No, not MySpace (Tom, I miss you lol) but MY space.
I miss it. I miss the calm…. The relaxation… The chill….
I’m a hoarder. Not a major one, but I do tend to keep some things “just in case”. Our house was bad enough before Boe came along… Add in the endless supply of toys and clothes that a baby / toddler brings, and all hell breaks loose.
I literally felt like I was drowning, and I hated it. I hated not having a perfect place to relax in to… Not having a “time out” space for myself to just sit and be at peace with. And so at the beginning of the year I decided that things HAD to change. Not only was it stressing me out, but it was stressing the whole family out… And with Joe running around it wasn’t very safe…. This wasn’t the kind of atmosphere that I wanted him to grow up in.
So it began.
This is my bedroom doorway to start with….
Pretty shocking, hey?! And mostly junk, I have to admit (apart from my Tula, obvs).
So I headed on down to B and M and bought a stack load of boxes and got to work – charity / ebay, keep, throw away were my piles…
This was it a few months later…. I say a few months because obviously decluttering with a toddler present just ain’t gonna work out, so I only had an hour every couple of nights a week and that was one hell of a pile to get through!
Still not perfect, but it was manageable for the time being.
Those boxes on top of our expedit were full of stuff for ebay and the charity shop (they did well from us, seriously!)
But….. Fast farward to 6 months later and this is what I now have…..
My very own gorgeous yoga and relaxation space ? with plenty of space in front to actually do yoga! No more “can’t do it cos there’s too many boxes” type excuses….
My trusty blanket box bought many moons ago from Lidl (their furniture is amaaaaaaazing!) suddenly sees the light of day again, topped off with my yoga mat (Aldi bargain), orchid and plant pot from Ikea, and my blocks ?
What do you think? Is she cute, or what? Just another 8 rooms to go and then peace will be restored!
I won’t lie, decluttering when it’s part of your (newly diagnosed) OCD is HARD! But my therapist is doing a good job in guiding me….it’ll be a long time until every room is sorted, especially with a toddler who seems to have toys that multiply when we all go to bed, but I’m getting there…. Slowly ☺️
Have you started a massive decluttering journey? How are you finding it?
Love and light,
Plinky xx
