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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

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Sorry for being away so long. I haven't been taking this blog seriously and treating it more as a photo dump during the school year. As you can see, I revamped my blog slightly with a theme adjustment. I am also learning how to use Photoshop, so I can hopefully put out better content. I plan on putting more work into this blog in the future so please keep reading.

Makeup organization inspiration

Here's a quick collage on what's on my mind. So busy with exams right now but will still post quick updates like this!

Matted fur solution

The fur on my coat hood gets matted all the time. For some reason, I never figured out how to fix this. I finally did a quick search and found that brushing the fur out really helps solve the issue since matted fur is just fur stuck together.

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In the process of a major room makeover

I will keep you guys updated. I will follow this 6 step process:

I PURGE
recycle, trash, donate, sell, gift

II CLEAN
vacuum, mop, dust, windex
I want bare floors and clear shelves

III SORT
gather like items

IV PLAN
draft a room map and plan new furniture

V IMPLEMENT
implement your plan

VI MAINTAIN
keep that room clean!

Tried on clothes bin

I don't do this anymore but I used to try on a lot of clothes in the morning and run out the door leaving piles of clothes all over my room. I never had the time in the morning to put away my clothes and I was too lazy to clean up my mess when I got home. Then I started throwing my clothes on a chair to clean it up a bit. After that I started to throw the clothes in my laundry bin but that got kind of gross because I'd be mixing clean and dirty clothes.

The best solution I have for this would be to have a pair of laundry bins in your room. One would be for dirty laundry and the other would be for clothes that you tried on but are still clean. At the end of the week or whenever you have time, you can just take those clothes and put them away. This will keep your room looking much more tidy than before.

Emergency desk system

I would love if my table were clutter free all the time but it's just not practical. I always seem to have stationary or beauty products strewn across my desk at any time. To help my desk look cleaner, I've come up with a system for my stuff so everything has a "home".

I keep a small metal pencil case/tin for my stationary so I can just throw everything in there when cleaning. I have a spot where I stack all my notebooks in the top left corner of my desk. All my beauty products sort of congregate to the bottom left corner of my desk (I will get a bin later on or something) and my laptop stays in the middle of my desk.

Although this system is pretty scattered and can be messy, it's an easy way for me to get my desk in order if I need to do an emergency quick clean.

Posted up to-do lists

I've always been a big fan of the idea of to-do lists but they never seemed to work for me. I never seemed to finish anything important on the list and I was always too lazy to get my list to check things off (or even to read it).

One easy solution would be to put your to-do list on a sticky note and stick it to your computer (or on the thing that you use the most). That way the list will always be in your face. Personally, I thumb-tacked my to-do list on the wall in front of my desk. Now, I can always see what I have to do without even lifting my head. I'm surprised that I've never thought of this earlier since it's such an obvious solution.

Preparing things the night before

This might seem like an obvious organization tip. I somehow stopped doing this this year and I really noticed the effects. I was always scrambling in the morning and I often forgot stuff to bring. I recommend just spending 10 minutes every night prepping your bag and your clothes (even food) for the next day so you can just grab and go.