Cleaning the bathroom shelves

 It is interesting to me to see how much better I feel, in general, when I look at an area of the house that is exactly like I want it to be.  Well, maybe not %100 exactly as I want it, but close enough to be satisfying.  There is quite a sense of accomplishment about that kind of thing with me.  I enjoy the process of going through and organizing stuff so that I know what all is there and where I can easily find it later when I need it.

Yesterday, I cleaned and organized my bathroom shelves.  On Facebook, I posted that I reorganized them but honestly, that's not true. They were not organized to begin with.  The shelves had become a catch all for so many different things that there was no organization whatsoever.  It was just a mess. And that bothered me simply because I look at these shelves every day.  It's one of the first things I see every morning.  And having it in a state of chaos and sloppiness drove me crazy.  It often set my mood for the day.  It definitely could take a chunk out of my sense of motivation, that's for sure!

The task of cleaning the shelves has been on my list for a few weeks now and I finally decided it was time to tackle that project.  It was a good thing to do while waiting on laundry in the dryer!  I took everything off the the shelves and sorted it all into groups on the bed.  I used the bed on purpose because that's where I fold clothes.  So, I was forcing myself to get this task done so that I could get that task done.  And that idea worked.  At first it seemed overwhelming because it was a lot of stuff and like things were not together on the shelves.  Surprisingly, there were not many outdated products that had to be tossed.  A few, but not many.

Once I got everything sorted, then came the huge decision making process of what would go where on the shelves.  A delicate task that need not be taken lightly. Things needed to be easily accessible yet still stay with similar items.  And it must be aesthetically pleasing...that's one of the points of this project anyway! And I managed to do that.  I put almost everything back onto the shelves in a way that I could find it easily and I liked its appearance.  There were only two items that did not make it back onto the shelf but that's ok.  They are really more items for the linen closet.  I don't have a linen closet, but that's where they need to go.  I will find a home for them eventually.  But overall, I am pleased with the finished product.

Now comes the hard task of maintaining that organization.  That is never been one of my strong suits.  But I do hope that the feeling of relief I get from just looking at how nicely everything is placed will encourage me to keep it that way. And I hope that feeling will motivate me to other areas of the house.  It would be nice not to simply look around the house and feel stressed because it's a chaotic mess.  One can only hope!

That is all