Genius Hour - My Sentence

Coming up with a sentence that fits how I hope to feel after my organization journey was easier than I thought. My sentence - She organized a piece of her life that helped her continue to find balance that she always strives to have for her family, and herself.

Balance is my One Word that we came up with at the beginning of the school year. This Genius Hour project is going to help me stay organized in one area that could spread to my whole start to the day! Just by having an organized closet, I feel it will save time in the mornings, which will make life easier for our whole family :)

The Container Store's magazine with my notes.

This past weekend I scheduled a meeting with a very nice lady, Theresa, at The Container Store to discuss the entire process of making a closet functionable. I brought in measurements, the magazine that I wrote notes in, and we got to work! She showed me all of the different ways to make your space something that fits the needs of my husband and I.

My diagram and measurements.

We worked through some key details from how many hoodies do we really need, to what each drawer could be used for and where to put them. These are all things, by the way, that I never imagined myself putting so much time and effort into. But I have to tell you - it felt amazing!

One style that I liked
from a display on the floor.

Theresa's knowledge and skilled eye helped me narrow down my ideas for the closet and I now feel like I can begin to take what I have learned (and soon purchased) and get to organizing!

Personal Genius Hour Selection - Week 1

POST 1:
I have spent the past week coming up with ideas for my personal Genius Hour, and boy did my brain run wild with ideas! I narrowed it down to three challenges- moving into a headstand for at least 30 seconds in Yoga, organizing my new closet, and learning how to make homemade sausage with a sausage maker. I tried to come up with three different ideas geared towards things I love.

POST 2:
After watching videos, attending yoga, and staring at a hot mess of a closet, I have made my final decision! What is boils down to is the fact that the one area that needs my attention the most is my closet!

Yoga is something that bring so much balance into my life, and is a time for me to do something for my body and mind. Although I would love to perfect my head standing abilities,  I would prefer to look at yoga as more of an escape than a project. So, at this time, yoga will continue to be just that. After attending yoga, and attempting a headstand in class, I realized that I will get there eventually, but don't want to make this my main focus.

My second idea of making homemade sausage is something that I really would like to learn with my entire family. My family and I love cooking together, and have been talking about creating a recipe that we could eventually pass on to future generations. The kids bought us a sausage maker for Christmas, so we are excited to use it together. I will still work on creating a family recipe worth passing along, but don't think I could dedicate lots of time to this enough to make it my Genius Hour focus.

Which brings me to my final idea- the dreaded closet! We bought a new house at the beginning of this month, and moved in 5 days ago. Since we have been living there,  I have spent so much time and energy on making sure my kids' rooms were decorated, organized, and a comfy place for them to sleep in, but have yet to even take a look at how to best organize my husband and myself to make life easier for us. We have never had a walk in closet before, which leads into also never having shared a closet- and we have lived together for 15 years! I would like to learn how to strategically organize all of our items in our closet. My hope is that I will walk away happy, organized, and with new ideas to carry over into other spaces in our home.

Organizing...here I come!