One Drawer at a Time: Working in the Bedroom

 

I am working in the bedroom now and this is probably the most difficult room in the house for this process. One of the reasons it's hard is because this room, more than others, is where there are many piles of things.  It is so easy for me to just set something down in the bedroom and say to myself that I will deal with it later. I think that it is because no one, and I mean no one, ever goes into my bedroom other than myself so that makes it a safe place to be messy.  It honestly drives me nuts but admittedly I do not do anything to prevent this piling process. This is definitely a room where my "don't put it down, put it away" philosophy needs to be activated and utilized!!

The other reason that the bedroom is difficult for me is my clothes.  Now, I do not have too many clothes.  I have just enough.  Maybe that is the problem.  This is a mental thing.  Because of my weight gain, there are many items of clothing that I cannot wear right now.  Hence, I go through this whole struggle of "I may be able to wear it again someday." So, this one is hard for me.  I am currently going through my chest of drawers where most of my clothes are.  Many of my t-shirts are now what I call "belly shirts."  I have very few that go down below my waistline anymore but oh well.  And I convince myself that I can just wear these shirts around the house because who cares?  And I put them back into the drawer.

So, given this mental dilemma, I am going to use my "one drawer at a time" process in the bedroom not to necessarily purge but to motivate.  I am going to keep these things to remind myself that I need to make the changes in my life necessary so that I can wear these clothes in public again someday.  And, yes, I will eliminate the many piles in the room as well.  It is just a different process in this room and I am ok with that.