Need motivation to unpack my craft room, please!

You could just do it tomorrow. It's just too much to think about today.
I went to a msliz class.

You love to tease me, Don, but I think you're making a really good point, believe it or not. Procrastination, at its core, is just prioritizing. And sometimes we need to prioritize our emotional health over all else. We grieve on our own timelines and in our own ways. 

I agree with Don in saying that it's okay to push off the whole organization project. I would concentrate on clearing a tiny spot where you can do something. Maybe don't aim for a layout yet; you'd have to find everything and then you'll get mad at yourself because of the mess. Just something small, like a coloring page or a tag. The idea is spend some time in your room doing something that makes you feel good.

The cleaning will come little by little on its own. Eventually you'll get curious about what's in that box? or where's my thing-a-ma-hoozer? and the stuff will find its way to a new home in your cabinets little by little. But my advice is don't make cleaning your room into another chore. Just enjoy your room. It'll come together when you're ready.

I’m not familiar with ‘if you give a mouse a cookie’ but I do know the one about how a long journey begins with a step. I like Scrapnnana’s idea of setting a timer. Breaking big projects into smaller sub projects helps make it more manageable plus you feel you’ve accomplished something.

BTW why would someone give a mouse a cookie? Youd never get that creature out of your house. Ewwwwww.

So sorry to hear about your dad, boymom. A loss like that can certainly shut down the creativity.

I would suggest one of my favorite attacks: Grab, Glue and Go.

Grab something off the top of the biggest pile, or the top of a drawer, or if you haven't unpacked yet, then grab something out of one of your boxes. Now grab 3 other things that go with it. (maybe a sheet of cardstock, some letter stickers, and some Nuvo drops?) Don't over think it. Just grab.

Now figure out something you can do with those items you grabbed. It could be a page, a card, a mini book, a journal page, a tag. Again: no overthinking! Cut if necessary. Glue them together in any way that pleases you.

And Go! As in, MOVE ON to the next project. Newton had something about momentum: once you start moving in a direction, it is easier to keep moving that way.

Last fall when I came home early from my cruise to attend my brother's funeral, the first thing I scrapped was the church notice from the funeral. It was on top of my counter and I wanted to journal about him, so I just went with it. The journaling felt good, and I still love that page.

Maybe instead of organizing before you scrap, you can scrap before you organize. Don't let yourself put anything away until you have used it once?

Yes, THIS! 

Thinking of it as one big task will make it too overwhelming. Do it a little at a time. Each little bit really will add up.

And me next amom23.

So what did you get done today?