Are you having difficulty finding something to wear? As a professional organizer in Bowie, Maryland and Reading, Pennsylvania, I help my clients to organize and simplify by focusing on what they want to keep in their closet.
Spend a few moments reflecting on how you want to spend your time and energy? Start this seemingly simple question...
Do you want to take care of it?
1. Is it worth your time and energy to fold it or hang it up after each use?
Placing your clothes on a chair or leaving them in the laundry basket is a quick solution in our busy lives. However, we are often left searching though the pile when we are rushed.
It takes time to create a space for the items you choose to keep. Investing the time and energy signals to you and others in the home that you are changing how you will use the space and the things in it.
2. Is it worth your time to mend it or take it to the dry cleaner?
This indicates that the article of clothing means something to you, which is why you would take the effort to take it to the cleaners or to spend time mending it.
3. How much energy do you want to spend on it?
Your brain pays attention to everything in your visual field. Clutter is overwhelming to the brain and creates misery. You are spending mental energy on everything in your visual field. Many people find that seeing projects, including laundry, throughout the house is stressful.
Find a place to store clothes, especially laundry that needs to be folded, that isn’t in your line of sight when you enter your bedroom. Keeping the laundry to fold in one place will help to reduce stress until it's time to fold, hang up, and put away.
I hope the questions above will help you as you uncover the joy in your closet.
If you have questions or would like to schedule my mindful home organizing services, , contact me .