Command Central Binder Part II

The whole point of me trying to be organized is to create balance in my life. Sometimes at the end of a busy day or a really busy week, I finally get a minute to sit and think. Too often, I have thought, "who am I?" When I look at what I've done that day or week, I feel like a machine. Like there was no thought or feeling behind any of it. When I journal, I discover my feelings. I keep my journal right next to my binder so I see it all the time, and I will be more likely to write in it. It has been really beneficial for my mental health to acknowledge ALL of my feelings and to release them. Of course, it doesn't fix most things, but it helps me cope.

A tool which has helped in organizing my house is a label maker! We've labeled all kinds of things and there's a lot we haven't yet. This thing is pretty cool.

We have a cabinet that has been really difficult to keep organized but last week Neal decided to take everything out and relocate some things. Now there is more space and everything fits nicely. All of the boys art supplies and puzzles and games are stored here.

"Books and learning" 

"Puzzles"

"Games"

"Arts and Crafts" (crayons, playdough, playdough molds and rolling pins)

I also labeled my scriptures and my George Albert Smith book. 

And the boys' scriptures! This has been so helpful, because we could never tell them apart, and I was always afraid they would lose them at church, but now we can tell by just glancing at them.

This is our antique desk, which we found at a garage sale in our neighborhood. We plan to refinish it, but haven't settled yet on a plan. It has been really helpful in our organizing! We had a desk before, but there were no drawers. This desk has small drawers, which is great because we can't stuff them with non-essentials! There is only room for the things we use frequently.

This is the home base for our laptop and I keep pens and markers in one drawer, my binder and journal in the center, along with all our aplans for our house renovations.



We are turning our downstairs sunroom into a laundry room/mudroom!

(The rocking chairs are some of my future projects!)