Organising: One in Two Out Practice

As some of you who are reading my blog would notice that I've currently started re-organising things in my life.  I'm starting with the physical things, so that I will be able to spread it to the emotional and spiritual side.  I don't think it's easy, because I always carry the "I think I'll need this for one of these days" or "This will definitely come in handy later".  I realised that this is causing me to hoard things and it's really hard to let go of thing when I'm in this mode.  So the decluttering session has happened.

I'll be very honest in saying that there are days where I still give in and ended buying additional stuff to add to my ever growing pile.  But I'm starting to do practice what I've read, which is to throw things for every new things that comes in.  Instead of doing the one in and one out method, I'm attempting the one in two out method, because I still need to get rid of more of the existing stuff in my room.  I'm still cheating though, for I'm still throwing papers away =p  But papers tend to be thrown a few more than just two, so I'm guessing that's a start. Let's hope that I'll be able to keep it up eh =D

Declutter: Work Table

My work table is a mess!  I took more than 15 minutes to declutter just one corner of it.  Here's the before and after picture:

Can you believe that this is just one corner of my table?  Sigh, it's such a mess and it was cramping my space to use my computer.  I was left only with space ample for my notebook.  I wanted to clean the other side too, but decided not to be over ambitious and focus on one thing at a time.

I threw away heaps of paper clutter and kept things simple.  The previous shoebox which I was using to store things weren't thrown away as I was stuffing it with more things.  I replaced it with a very nice paper bag, big enough to hold my books and rough papers, yet small enough to leave me some space at the side for a bible.  The rest is my study bible, which I intend to use and my devotional book, along with my writing book.  That is what I intend to keep for this little corner.  It's been a few days now, and it's still looking as such.  I am proud of myself!

Declutter: Drawer

My decluttering continues!  I opened one of my drawer and here's how it looks like!

What a mess I tell ya.  There's layers of stuff in it, papers, cds, cards and what not! So I've dumped quite a number of things from it, shredding my papers and binning some of the stuff here.  Now it looks like this:

Much more organised right? Woo hoo! I think I'm on a roll here... haha, hopefully it gets better.  I will need to start doing the 15 minutes per day decluttering session.  Makes it less guilty if I do buy some necessities home (yes, I'm trying to make sure I don't simply buy stuff now =D )

Declutter: Make Up

As mentioned yesterday, I'm on my mission to declutter all the things that I have.  One of things that I want to declutter is my make up stuff.  Okay, I like to buy things, hence, I do have a number of make up stuff which I never finish.  So what I am getting myself to do now is to finish up the things that I have before I buy.  So some of the things that I am binning this month is as below:

This is my second bottle of the Loreal Derma Genesis Pore Minimising Smoother.  I got it for like 3 to 4 months I think, and now it's done!  As I have other moisturisers in place, so I won't be re-buying this until I have finished.  Like I said, I want to finish up those stuff that I have first =D

Can you believe it??! This is the first blusher that I bought for myself like 2 years back.  I was using it diligently when it started breaking (see those balance there?)  Well, like I mentioned in my previous post, I tend to not be able to give up things that I have and continue keeping them even if I don't use them! So I've decided to keep it in picture form! What's better than to blog about the things that I binned! Woo hoo!  Bye bye darling blusher.  You've served me well.  

I bought this because I was wearing mascaras on certain days earlier and it came in cheap.  Probably about RM8 I think.  Well, it's not a very good product for me because the smell/chemical was too strong for my eyes and it kinda annoyed me on and off as I was using it.  Then I got my Maybelline eye make up remover and this was left aside (I bought the Maybelline when this thing was about to finish! I thought I would have the discipline to finish it sooner, but as usual, I failed.)  Anyhow, I forced myself to use it up a few days ago and viola! It's used up yesterday evening.  I am very proud of my little achievement and hopes to continue to bin more things in the coming future!  Be on the lookout for it mates!

Btw, do you have anything you need to start using up and binning? Do share with me =D

p/s: i think my maybelline eye make up remover is finishing soon! I'm eye-ing another make up remover and working out to save for it.  It's not expensive, but I'm on tight budget now and hopes to not over-spend. 

Declutter Sessions On!

Okay, I wrote a while back about organising my life and all.  Having read a number of blogs about organising, I realise that I tend to accumulate stuff and get attached to them; be it for reasons such as, it's a waste to throw them, or even just because I am plain lazy to take action to clean up.  In order for me to be able to start organising things in the physical sense, I need to start decluttering.  It's a super painful process, because I have a weakness for papers and stationeries; and these stuff can really accumulate and take up space I tell ya.  

I like to play around with stationeries, for the reason to design simple cards for friends; hence I have a bunch of pens lying around!  Well, the reason they are lying around is because my lil pouch that holds them were sooo packed to the extent whereby I can't even zip it.  That's the reason for the spillage.

I finally decided that I need to declutter it!  And out spill all the contents! Woah, that's heaps of pens I tell ya. What I did was to try out each and every pens to see if they are usable, or if they will be useful for me in the near future.  Those that are useless are then removed.  Check out the number of pens I threw!

Okay, with that done, I chucked all my stationeries back into my pouch:

And my attempts to zip it works! Woo Hoo! I am so happy with this.

Well, at least there's a start somewhere.  Surveying my table and room right now, I am sure there's a whole lot more decluttering to do.  But I guess I will start slow.  No use doing it at a go, and end up being soo tired that I cannot even finish one corner (this, I say from experience ok).  I am satisfied with what I have done and so I will be sure to tackle subsequent area next (eye-ing my drawer).  

I do like the 15-minute organising session which a few websites states, so I'll see when I can start doing it, since one decluttering session may take me a while! Haha... blessings

The meaning of my name

A friend was asking me to help her do a search for a name for her nephew and I was giving some suggestion when I thought, why not give my name a search?

Whilst doing a search on my name; it seems that my name's origin is from Hebrew.  Woah, that blows me away.  I mean, come on... God, You must be joking right?  That was my thought initially.  The meaning?

Sue = Hebrew origin which means Lily (pretty flower? graceful? I remember dancing lily)
A = Hebrew origin which means grace/ favour (God, are you kidding me? grace? lily; to me is associated with grace, so the stunning effect of my name)

Faint, God, You never fail to shock me eh?  I never knew that the totality of my name carries Your grace and favour.  I've seen Your favour in my life, I've seen Your grace, and accepted it in my life.  But to know that Your grace and favour follows me even before I knew You... that, I am speechless.

That's my second stunned moment by the way.

Third one coming up.  In chinese, my middle name is pronounced as "shu".  My friend explained to me this; your name means, virtuous.  Gentle and virtuous. I never realised that my chinese name and my english name tied together so well.  It's like God is speaking to me through my name.  For I am the Lord Your God, you have found favour in me, and I have granted you grace.  Be the woman that I have called you to be, gentle and virtuous (Proverbs 31).

Oh Lord my God, You truly know me.  Even before i was in my mother's womb, you have already called me by my name.  You know me even before I was born.  Who am i to doubt God?  Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth would care to know my name? But yet Lord, You've shown me again and again that You favour me and You love me.  Thank You Lord for Your grace, because it is through Your grace I have life.

Lord, I seek Your will and through this, I realise one thing.  Your will for my life is to be the woman You have made me to be.  A woman living her life to reflect the grace You have poured into her life, whose favour is found in You.  A woman described in Proverbs 31, not perfect in that sense, but striving to be the woman whom God has called me to be.

Oh, how majestic that You are.  Praise You oh Lord my God for You are worthy, so worthy to be praised.

Oh Lord

Oh Lord, even when life tries to overwhelm, even when trouble seems to be so huge, even when there isn't peace felt deep in the heart, I pray oh Lord, for Your grace and mercy, for Your peace and assurance, for Your hope and love.  I don't understand why some people act or react in the way they did, nor do I understand why they only allow their emotions to overwhelm and caused others hurt through their actions, but oh Lord my God, I  keep my eyes toward You oh Lord.  Help me to look beyond and see them as how You see them.  Help me to look beyond and realise Your love for them.  I want to learn to love them and learn to understand them as how You do.  May You oh Lord, continue to work in them so that they may once again turn their eyes towards You and see You as how You see them.  I know You have great plans to prosper them and to use them for the expansion of Your kingdom.  I pray oh Lord, for You to be the Lord of their lives.

Oh Lord, we believe, help us in our unbelief....