I just realized today on Sunday, March 10th, 2024, that I haven’t made an update about my move to the new apartment since January.

So what is new? I have bought so much since I started moving into the apartment in November 2023. I still have a lot of things I need to get, but my spending on apartment necessities is slowing down some. Spending is turning more into buying things for decorating the apartment, more than buying practical things needed for basic living. I’ve been buying a lot of artificial plants, and I will continue buying more for awhile. I hope to have the majority of my home decor spending done by the end of June this year.

I’ve been stocking up on more storage containers again. This time around, I’m getting smaller containers that can be used to organize my belongings into easier to handle containers, rather than keeping things in big containers. The reason for this is because it is just easier to see what you have in smaller containers than it is the bigger ones when you have a lot of things stored in them. The smaller containers are also easier to move around the apartment when I want to dig through them for decluttering. So I have all of the large containers I bought when I moved, plus a bunch of small containers I recently bought, and tomorrow I’m going to buy some medium containers I had my eyes on last week. That may or may not take care of all of container needs. If not, I think one more shopping trip for containers next week will probably do it for me. My goal is transfer all of my possessions into new containers, and get rid of all the old storage containers that don’t match. I know that sounds like a waste somewhat, but it is a part of my decluttering goal. Having all of the new containers only would mean that all of my containers match in size, and so would be easier to organize on my utility shelves.

So I still have a lot of work to do with organizing things in my apartment, but I’m getting to near the end of most of the work I need to do and then I can start actually living in a home again. I can already tell that I’m getting there because I’ve gotten back into some crafting and shopping for more used books… which is a story for another post to come.