Life is complicated and stressful. Coming home should not make you feel stressed out. But I believe that is exactly what many people feel when they come home. Living in your home should not be complicated. How many times have you been running around like a chicken with it's head cut-off searching for your keys or an important phone number or what have you? My goal in writing this blog is to help you simplify some areas in your life because goodness knows there are enough complicated things in it already.
So let's start out with a first step in organizing the chaos that can surround our days. Think of a few things that would make it easier to live in your current surroundings. These should be things that you can control . They could be small things or larger things. Here's an example of something very small that changed my life. All the crazy straws in our kitchen cabinet were driving me CRAZY! They were in a plastic cup standing upright. They barely fit into the cabinet and were constantly getting in the way and getting knocked over. I wrestled with those things for ages it seems. Finally one day I had enough. I decided it was time to remedy this situation. Around the same, time the junk drawer in the kitchen was overflowing with too much junk. I cleaned out this drawer and moved things to different locations that made more sense. Really, who needs 4 rolls of scotch tape, 3 rolls of packing tape and 2 rolls of masking tape in the kitchen anyway? I discovered a perfect spot in my newly cleaned drawer, for a small rimmed cookie sheet. Voila! A perfect place to corral those crazy straws! So now I have a junk drawer that's not so junky and a designated place for the straws. I happily give the boys a crazy straw with their orange juice each morning. It's amazing how one small thing can change everything.
Whether or not you have a crazy straw drama in your home is beside the point. But most likely there are some things that are constantly on your nerves. Think outside the box. Figure out a plan of action that will remedy these things. Things don't always have to occupy the space they always have. For a long time our DVDs were on an upstairs bookshelf because that bookshelf was their home in our previous house. The DVD player was downstairs. How much sense does that make? I cleaned out a dresser in our living room and made room for them. Problem solved. (As a side note, dressers work in any room in your house. They contain excellent storage and have a nice table-like surface.) Sometimes we get so used to things being a certain way we don't even think about it. And rethink the purpose of everyday objects in the home. That cookie sheet won't ever bake a batch of cookies and the dresser is holding DVDs not sweaters. Look around your home with new eyes and decide what small things you can do that will make your life easier and less complicated.
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