Just about all of us have one.  It’s a place that we can’t seem to keep clean and organized no matter what we do.

Here is a picture of my clutter spot.  It has been haunting me for two years.  Each day I see it and it makes me feel unorganized and burdened.  I feel as though I have too much to do and I’ll never get it all done.  No matter how many times I go through the papers to file, toss, and shred, the pile is never gone.

 
I’ve been wanting to move all of these papers to my laundry room bookcases and this week my hubby helped to tackle the problem.

I kept trying to get rid of this eye sore, but the truth is, I needed all of this stuff.  I just needed a place to put it where it wasn’t so unattractive.  Now it’s in my laundry room and it’s still accessible.  It’s just out of my kitchen which makes for a much more pleasant environment.

Another bookcase in the laundry room got more organized too. Things had to be moved around to make room for the mail and bills. We have a large laundry room so we use it to keep the kid’s puzzles, games, and such.

Tada . . . here is my clean kitchen counter. I’m so pleased. It’s amazing how something so minor could make such a difference in my life.

It’s hard to believe I sent Julie, from Declutter It, this picture nearly a year ago. It feels good to get things under control. Maybe now I won’t procrastinate so long. Sometimes it just feels like you can’t figure out how to get something done and you need a little help from someone else. Yay for hubby!

What have you been tackling this week?

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