Home Organization as a Weight Loss Tool

I am not the only person who eats when they are stressed out or feeling overwhelmed. I know that for myself and many other people a messy home can trigger these feelings. My partner and I have struggled for over a year since we moved in together to get our apartment in shape (or fit!) We had too many belongings for the space. My partner especially has a tough time getting rid of things, old paperwork, toys, odds and ends he may one day want for a project. 

A few weeks ago he had a few days he took off from work for vacation. Unfortunately we needed to be in town for part of the weekend for a funeral. We decided that we would put off our camping trip and use his vacation days to get our house in shape and spend some quality time together. 

In the end we got our bedroom completely cleaned out and organized. It feels great! I tell you every time I need to go in there for something during my day I get a little buzz. It is so nice now. It helps me feel more in control of my life. This feeling carries over into other choices I make, like my diet and physical activities. 

Part of this project was also creating a little studio for me to work in. I quilt and do other fabric related projects. 

I forgot to take a before picture of the studio side of my bedroom, but I do have some fun pictures of what we did. 

All of the stuff that came out of the bedroom, way too much stuff

You can see we took the dresser drawers out too. We actually went through and got rid of clothes we don't wear, and folded everything. We tried to focus on all the details we could, and get the room really polished. 

My craft shelf before, really poorly organized and bad use of space

Turning an old dresser into my new sewing table. Yes the dresser was black, I was 15 the last time I painted it. 

Craft shelf organized now. The big cardboard box stores all my quilting fabric. I even have room now for batting as you can see on the bottom shelf

Studio

Frizzy and Fabric

Getting fit can affect many parts of your life. Try cleaning or organizing something, use the energy you get from that to focus on yourself and your diet or exercise. It was inspiring for me.