Organizing is a lot like weightloss

I am not a neat person.  I am a messy.  I am unorganized.   I am a pack rat.  But I am working on changing because it has simply gotten to be to overwhelming.  I don't want to raise my son in an unorganized home.  Nor do I want him to be as  unorganized as I am.   When I signed up for Chalene Johnsons 30 Day Push Challenge, one of my goals was to have a clean room.  It's where I lay my head.  The first room I see when I wake up.  It was important to me to have an organized space.  It has gotten a little crazy as my growing belly grows and my non maternity shirts no longer fit.  I had a lot to do.  

On day one I realized just how much organization was like weight loss.  It's not something that happens over night.  Like the pounds that pile on slowly, so does the junk accumulate in your house.  And that got me thinking....could my lack of organization skills be holding me back?  

The answer is simple.  Yes. For whatever reason, I have an attachment to stuff.  While cleaning I found tickets to an event from my trip to Beachbody's Summit from last June.  As if that wasn't bad enough, I found some ticket stubs to an event I went to while in Hawaii - March of 2010!  Why do I feel the need to keep these things?  I've got pictures!  So I got rid of it.  I was holding onto clothes that didn't fit, clothes that were not my style any more, and clothes....just because.  So - I got rid of them.  Still getting rid of them - as I fold I either put them in a non maternity bin, put them in a drawer/hang up, or donate. It's exhilerating.

But I also realized my attachment to food.  For some reason I put my emotions around food.  Doesn't matter if it's good, bad, sad, bored, lonely....there's a food for that.  Now that I'm done with the Ultimate Reset, I've done better with avoiding those foods. When I do indulge, I notice that I eat them expecting the feelings of what I surround the food with mentally. 

So as I work with my weight loss, I've hit my first experience with the emotional side.  As I continue to eat healthy, work out and treating myself right, I'm finding that I need more.  I'm wanting to have a nicer house.  One that is less cluttered.  As I feel better about myself, I have a desire to feel better about my home.  I've done one room so far.  Getting rid of crap and donating items I know long use is exhilarating.  It feels like a weight is lifted off my shoulders.  I'm sitting in my room as I type this and realize that I am feeling like I can breath again.  My room closet and dresser are organized.  The dressers are dusted and under the bed is clean.   It's been a good day.  And the three days of organizing, totally worth it.