Still not great at the balancing thing, so I only got a drawer done today. One drawer, and it is very hard to see the difference, but it is something. And the reason I didn’t do a lot of cleaning — finishing the galleys for The Nearly Notorious Nun; writing a poem for an anthology; submitting a proposal for an article — those were all GOOD things.

Anyway, here is the drawer, before and after. I also cleared a couple of almost empty boxes out, but that was so little that I didn’t even take pictures…

cluttered                                                                    at least somewhat de-cluttered

If I get more energy, I will do more. Right now, I am wiped out from the last few days of proofreading. It is amazing how draining that can be.

EDIT: So, I managed to go through another drawer. I’m halfway through the drawers in the kitchen, and about a third of the way through the cabinets. Those are mostly hidden spaces, but having them organized will make it easier to keep the outer surfaces clear too.

Anyway, I got the worst junk drawer organized:

This drawer collects a lot of junk. And a good deal of it has better places to be. I took all the stuff that really didn’t need to be in the kitchen out and left the tools that it might be handy to have close to hand…

It certainly looks neater…

Now I know where a flashlight is if I need it. 🙂

And it even has batteries!