My Messy, Memory Filled Room!

Iused to love reading these books!
This one fits my problem perfectly!




Well since I have moved back home from college, I came to a problem. I have to basically combine two rooms into one! I brought home everything from my apartment at CBU and I have to somehow fit it into my room at home. First of all, I hate packing, unpacking and organizing. I am not great at those three tasks and I wish I could hire someone to do it for me!


At least my room does not look this bad!





Another problem I have with my room and squishing two rooms together is the fact that I can’t throw away or give away anything. Everything I come across as I unload boxes and tear apart my closets, I either have sentimental attachments to them or I feel that I might randomly need it someday in the future. This makes for a messy cluttered room, which is what I have.


The sad thing is, I have been slowly working on unpacking and cleaning out my room since I moved home, which was MAY 3rd! What is taking me so long? Well, every time I go in there to clean or do something, I can’t wait till I can get out. For the first few weeks, I could barely walk in my room because I had unconsciously created a maze out of boxes, shoes, bags of clothes, chairs, and lots of other random stuff. Also, I have been watching my 4-month-old adorable nephew everyday so it’s hard to clean and unpack when you are holding a baby.
But… I am proud to say that as of last night, everything is out of my room, except furniture. I moved the bed, dresser, bookshelf, and desk around, vacuumed spots underneath things that perhaps have not been vacuumed for years. Now I am ready to load the room with my junk. I also am proud of my self for actually giving away 3 large trash bags of stuff to the Goodwill! I also threw away 4 trash bags of trash. It was so hard for me to give away so much stuff but I feel better now that I have consolidated.

I have been lucky enough to have my friend Lauren come and help me. She was forceful and made me throw and give away things that I really don’t need. My sister Katieanne also helped me. For some reason, I work better if I have someone in the room with me, pushing me to throw and give away items.

Here are some pictures of random items I found in my room. I can’t stand to part with them so they will have to find a special spot in my room.

My wonderful Sound of Music plate! I can't give this away!

Some of my old trophies from
High School- Do I throw them away??

This is a drawing I did in Elementary School. Notice how I made the cow going to the bathroom in the picture..

The original Nintendo set!

My hair manikin from my Aunt Jeanie-Real Human Hair!
















This is my Gel Pen Diary from middle school!

My Letterman Jacket from High School- Wish I could still wear it!