Clutter

Photo by Jen Wong

Although the idea of the future scares the crap out of me, there is one thing that I look forward to so much- having my own place. I love love love places like Ikea so I can check out how rooms are decorated and designed, and magazines! & I love really nice-looking houses. If you're ever in a car with me, you've had to hear at least one comment about a house come out of my mouth. I'm really excited to decorate my own place, and keep it organized.

For those of you that don't know, my house is a mess. It's not exactly decorated trendy, and we're basically pack rats. We have everything and anything, and it definitely shows throughout our house. It's a mess, and I'm willing to admit it. I swear the whole family knows, but my parents both work a lot, so it's not like they'd clean it & I don't think my brother really cares. & as for me, well whenever I do decide to organize something, no one follows my system and it gets messed up, so I just stop trying.

So with all that being said, you'd think that my room is super neat & organized or something, but sadly, no. In fact, my room is a total mess right now, and I would like to address that.

I heard somewhere that when your desk is cluttered, you have a cluttered mind, or something along those lines. I do have to admit... it's typically true. I feel so much better when my room is clean/decent. Right now, it looks as if a tornado hit it because I've really had no time to clean and organize in, and I do have to say that my mind is completely, fully, and utterly cluttered. Here's the thing: my mind is so cluttered that I can't even reach the stage where I'd even start to clean my room... or start to address all the thoughts in my head. I spent all of today basically sitting in my bed, looking at my room as if it were going to clean itself. (Not to mention trying to prevent my nightmare thoughts from taking over my life).

I really need to declutter both my room, and my life. Anyone want to help?