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5 Craft Room Declutter Ideas

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What are 5 ways to declutter a craft room? Do you have unrelated items in your craft room? Do you have items in your craft room that you have had for years but never used them? Can you name 5 ways to declutter your craft room? How often do you declutter your craft room? Do you use the same tactics for decluttering the craft room as you do for the rest of the household? How does the clutter of the craft room effect your mood?

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Breakdown

Let’s break down each question into smaller bite size chunks. The first question is what are 5 ways to declutter a craft room? According to www.au.reachout.com they advise using these solutions to declutter your mind. A few of the ideas could be applied to decluttering the craft room. So lets take a look at the first few.

  • Identify the Problem. (Where do we have the clutter)
  • Write it down. (What is the clutter?)

Adding a few of my own here.

  • Decide what to keep or not to keep (Here we can write down what to donate or give away).
  • Group the same items together in one area.
  • Add storage solutions.
  • Schedule. (Decide when to declutter, the amount of time to devote to declutter, when to donate or give away unwanted items.)

Overwhelm

If you find that you get overwhelmed by the amount of clutter this is a time to take things a bit slower and divide the room into sections.

For example: * Write down: Section A – E, : (Section A has this…. books, tape, paper, etc.)

By writing down each section and the contents of each section you’ll be more prepared to tackle the section. If you feel that you are still getting overwhelmed. Divide the room even smaller sections up to the point your comfortable to do that particular section with ease.

Tackle

To begin to tackle the declutter. Its recommended to start with the worst section first. Don’t forget to take a before photo (for later). Taking a photo also is helpful to look at when your working on other stuff to help make a plan of what to keep or not keep. When decluttering group items together. This is extra storage bins can come in handy when sorting out stuff or grouping things together.

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Schedule

Scheduling when to declutter helps to keep time to a minimum and prevents from over working to the point of being overwhelmed. Depending on the size of the declutter it’s recommended to only work on it a little each day. For example: Date: 8/10 /2021 Declutter, Time: 20 min. Next week: Date: ?/?/?, Time: 20 min., etc. Until the project is completed. Don’t get discouraged just keep going.

Extra Reading

Another article suggests avoid distractions, make it fun and reward yourself. You can find more of their suggestions here: http://www.thesimplictyhabit.com

Unrelated Items

For things that are unrelated to the craft room but your not ready to get rid or can’t get rid of. Can they be stored in a separate container or tub? Can they be stored somewhere else? Do you need a written plan or schedule to move them as well? If so proceed just like above, just a different subject.

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Time

What’s the length of time that you had the items in your craft room? Is it new or is it year’s? Another words if it’s something new then it’s still relatively on the market to get more of. If its month’s or year’s then the probability to replace the item or get more of it decreases. In some cases completely obsolete. Its the obsolete items that is the issue here. If its obsolete then the question should be, should we keep it or let it go? The old saying comes to mind, “we can’t keep everything’. If we kept everything then our space or spaces would have no room for the new.

For Fun

Can you name 5 ways you can declutter your craft space? Can you name 5 more? What rewards would you give your self for decluttering? Would you challenge someone you know to declutter their craft room?

Reoccurrence

How often would you declutter your craft room? Perhaps every 6 months is a good start. If need be maybe every year. It depends on how you feel and how often your space gets cluttered. Some of us may need to declutter more often than others. Meaning: twice a month or just four times a year. No one can really answer this question better than yourself.

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The rest of the house

Can the same tactics be used for the rest of the home? Absolutely! However, it’s recommended to do each room separately and divide. It’s not recommended to try to do it all at once.

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Emotions

How does clutter of the craft room effect your mood? Clutter can stifle creativity in some people while clutter can benefit others. Meaning a little clutter can encourage by giving one something visual to spark an idea. You may be a person that feels debilitated all together over clutter. Another words, have zero tolerance for clutter.

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How To Handle Working For Yourself!

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Hello Dimensional Readers,

I’m so glad that you have decided to read today’s post. I hope that I can bring some humor, encouragement, and some tips for your daily life. Please do enjoy.

How many of you struggle with finding time for everything while being your own boss working from home? How many of you struggle with getting simple healthy meals together? How many of you struggle with just normal chores while working from home? Do you cook your meals at the same time your working? Do you struggle with just finding time to work at all while dealing with normal life? (Can I raise my hand here?) psst… Did you raise your hand? Ha, good! I’m not alone! (just kidding)

Time

So let’s take a look at how we struggle with finding time for everything while being your own boss working from home. This is for most of us who don’t have a team of people to delegate “work” jobs to. I want to say that for me I did a lot of research to get some kind of perspective of what I was getting myself into before committing to work from home. I can say the struggle is real and I do realize that I’m going to need a team to help with this business if it’s ever going to survive. For now, I’m still in the infancy to crawl stage. I intend to learn everything there is and unfortunately for me, its taking a lot of time. For everything that is learned, its implemented immediately or I will lose the concept. Which this also means that a lot of normal chores I do in my home are somewhat either getting ignored or being put off for another day. So here’s what I learned.

  • Except you can not do everything in a day.
  • Delegate if you are able.
  • List all chores and things that has to be done with-in the home. (Separate list for business)
  • Take the list you just made and decided which is the most important ( I picked a few at time and then added to it as time would allow)
  • Complete only the tasks, chores or what ever is the most important to you. (note: Time yourself to see how long it takes to do each task or chore. If it takes less than 5 min., don’t write it down on the calendar. Things that take at least 30 min to an hour or so should be placed on the calendar.
  • Use a calendar to help delegate which items need to be done at a specific time or day. (note: When starting out, I used this idea a lot. I made my own paper calendar so as to not confuse the spouse on the normal everyday calendar.)
  • Color code the holidays so they don’t get lost in the chaos. (note: I used one color for all holidays, another color for birthdays, and another color for days off or days that are just strictly for family.) I would like to mention here that color coding chores is also a great idea as long as they are not the same colors as the ones you used for the holidays, birthdays and so on.
  • Look for Items you no longer need. Box them up and deliver then to charity or donate them.
  • Put seasonal stuff away.
  • Eliminate things that need constant cleaning. Example: dust collectors. Exception to the rule is family heirlooms.
  • Down size books, magazines, clothing, etc.,
  • Try to limit the amount of items that people brings to you. Example: Craft supplies outside of your normal craft list. Things that don’t mesh with what your doing currently.

I can say that everything on this list is still a working process.

Meals

I would like to say that I’m an expert here but I can’t, despite that I like to cook. I still struggle in this area finding healthy foods to cook that don’t take a ton of time. You may find this amusing and that’s fine by me but my solution is this: I cook foods that I can cook in large batches at a time that will last for at least four days. (2 people here), So a family more than 2 may have to expand even more. So basically, I dedicate one morning to brain storm what we are having for the week according to what I have on hand. I may have to do some research online to see if I have everything to make a particular meal. (These days I have stepped away from normal written cook books). I do write down any recipes that I come across that may be of use.

  • Research
  • Make a list of what you have
  • Make a list of what you don’t have
  • Plan ahead meal Plan
  • Write down the Meal Plan on a calendar
  • Leave room for (spouses who grumble at what’s planned or family)
  • Prep a day ahead parts of meal
  • Day Of: cook large batches of the meal. Feed. Either freeze or refrigerate or both the left overs.
  • Start the next weeks meal Plan.

Now for the most part I have done a lot of these things thru out my working life. There are a few that I have left to the way side after I left the work force outside the home. Now, that I have been working on starting my own business I have found that I need a Meal Plan again.

I would like to point out that making two meal plans might be the ideal thing. One for the frig for the whole family to see and another to put with your chore list and work schedule. This will help insure that you can easily maneuver any items around if need be. (The most important thing is to stay flexible no matter what. There is always going to be some unforeseen thing that come’s up and when it does you will be a bit more prepared for it.)

Today, or I should say lately, my comfort breakfast has become an every other day kind of thing. I’ve been contemplating to having it just on the weekends. You might be wondering what did I replace my breakfast with? I can say that I switched to cold cereal. One day (whole grain), oatmeal another day (fruit added at times), toast and egg, and then my comfort breakfast. (I may have to give up my bacon all together due to bacon shortage.) (p.s. Don’t burn the bottom of your pot steaming your veggies while working like I just did.)

Chores

I have yet perfected getting all my chores done while being a working from home. I can’t imagine anybody else does it all either. If you know someone who can or you are such a person please get a hold of me. I would love to know your secrets. Maybe you would indulge me to tell the rest of the hard working people. (note: I can say that projects that are a one time thing or things that have to be repaired rarely are easy to knock off the list. Its the constant every day chores that are the issue and/ or the things that get pushed off to the side constantly that need to get done that are not getting done.) Hmmm,,, maybe those should be done first? What do you think?

Some Things Don’t Always Mix

As you read above that steaming a pot of cauliflower doesn’t always mix well with working. Sometime one can get lost in their work that they can forget to check on the meal cooking. To help combat this is to turn on the timer for everything that is cooking. (Ya, I should practice what I preach! For the most part I do use a timer. It’s just this time I have to buck this system to only be rained back in to do the old stand by and use the timer.) (To tell you the truth, I didn’t think this would take that long but I was wrong.) (smile)

Exercise

I nearly forgot to add exercise. For me, I keep exercise simple for now. Another words, taking a short walk out side in the morning just enough to get the heart pumping helps build my strength and durance. Maybe running up and down the staircase could get the ticker going. One thing to keep in mind if your sitting for long periods of time is to get up every hour. This is another area of mine where I could easily lose track of time. There are many different types of exercises that can be done to build strength and durance. Its just a matter of finding what works for you and where you think you could fit it in your schedule. I can say I’m no exercise guru or an expert and all exercise should be approved by your physician. This is just my opinion I’ve what I do.

Pesky Everyday Life Interfering With Work

This is incredibly important. Those pesky interference in life just might need to be taken care of and put work on hold. Sometimes those pesky things are things that end up being important in the long run. So don’t ignore them or put them off for too long. Do them quickly as you can so that you are able to get back to work. ‘Patients is a virtue.” I can say I’m still working on my patients, durance and skills. I can say learn to except that there are things that you can’t change so just go with it. As most people would say, “it’s part of life and deal with it.” So here is my solution: I plan for the unexpected. I plan work related stuff around what I anticipate pesky life moments. Example: When a someone needs help with a wood splinter pulled out of their finger. (for real here, true story)

I want to point out that this is by far perfected but I’m trying to do a bang up job of doing it. Thanks for reading this if you made it to here. Please do come back and read all the other available stories. You might be interested to read this: Time Management In Difficult Times You may also be interested in this: Hello and Welcome

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The Yacking Elephant

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Hello Dimensional Readers,

Last month has been a wild and long month. I’m glad to start a new month: August.

Out of all the many things to talk about, my elephant is in the room. This elephant is just one of many. This elephant

has a lot to say and has been pressing me all morning. I intended to be working on how to write better emails but yet

yet this elephant is going off like a thunderous storm. So here is what the elephant is saying. But first let me set the stage.

Yesterday, I was scrolling thru my emails like I do every morning. (The rule is delete at least 10). (That is a story for

another day). I come across an email to read. I click and read it but I scroll up to see a comment made by someone that

I don’t know. It made me kind of sad. The comment was in reference to how they love to draw. All it took was one

comment from someone and they just put the pencil down to never draw again. Later down the road they pick up a

pencil to try to draw only to discover they have zero desire to draw a thing. Sad story indeed. I posted “the I care

emoji’. What could one say? I could not get the right words at the time.

Here’s the elephant in the room. What could one say when one experiences something similar. I can’t say that I have

experienced the exact same thing because I don’t know all the details or the comment that was used. But what I can

say is this. Some people can say the most off the wall things about someone’s art ability whether it was ill intention or

not. With these comments, if not in good company, can be literally debilitating. Some times it takes us years to recover.

I can say this from my own experience’s. All I could say or can say that if you are in a situation like this, do grieve for

the hurt that was caused but (this is a big but) don’t ever set that pencil down to never draw again. this is the worst

possible thing one could do. Don’t ever give up! Being a Artist is a gift.

I know people who wish they could draw. All I hear from them, that all they can draw are stick people. (What they

don’t know is there are other people who want the Art of stick people). My point is this. There is always going to be

that one person who’s going to say something negative. On the other hand, there’s going to be people who say that

they absolutely love what you do. Who would you rather hang out with? The one who said the bad comment or the

one who said those amazing words you needed to hear? I can tell you I’m going to hang with the people who say the

amazing things I need to hear. The ones that truly mean what they say.

I’m truly sorry for the person who stopped drawing all together. Nothing can fix it except for time, and lots of

encouragement from all of us who know what it’s like. Luckily this person has turned to a fellow group of artists that

will wrap them up in art support.

This situation has compelled me to wonder how many other artists (young budding ones) and the old ones that are

kind to an artist whether we like their artwork or not?

out there in the world going thru this very thing. This just needs to just stop. the in justice of it all. Can we please be

The one person who comes to mind in my own world is long gone and I’m very certain that they wished they could

have been more loving and understanding. More supportive and whole lot less judge mental whether spoken or non

spoken.

I support Artist in need of encouragement.

Susan @ Colorful Dimensions 2 Arts

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