Getting Organized: My Nightstand

I have never been the most organized person, and by that I mean most of the time my floor is nothing more than a fond memory that has been taken over by my clothes, magazines, and any other objects that I got bored with. So, when I started this organization adventure, it seemed like a refreshing opportunity to do something i normally wouldn't. The hardest part was choosing which daunting task to decide tackle. In the end I chose my nightstand because I have been meaning to get rid of most of the junk sitting on it anyways and I would like to use it as a place to put my laptop.

My first step to organizing my nightstand was to discard anything that I did not need anymore. This included many past months' issues of Seventeen magazine as well as old worksheets that had happened to find their way over to my nightstand. I have a habit of holding onto things out of fear that the minute they're gone I am suddenly going to need them. However, surprisingly, it felt good to finally throw out all the things that had just been sitting there for months that I had yet to use.

Once I had gotten rid of everything i no longer needed (about 85% of what was on my nightstand) it was time to organize the remainder of what i had. My nightstand has a shelf underneath, which i used to put all of the books that I decided to keep. Then i had a shoe box that i used to put the rest of my magazines and put that under the nightstand. Finally, i put my scrapbook in the drawer of my nightstand and everything else back to where it belonged (i.e. DVDs in the basement, jewelry in my jewelry box).

At last, I had a place to put my laptop when I am not using it, where it can can charge. To my surprise this was a rather pleasant experience for me. Somehow having less clutter in my room created a sense of less clutter in my mind and left me feeling a little relaxed. I played music while I was cleaning and after a while, it stopped feeling so much like work. Overall I'm very pleased with myself and I am going to work hard to try to keep it as organized as it is now.