Tidy Drawers

There is a current bestseller titled The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up.   I have not read it, but something made me curious enough that I wanted to find out about it.  So I Googled the title.  There were several YouTube videos by the author, who is a Japanese professional organizer.  She explained that she usually goes into people's homes and gives them instruction.

I was absolutely flabbergasted to learn from the video that I had no idea at all how to arrange underwear and socks in my dresser drawers.  I have always folded my underwear, and laid it in the drawer horizontally, one on top of another.   The result of that is, of course, that you can only see the top pair of panties or socks.   When I look for something not on the top,  then everything automatically gets rumpled into a disorganized mess.

You need a shoe box.   Then you fold a pair of underwear into a nice flat little package and then stack them upright into the shoe box.  That way, all you see is the fold.  Once this is done,  you can see exactly the color that you want!

I was explaining this to my friends at lunch today, who were laughing so hard, tears streamed down their cheeks.  One said.  "All my underwear are white!"    Hmmmm....well, I guess  this style of organizing would be less exciting in that case!   Mine are an assortment of colors!

Over the weekend, I used the Japanese lady's strategy for organizing my socks and underwear, and I must say,  it certainly did bring me an enormous surge of happiness!!  (which I think is the point of her book).  

I have read in articles that her underlying theory is:  get rid of anything that does not bring you joy.

I do love the military precision of perfectly folded vertical underwear!!

Anyway,  here is the result of my labor.  (I am sure it is more information than most people want to know!!)

As you can see, the title of this blog has a double meaning!