As promised, here are some before, during, and after shots
of the corner of my computer room, my project for the weekend.
I was a little afraid that this wouldn’t get underway like I’d
planned, because, for those of you just tuning in, we added a furbaby to our
family Thursday night, so the past couple of days have been taken over by this
adorable adoptee that we named Shadow. I’ve
got a WHOLE other blog post about her in a day or so!
Anyway, back to the cleaning. First, the before photo (Yikes!):
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| The clean-up in progress... |
This picture is a perfect example of why I need to clean up and clean out my whole house!
I think it's pretty ironic that these two books, bought at different times and never used, are about organization! *Sigh...
To work through everything, I sat in the floor and literally
took one book, one piece of paper, one souvenir, one folder at a time and
decided where it was going to go.
Each
item could go in one of 5 banker boxes. Here
are the choices:
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| One box on the right left to sort through... |
- Give To
Church – these are some books I’m going to take to church when I finish this
room and let anybody who wants them take them or share them or whatever. There are books on organizing (hah!),
cookbooks, some Max Lucado and Joyce Meyers, devotionals, and books on
improving your relationship with God. I
just feel like they might help somebody besides me; somebody who’ll actually
read more than a couple of pages before starting something new!
- To Keep
& Place – these are things that I need to keep but that might be better off
in another room or stored differently in the computer room. Some of this is just things that need to go
back where they were taken from (like the room spray that migrated out of the
cleaning closet or the unopened package of bright red plastic plates!).
- Electronics
& Computer Stuff – I have cables and wires and gadgets that belong to stuff
I got rid of years ago. I kept a couple
of CAT-5 and USB cables, and a nice power strip, but the rest of it got
tossed. Why do I still need the car
charger to a phone I had 10 years ago! I’ll
also use this for software packages that I need to keep track of.
- To Shred –
Lots of the old papers I’m finding can be tossed (water bills, privacy notices
from 5 years ago, receipts I have no need to keep any longer), but some of them
need to be shredded. Once the whole room
is finished, I’ll have a huge shredding session and if anybody needs this stuff
for confetti or packing, I’m your gal!
- To Throw
Out / the Black Bag – these are my things to dump. Our trash collectors are gonna hate me for
the next few weeks, ‘cause I’ll probably have one or two of the Black Bags a
week to sit on the curb! The box is for
stuff that’s kind of odd-shaped or sized; the Black Bag is for papers and smaller
stuff.
I got a little supervision from Shadow as I was going
through all this stuff, but I made it! I
hadn’t seen that wall or the top of my little bookcase in who knows how
long! Yeah, there’s still stuff there,
but I have the boxes set up now and they’ll help me finish the rest of the
room. At the very end, I’ll take the
books to church, put all the “keep” stuff in appropriate places, have a useful
collection of software and spare cables, shred all the personal stuff, and
tossed anything in the Throw Out box or Black Bags.
The whole area took me about two hours total, but I have a
spot now in this room that isn’t swallowed up by The Pile. I’m happy, and I’m actually looking forward
to the next section that I clean!
Until next time…
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