3 strategies for maintaining peace of mind while in the middle of home projects!

The shift has begun. It’s kinda like a giant Rubik’s cube…

During “stay at home” we made the choice to move my husband from his downtown office into our basement garden apartment. It has been my office, an AirBnB, a guest space….and now it will be his full time office.

It’s an all hands on deck gig- and we are chipping away at it a couple hours each day. It involves re-organizing 8 different rooms in our home!!

Friends...my house looks like a tornado whipped through...shit is everywhere!

I am a neat freak, I thrive on organization, on everything having a place and being there! I am WAY far out of my comfort zone…

3 strategies for maintaining peace of mind while in the middle of home projects:

Make a plan first!! Don’t just jump in and start moving things around! Talk it out with all involved. Take measurements. Layout spaces to make sure things will fit.

**We found out in our planning process that my oldest REALLY didn’t want to switch rooms and we needed to pivot and reconfigure the plan.

Map out the order of your plan. Take the time to figure out in what order things need to be done in order to successfully move things around. And write it down! This is the step most people don’t think about.

**Tomorrow I will purge and clean in the mud room and move everything out of the space where the cabinets will go. The next day I will go through and empty out the cabinets so they are ready to move. The next day my husband will move them to the mud room and we will clean up the space they are in so that all of his office file cabinets can reside there.”

Stay Grounded This is the most difficult! Tensions are high, usually we are tired and hangry. (**Bonus tip: have lots of snacks around!!) I put on virtual blinders as I move through the house and keep envisioning how awesome it will be when all is done.

**Before I begin working on the project I grab a grounding oil, take some deep breaths and remind myself it is a slow and steady process and it won’t be forever!

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