amazing the amount of product each basket will hold. Made of hard working heavy duty plastic, simply separate your items to store in ” like with like” categories. Then label the basket with the type of product it holds (beans, corn, fruit). Slide the baskets in place – side by side on your shelves. Ready to access? Simply slide the basket out with a motion like a drawer and make your selection. Tip: you may want to space your shelves to accommodate the height of the baskets or even add additional cabinet shelves to utilize the vertical space available. Other benefits to love:
Oh, and you won’t have to contort yourself like a pretzel just to find what you are looking for – that you know you have – here – somewhere! Instead just visualize…Oh, here it is – Just what I need – When I need it! Ahhhhhh………..Love this product! |
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5″ Rubbermaid® Slide ‘n Stack Stacking Basket 19.6″D x 5.9 ” W x 4.8″ H
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