The following is a list of things I’ve taken a strange interest in recently:
Bullet journaling-
Bullet journaling is a way of journaling that can track your day to day habits and happenings. It’s half organizing/planning and half making an aesthetic journal. As much as I would like to partake in the lifestyle that is bullet journaling, I am not as patient and creative as I would need to be to fill out a whole journal.
So what do I do instead? I watch other people fill them out!
I don’t know what exactly is so entertaining to me about watching people draw lines is journals for hours and hours. I have a hunch that I just watch videos about it because it makes me feel productive watching other people be productive (when in reality I’ve just been laying in my bed doing nothing).
The benefit of this is that it actually has been making me more productive. I guess watching other people work to improve their lives has finally pushed me to start doing it too. Linked above are two of my favorite bullet journaling videos! I highly recommend them for anyone who a) wants to get into bullet journaling, b) wants to get motivated to become more productive and efficient, or c) wants to watch other people be productive for fun!
Cleaning –
I’m going to assume that everyone reading this knows what cleaning is. For me, cleanings can be many things. It can be simply cleaning up a small mess I made or it can be vigorously scrubbing every surface in my room until there isn’t a speck of dust in sight. For me, having a clean area helps me focus and to be more productive. It also just makes me happy knowing that both of dorm room and room at home are neat and tidy at all hours of the day. Thus why most think of cleaning as a chore and I think of it as a hobby of sorts.
Organizing –
A list within a list about things I’ve organized:
- my room (home & MSA)
- my closest (home & MSA)
- my bookshelf (home & MSA)
- my backpack
- my desk drawers (home & MSA)
- my fridge (the inside and the magnets on the outside) (home & MSA)
- my sister’s room
- my suitemate’s room
- my entire house over the course of Christmas Break
I would never call my impulse to organize a problem. Honestly, its more of a fun pastime for me. About a year ago, I discovered the KonMari method and I changed my life (I’m not kidding). Marie Kondo and her Netflix show got me to cut the size of my closest in half and to learn to let go of sentimental things. Watching the show also led me to watch many an organizational video on YouTube. My favorites are linked below:
Makeovers –
I love a good makeover. So far, I’ve only done my own room and dorm room, helped out my sister redo parts of her room, helped my suitemate redecorate their room, and redone the entire downstairs of my house. But I’m hoping to one day have an entire house to myself that I can decorate any way I please. With that said, here are more videos:
Conclusion
There really isn’t much of a point to this blog. I’ve just been really fixated on organization and order these days. If anyone were to get anything out of this, I would want it to be that you can, in fact, make cleaning and organization fun! It’s all about making your space just right for you and optimized to you! And if you’re doing that, then you’re doing just fine.
