#TIDYING

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In this August 6 video, Abd El Rahman shows a timelapse of cleaning debris from his backyard. It's a long process, not only removing broken cement and cinder blocks, but throwing away trash and removing dirt as well.

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[sidewalkchemistry]

from the 'sacred spaces {feng shui & adornment}' Pinterest board

[labelleizzy]

Sometimes I just have to go back to old habits. Like back in the day, I was getting daily emails from the website Flylady.net.

Got my shoes on. Got my kitchen timer on. Challenged myself to see how much better I could make the kitchen look in 10 minutes.

I cleared the kitchen island. Put away all the food, got all the dirty dishes into the sink. Started a load of laundry. Made up my third cup of coffee. Washed out some recycling and got it to the bin. Oh, now I can see the acetaminophen which I need to take today.

Do I still have a big mess? Yes I do. I came home from 2-week trip, and I'm still finding stuff I need to put away and laundry I need to do.

But my ADHD ass developed the self-care habits, routines, tips and tricks, originally in the late '90s due to this nice southern lady. She used to send out daily emails encouraging us to take care of ourselves and giving us ideas on how to tackle big home care projects, self-care projects, but mostly home care.

It was a lot of email. And not being Christian, I didn't always appreciate her dropping of God references. But without her structure, without her having figured out that there was tons of us out there, struggling with our lives and managing our shit...

She helped me a lot. The chaos is mostly controlled. (She used to backronym CHAOS as "Can't Have Anybody Over Syndrome" heh)

I'm no longer ashamed of my habitat (and also, thank you, @unfuckyourhabitat for continuing the momentum of this particular way of working).

Gonna finish my coffee ☕ and then set the timer for another 10 minutes. Got a friend coming over for dinner 🍽️ and I can stand to do a bit more tidying up.

Use the tools that work for you!

[manasseh]

it's unusual for me to have it this messy haha

✧ desk

✧ emergency grocery run and emergency second dinner for emergency why do we have surprise guests over

i love how often i still use my sheet music gear

[vixenanswers]

Love what youre doing in this blog <3

Do you have any tips of staying organised, specifically keeping a tidy wardrobe and desk? Usually it takes me a long time to clean but normally whenever I finally tidy the things they never stay that way for long..

Thank you o2studies ♥️

I’m always really happy to hear that people are enjoying my stuff and it’s helpful to them!

I also really relate to struggling to keep your space organized as I used to struggle with that a lot when I first moved out. So I collected some tips that helped me and I hope they will do so for you too.

General tips:

Find a place for everything: The most important step in staying organised is to create an organization system that works for you. I think the things you need to keep in mind are 1. where do you need your things? 2. where is it easy to grab your things from? If you found a place that accomplishes both these points, try to keep your things in

Containers!: Putting things in containers prevents them from just laying around and thus reduces visual clutter. You can also just have a bucket where you put things that you need to put away later -> makes the tidying-up-process less overwhelming. This works both with containers for pencils and papers on your desk and for organizers in your closet

Put things away after using them: This is ofcourse one of the most basic tips, but it can be very helpfull to keep your place tidy. If you put things away after using them they don’t pile up.

Take time every day to de-clutter: If the last tip doesn’t work for you try this instead. For me this time used to be after coming home from school and now its in the morning before I start studying. Instead of taking a lot of time to clean everything, take a little time each day to for example put away the papers you worked on or the clothes you wore yesterday

Desk organization tips:

Keep only what you need on you desk: A cluttered workspace can be distracting and make it difficult to focus on the task at hand. It’s also helpful too keep open desk space, so you have space to work.

-> Keep things you need often nearby: Keeping the things you need most near your dominant hand makes it easier to grab them. This also makes it easier to put them back where they belong and you don’t have to shuffle things around because they’re hard to reach

Utilize your wall space, the space under your desk and stack vertically: A floating shelve/a pegboard or drawer organizers can be helpful to have more storage space and stacking things vertically is a more efficient use of space

Organize your desk according to your work process: Again if things already are where you need them to be, you don’t need to put them back and it’s also just more efficient. For example; a lot of people work from left to right, so they put documents they need to work on on the left of their desk and the documents they finished working on on the right

Wardrobe organization tips:

Clean out your closet: It can be hard to keep your wardrobe organized, when it’s overflowing so start off with downsizing and decluttering. Selling some off your stuff on websites like Poshmark or eBay or donate it to give it a second live

-> Make future clean outs easier: Place a distinct (i.e., brightly colored) hanger at the front of each section of your closet. Every time you wear something and wash it, hang it up in front of that hanger. After a few months, it’ll be pretty easy to see what got worn and what didn’t

-> Pack away seasonal clothing: Try to store the clothes you don’t need at the time somewhere else (like in another storage space/boxes or vacuum packs) to make place in your wardrobe

Create Zones: You could divide items by type, by color or based on how frequently you use them. Put high-use items in the front so they’re easy to grab and you don’t have to go through all your things. Zones also help to get an overview of everything you have so you again don’t have to go through everything

=> Hope that helped, thanks for the question!

[saskia-mae]

monthly reset

hi everyone! since it’s the end of the month, i thought i’d tell you what i do at the end of every month, to prepare for the new month :)

brain dump tasks for the month ahead

this includes any events I have, such as a party, someone's birthday, important deadlines or exam dates, as well as the revision I want to get done in the month.

organise my calendar

i use multiple calendars to keep myself organised. first, i use ical and a physical calendar for birthdays and parties/events. then I use google calendar to time block my week out, adding in when I'm at school, my morning routine, study sessions, workout sessions and my free time. to organise my revision, I have a separate monthly study planner from emmastudies.com that I fill out. i have this above my desk on my corkboard, which helps me to know what revision I have to do on any given day.

set goals

to do this i look at my yearly goals (which i have on my yearly notion page), and then i decide how my yearly goal can be broken down into an achievable yet challenging monthly goal. for example, one of my yearly goals this year is to learn german, so one of my recurring monthly goals is to do german on duolingo daily. as I'm doing my a levels this year, my german study isn't too intensive, but once I've sat my exams in the summer I'll increase how much I study german.

tidy my environment

to bring in the new month it's super important to have a clean and tidy environment. for me, this means clearing any clutter off my desk, vacuuming my bedroom, cleaning my windows, windowsill, mirror and makeup brushes. i also like to tidy my clothes shelves and make sure everything is folded nicely, as well as my underwear and socks in my drawers. don't forget to change your bedsheets as well!

self-care

my favourite thing to do is have an everything shower and do my skincare routine, so I can get into my nice fresh bed all clean :) I also love to go to bed a little bit earlier than I usually do, and read for a little while before going to sleep.

[duchessofostergotlands]

Hoovered (aka vacuumed) my whole house. God, how do tidy people do this all the time? I’m exhausted

[wellthatsunfortunate444]

why is the last part of tidying the hardest. everything is almost away and now my brains decided to become mush and my body is utterly useless!!!

like its a few shirts, some rubbish and various small items it shouldnt be this hard. it will take me 10 minutes MAXIMUM and for some reason it feels like the hardest thing in the world, as if i didnt spend over 2 hours rearranging the whole fucking room-

what has my life actually come to i cant anymore

[naomiknight-17]

I can't clean and tidy all of my apartment at once like I wish I could, but at least I can dust some shelves and put all my Pokemon pops together

Also Lion from SU is there. When I finally complete my Eeveelution collection (just need Umbreon!) I will have to relocate him... he is a placeholder

[agwitow]

Crazy how an hour of tidying can make me feel a million times better...

My hubby didn't appreciate my june bugging (he wanted to focus solely on a single area), but we made progress and the house feels totally different now lol

So, this is a reminder to future me - even a little bit can make a huge difference. Who cares if you don't know where to start? Just pick up that thing. Yeah, the one right in front of you. Now put it away/throw it out. Congrats! You've started!

[hopeful-engineer]

Shoutout to people, who naturally function better in chaos, than in perfect order:

🌞 it's ok if your room/flat/house isn't perfectly tidy

🌞 messy notes are as good as neat, aesthetic notes, as long, as you're able to read them and they make sense to you

🌞 your desktop can be a bit cluttered, as long as it doesn't slow down the system and you have no problem finding anything, it's fine

🌞 the paper sheets, books and notebooks laying on your desk aren't the most important problem in the world

For some people, keeping everything perfectly tidy and 'aesthetic' is normal and doesn't even require much effort, but for others it just... isn't and that's ok. In nature, everything is 'messy' to some degree, and you, as a human, are a part of nature, too. You don't have to live for the 'aesthetic', your whole life isn't an Instagram post. A little chaos is fine. A little chaos is natural. Chill.

[borninwinter81]

Today in silly things crafters get excited about:

I was watching @rattusrattus3's youtube video where they were decluttering and organising their supplies, and partway through I got up to do the same.

I found a small tin which originally held a zippo lighter (I don't smoke, bought it for a cosplay).

Tins are extremely useful so I never wish to throw them away, however I wasn't sure what I could find to put in it as it was so small, and most of my small items have homes already. Then I found my spare sewing machine needles and feet in a plastic bag which was just loose in my drawer. Here they are in the tin, which I have now also decorated with a sticker. I don't know why I find this one thing so satisfying 😁

And a thing which will save me much annoyance. For reasons known only to my past self, for years I've been keeping my thread snippers and seam rippers in a different box to my thread, which means every time I want to sew something I have to get both boxes. Not anymore!

Here's Rattus' decluttering video if anyone else would like some motivation!

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[aquilae-stims]

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[eyeballmarshmallowtea]

Home alone

I am home alone BUT i have to tidy my room so ofc I'm lurking on Tumblr...

i'm also listening to Sherlock & Co

(Sign of Four part 3 if you want to know)