One of the issues I'm trying to deal with while actually cleaning out is the reason WHY it ever became an issue. I feel like it is very much akin to being over weight. There is usually an underlying issue behind the extra weight, and those issues vary person to person. Likewise with the clutter we have collected in our basement has a reason behind it and I aim to find it.
I know one simple reason it happens is that it can. We have a small house with little storage space on the main level, no linen closet or even a pantry where items can be tucked, so it gets put down in the basement where it is quickly out of sight out of mind.
Today I am tackling one of those such "items" that get sent downstairs to be "dealt with later."
As soon S started kindergarten the papers started coming home. Oh the papers. Stacks, reams, bolts of paper. Some with a few scribbles on them, others full blown art projects, traces of letters and numbers, writing practice, cutting practice, coloring practice, paper, paper, paper....
Lucky for me I had been given this amazing idea back before S started preschool and it has saved my life!
Photograph each piece of art work and make a digital photo book/cd/dvd of the art work and then throw away the actual piece.
Now I don't throw away everything I keep some special art projects and even special papers that come home, "tests" (as they exist in kindy), and awards. I just recently found this great organization idea on pintrest (really where else) that you should really check out if organizing kids pictures, art work, school stuff is an issue for you. I even have 2 small file folder boxes already and the hanging files to put in them temporarily, eventually I will need bigger ones (that match cause I've got issues), but for now I don't have to spend any money to start this organizational project.
So today I took a lot of paper work from a big mess of piles in the basement to one small orderly pile that is going in S's File Box.
 |
| Left: Keep, Right: Toss
|
No comments:
Post a Comment