66 Days to an Organized Life

For a long time, we’ve been told that in order for a behavior change to become a habit, one must do it consistently for at least 21 days. This morning, whilst perusing my reader, I came across The Nester doing some kind of “31 Days to Change” thingy. Yes, I can use “whilst” in a sentence, but have no idea what one would a series of blog posts on a particular subject other than “thingy”.  

It started me thinking. School has been in session for a month now. I should be in the swing of things and so should my children. Instead, we’re all exhausted, running late, loosing papers, forgetting the Kindergarten homework and crabby!

This is not how I want to live. This not how I want my children to live. I thought, “I need 31 days to Change something!” So I started looking online about changing our routine. The first thing that popped up was that if you really want to change a habit, you have to make the change for a minimum of 66 days. 21 will not cut it, and 31 is still too short. A month is nice to lead up to an event, but if you really want to make a life altering change, it has to be 66 days.

Oh. I guess I need to work on that.

So, I’m off to start working towards 66 Days to an Organized life. The thing is get some organization going on the kitchen. If your kitchen is imploding/exploding, does anything else in the house feel right? The laundry room door can be shut, and I can shove toys beneath the couch… but piles in the kitchen are just an anxiety attack in waiting.

The storage situation is just wonky. Maybe I have too much? Not utilizing some of the spaces well? This weekend, the goal is do something will all of my dishes. I still have some sitting in a box in my bedroom from back when the new pantry was being built! It needs to go somewhere! Maybe the somewhere is Goodwill… but somewhere besides the bedroom. The other goal is hang the family photos I had taken last year.

Below is my entry closet re-do. I actually did it just before school started. My plan was to take the door off and leave it open, but it’s actually working out for the door to hold my shoes that I’ve decided to leave it on. Now, I just need to get the kids into using it on a regular basis. It is however, my inspiration that I can actually get something organized and functional.