Organizational Week

 

 

Ok, I have to start this first posting by admitting something all of my friends already know… I am a full fledged NEAT FREAK. I HATE clutter. It literally makes me lose my sh*t, break out into hives, sweats, and shakes.  I have literally had to stop myself from organizing other people’s cabinets. One night my friends thought it would be funny to move everything in my kitchen around. I didn’t speak to them for a week! Who does that kind of thing???? I mean……..  This isn’t a newly acquired CRAZY either. This is “deep seated, long running, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest” crazy. At age 4 my parents found me standing on the bathroom counter “cleaning”. I was organizing our medicine cabinet.

 

This is why people pay me to organize their world. I was born to do it. And since I’m not a stingy person (just a little left of normal), I plan to share all my organizational wizadry with you. Once a month I will give you a tried and true, sure fire way to streamline your life. Whether you implement these pearls of wisdom is up to you. But seriously, why wouldn’t you?!?!?!

This month we are going to start in the HAVEN of a woman’s life…. THE BATHROOM. Over the course of her life a woman spends countless hours in her bathroom; showering, exfoliating, plucking, primping, teasing and just straight up enjoying all the ways we have at our finger tips to get beautiful. Unfortunately, all this beautifying means more bottles, tubes, bands, brushes and canisters than we can possibly have room for.

My linear brain couldn’t handle all of this so I found a way to deal with the clutter and mayhem. And it only required a trip to Target and saving deli containers - Oh and my trusty label maker. Ok I have to admit I have two of them. One is a nice mini option that I can haul around with me (you never know when there will be a labeling emergency.. seriously) and the other is the mother of all label makers with a full keyboard and 12 different type styles. Who knew you needed to use different fonts for different labeling projects – ME.

For those of you who don’t have a label maker, you can make labels on your printer using label stock or just plain paper and some tape but seriously where is the fun in that? Sigh….. definitely not as pretty either.

From Target purchase stackable, storage bins. I like the ones with pretty blue snap closures. I find the process of sealing them closed VERY satisfying. (please see above admission that I am INSANE). I also recommend reusing the plastic food containers that your take out orders come in. From there it’s a breeze.

 

Start by sorting your bathroom paraphernalia into categories and containers-  First Aid, Nail Stuff, Facial Items, Dental and Vision, Extra Make Up, Hair Bands, Clips, Bobby Pins, etc. Then label your containers and seal. Each container is now labeled and stacked neatly in my bathroom cupboards and drawers. It is beyond easy to find what I need when I need it. I don’t break out in hives when I am in the bathroom. And even better is the look on my friends’ faces when they ask for a band aid and I show them the FIRST AID container. YEP INSANE!