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bathroom, children, Closet, Coping (psychology), Family, Health, Home, Ikea, Mental health, Mindfulness-based stress reduction, mom, motherhood, organization, retail therapy, Stress, therapy
I wish I could say that I was one of those people who, in times of stress or emotion, clean like crazy or don’t eat. Nope. Not me.
What do I do?
You guessed it, eat like crazy! I have to say, it does help in the moment…
This is the note I wrote to myself the other day and posted it right by my fridge handle.
So… if I can’t eat crap, what is a girl to do?
You guessed it- shop! Ikea happens to be right by the airport in Portland, so after dropping off my mom, you know where I headed!
A little retail therapy and voila!, new bathroom decor for me!
Cute right?
And the towels matched the elephants that we already had!
What I love about Ikea for stuff like this is that it is inexpensive, and although the quality isn’t the best out there, when they start to fall apart, I have already moved onto the next decor idea.
I was on a roll…
Our closet was in need of some serious help.
Warning… I am really going to show you the “before” of the closet.
I know…
This one is ALL Brent…
The clothes and shoe hording issues we can address in another post. The problem really is that the closet is too small…. ( that’s what I tell myself). Denial is another post as well…
Onto the organization!
Ta Da! It was an issue of re-purposing. I had these shelves on the floor intended for use as shoe racks. As you could see, that wasn’t happening!
Gotta love Ikea for the $3 plastic shoe tubs! Good stuff.
I have to say, all in all I found it to be a much more effective coping strategy!
Now if I could only fold my laundry and clean the bathrooms…
How do you cope with stress or emotion? What is your therapy of choice?
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