How I’m Keeping Organised While The Flat Is In Chaos

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As most of you know I’m in the process of selling my flat which means moving is imminent and the idea of not knowing exactly when this will happen is quite a daunting one. We sold the flat in late November and ever since then I’ve been thinking about the idea of packing, de-cluttering and clearing out but I didn’t want to do anything before Christmas as I wanted to enjoy our final Christmas. Ever since January 1st it’s been all systems go as I’m clearing out every inch of the flat to ensure that I’m getting rid of everything that I won’t be taking with me or storing. I’m not physically throwing much out and things are being stored to take to car boot sales, being sold online or given away to friends/ family but I wanted to start this process as early as possible.

As we’re going to have plenty of fee’s and solicitors bills to settle up when we move I’m trying to make as much money as possible selling items before moving, but you can apply for a payday loan so we have this as a backup if we don’t quite have all the money set aside beforehand.

As I started sorting things out quite early – this is the organised planner in me – it has meant that the flat has been pretty crazy over the last few months. I know there’s some furniture we’re not going to take with us so I want to sell it and make some extra savings money which is one of the reasons why I wanted to start packing early. Also, I had no idea how big a storage unit we’re going to need and I only knew this when we start clearing out/ packing what we have. The chaos and mess have caused me to feel a bit anxious but here are some of the things I’m doing to stay organised.

Keeping our bedroom clutter/ box free

Our bedroom was one of the first places I started to clear out as I wanted to combine the contents of some units and work out what storage space we have as most of the furniture in there (other than the bed and wardrobe) are coming to my parent’s with us. I’ve been using the bedroom more and more lately as a space to relax and unwind in the evening as our living room is quite chaotic and Luke’s been playing Fallout in there a lot. Because of this, I’ve been making sure whatever I clear out/ move goes outside of the bedroom to keep it calm. Having some space which isn’t full of mess or boxes is just what I need so I can close the door and forget the mess outside.

Trying to eat through the food in our cupboards and freezer

When we move to my parents we will be taking some stuff with us food wise like some cupboard staples and things we’ve just bought and are in the middle of eating but I don’t want to be carting over boxes upon boxes of food. I hate the idea of throwing stuff out as well and I’m going, to be honest, there’s probably stuff I’ve had in the cupboards since I moved in *eek* so something we’re doing is eating through this stuff. We did a massive clear out of all these areas to throw away the out of date stuff and then I’ve been planning meals around what we have. This means not only are we finishing this food but I’m only having to buy the fresh bits to go with them so we’re saving money too.

Having a proper clear-out plan in place

As there are a lot of different areas in the flat to clear and sort out I’ve created a plan which tackles certain areas on each day, but I’ve tried to home in on specific areas. Rather than putting ‘clear out bedroom’, I’ll break it down to ‘clear out chest of drawers’, ‘clear out beauty and skincare items’, ‘clear out under the bed’ etc, by having smaller areas it means I’ll be more thorough and it makes it a realistic goal. When I do clear out areas although I know I need to do it quite often I try not to be doing it every single night after work, or have too much on at the weekend as I still want time for me or time to do other things.

How do you keep organised when your life is in chaos?

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