After five weeks, five weeks we finished all the spaces with up. So how are you feeling? I'm feeling really, really good like this. It's so nice coming in here and just feeling so like I know where everything is just in space. No, I don't run into stuff I'm not like get to this. I don't have any of those thoughts anymore.

So it's still after so many weeks it's like I just I just love it because I can manage don't feel like I'm managing anything but you know what I'm feeling those things It's really easy just to maybe pick up the Swiffer and stuff or not play Xbox. Okay? Yeah, nothing's in the way. Like I always had to pick things up or move things furniture, pieces of stuff on the floor or whatever. And now it's like, it's less time and energy. Do you want to give us a tour?

Yeah, as he was just sharing with us What what? If you needed to tweak something? I want to tell everybody like, yeah, this was for you. And that is normally if you need to tweak things, if something is for me, it was a starting point. So it's nice if you can share also all these vocabulary. Well, I needed to do this change.

So I'm loving these. Anything that you can hear how it would be nice if you could just share Yeah, okay. I will start in the process. Okay, it was alright. So that one was totally packed. And this now is So much more manageable I don't have to touch anything here really it's Yeah, I can walk in here he's my little guy and he he loves coming in every time a little dog wants to come in I come in I can vacuum in here really easily everything I got up here for me and stuff and that's what I mean at first we just have this one but I thought it would be nice to have a little bit more here to give like this is sort of my when I go out the door that's where everything is that's when you store and want to come back in and so I need something like this because of it being the entryway I need to place this to the things that are wet.

But just the way everything's here I can you know get to this stuff when I want to but when nice enough that I can see where things are. I see your shoes out there for the weekend. Yeah, exactly. And so I kind of switched them up and you know what They're dried off and certain ones that I don't have room for that dried off and they go into the regular process. So most of you will say that he's working well everything is because nothing needs to be tweaked. No, no actually this is just this is phrased this way this graphic and then once I get rid of a few things yet that are going to be nasty.

So I'm going to be marking this is temporary, you know, some of these things to go. Yeah. So once all this is gone now, everything will be accessible nicely, but this is the only space that you have right now. So to store things so sometimes it's okay if things get messy temporarily because that gives me time to be there. That's true. This is kind of like can be the messy closet and it's not a big deal.

This is my my face to make. So what about the buy book? Sorry, oh, yeah, I just find it for you guys in case. up but other things. Yeah. And now it's called And so I put that up on the wall.

This was an old phone that was sitting there for like three notes on my keys actually is better. Found something really cheap here to put up. Like I wanted some kind of light in here in the evening just because it's always dark in this area and boy tooth out a little bit and these are my own sponsors I have and yeah, so that's all like, I'm trying to figure out what not to get for here but that's just the beginning of winter so yep. And whatever the beautiful bathroom bathroom. Yes. Oh man, I have nothing in here.

Nothing. Everything was stored somewhere else where it turned again. So they putting shells in here for me that this is awesome. It works so great. I got my own little shelf here to like incense on here. But you know that that's all I need to do.

I've really minimalized stuff to make on YouTube so that was something new yes needed done something here because I have two of them behind the door and I didn't you know when I'm washing my hands this was great to put up pictures and haven't done much in here yet but still I know there's something else that I want to put in the bathtub instead of what I have there. So that's coming as well. Great space and oh, yeah, look, the shelf you put down here too. So yeah, I'm still going to do a few things in there yet. And of course some no you don't need any Kleenex. So yeah, and then some stuff I took off the wall.

Yeah, all everything is working well in the bathroom. Yeah no no frustrations at all no really like a mess and so I finally have a linen closet and for external things too, you know and everything, show me some great ways to pull things and it's making use of space much better. Everything the extra shows are working with everything is now easier to access. You know, especially with having that shelf in there to not write out but yeah, for some extra things when he was shopping a few extra things, you know? Yeah, I would play sport now. Was it before?

On top of everything. So no, you want to better check the bed. This is awesome. right um, I just didn't like So that's good stuff. Yeah, fine. It's also good.

Can you share with us a challenge that you were having with it with the laundry because that's so true. Okay. So I have bags of laundry there but I had been sitting all over because I really didn't have a place for that my head still some boxes sitting there for storage and that sort of thing. I didn't have extra shelving like I do now. And now with everything I've gone through, I've got extra space here now so I have more laundry. And so now I can put them in there with the shorter tops and sweaters and stuff that I have in there so I have room in there to put it away.

And of course since I just did my laundry to you know when I don't have time to finish it, I can easily put it in this closet here a bit to get away but I got extra hooks put up here instead of always hope hanging over Yeah, we've put some things up like this just like it didn't in the closet up there but I had my own little things to put up and then of course just shoot my shoes on the back and I really got rid of a lot of shoes. Yeah, so these are just what I really want to happen so this works good I can shut this if I want to I really don't because I think so for the laundry then what kind of system do you have going on now? What are you testing? Oh, what I'm testing now it's just there's three sort of bag to put things in.

So like for towels now one for whites and one for whites and lights or something and then like darks and so now I can pick out a few things to each of them that I just want to do a couple of loads of because I could do a couple of weeks at a time. So it makes it easier to store to them. Just have another basket. Oh cute and they throw stuff into what else tears But a lot more organized than an investor. And how often do you need to do this? Well, I've only done it once since I've seen you guys but I'm seeing that I can do you know, a couple of times a week, which will be more than that actually.

Because I have a couple washers I can use so I can do too little. Okay, not twice, twice a week. Okay, so yeah. So I just switched around my calls to them. And then I have some storage up there to this. You know, some things I'm not using but I do want to make use of or know that I've had some use later on to personal storage.

And then my jewelry and yeah, you'll see where that jury put up now we're going to put that up and then something we came up with actually, Samantha came up with this and I thought this was so cool. hangers. I mean, what else do you have in your bedroom hanger? Yeah, but this is so cool for and it's so easy to do to just with these little hooks. Um, you know, I got a few more so I've got them basically all on one necklace for each but you know it makes it so much more neat and tidy and I go there and hang up now I'm not used to always have this or joke thing here that I always put stuff on and it always was always messy. Like I was sitting on a space.

Yeah, were there spaces have stuff on it? Even when I'm tired it's something that I know you can because it's convenient and it's easy right? And I'm visual. I have to see what I know what to put onto something right? I really am with this too. Like I have more jewelry to wear so sorry but I just some of them it just kind of stick out here and he's so beautiful because you have so many different colors.

Yeah, yeah. Marines. Yeah. And it's just so it's it makes me happy when I look at it. Yeah, it's bright. And it's.

It's fun. Yeah. shapes, different colors. It's like a decoration. Yeah. It's like a piece of art.

Right? Yeah, you can change it. Oh, that's true. Yeah, very good. So, yeah, I'm in the bed. We change the layout of the bed.

Oh, sure how to do this. And we move things around a few times. It took us a couple of moves. But now we got to this one. And I love this. Like, look at the light coming in.

Simple curtains. Plenty of curtains up after six months of being here. And this is just so like coming here. We just kind of relax on the bed first before you go to bed. But I love this. It's so calm and inviting.

I love so Mallory Tell me about this space. Okay. Check in the closet here. So this is where the magic happens. Yes. Like when you guys put in the shelf everything What?

Do you know what? This is pretty much the same from when you guys yeah, I I it's so well still trying to get down to your cocoa beans. Oh yes. Oh my gosh real estate like we've got our winter coat on and yeah so there's still space there for people coming in. So five weeks five times seven is 40 no sorry, five times seven is 35 it's been 35 days they say that it takes 21 days to form a habit if you're still maintaining this. Ah yeah, I've pretty much made that habit.

Yep. Well, it's it's because, like, when you did things was to simplify for me And and organize it. Like I've been looking for something to help me get into some kind of a habit like that to do things you know. And I'm and I'm remembering to what you said like even at the end of the day or something or a couple days so you busy take five minutes 10 minutes just to go through one place and purchase stuff so sometimes a few more scarves in the other closet. Yeah, so I come in and I just pull this down and and I get them all back in here and it's beautiful. Yeah.

And why are scarves hats shoes coats, why are they important to you? Well, I, I like variety. I like I like different to choose from like em. I've had a lot of stuff that I've given away, but even the stuff that I've kept, I like just what I've kept it's, it's I can see this now to what I have. And it's I mean, I still take a while to get ready but I see what I have now and I go you know This works with that. And I'm finding how things just work better with what I have now too, because I don't know that magic of deciding what to keep and what not to keep.

I guess it was like, I was ready for that decision because the stuff I got rid of I don't even remember. All the good stuff is here, right? Yeah, yeah, I would label you. If I could give you a label as a fashionista. Like you very much know how to put hats, scarves, coats, boots all together. And because you like diversity, you know, when people see you, you never look the same twice.

Yeah, that's true. But you know, when you go to this building here, they're probably wondering who I am or who's coming in all the time. Who's that Hollywood star. I don't know about that. But but I I crave for different things all the time. I'm not a routine person.

And that's why it's been difficult to keep things tidy. And in a place where I can find it, because they just don't have, I don't I don't have a sense of style. They don't have a sense of working ization but you're maintaining this one but I'm maintaining this because I got a really good well people to have the system that you have works for me good and I hope I knew that was gonna work I don't know I don't know there's something about you guys that I said and everything I've come away with has been just using you guys oh yes you know so i mean Well that makes me feel good. I hope so it is beautiful and I'm really glad that it is working out and and with the shelf down here to my extra boots and stuff that I have and things I did get rid of even this is all I have left with my boots.

And when I used to have a lot, a lot more stuff but even still I do have a fair amount of things. But now for me, I have a place for them and start to save myself if I don't have a place for them. You know, we think twice before I buy something you know, I think I have some of those things that now shop at home with you. Oh yeah. Judy Judy's jewelry store and Judy's clothing store. Awesome.

Has already Yeah, but what about when you're cooking? wow we just shut my door here. Here's my new little warmer it is a new space. It's a new space yes because I've put some different things in different places and you guys are gonna be really jealous. Like this post is great. And they and and Emilio helped me organize this and this has been awesome cuz everything I know here too is like up to date.

I know it's got better organization for word putting some things I don't just cram stuff in now and say something over here no I have a spot for thing yes there's some little notes up here but you know what this is getting me into a routine of where to put things and again to say this is what I have and I can't bring in more than I that I really need right all the same with down here like I got rid of a lot of stuff that really was like I could duplicate or just sitting there not even being used and this is enough how have you found having it like this affecting your eating has improved decrease? Well, my eating I still have a you know I'm still working on but it's it's helping me with everything here. Being able to see what I have.

And I and I'm getting into more of a routine of certain parts of the day what like in morning Mr. Cereal that I have. Everything is all in one's own area, too. They're not like oh where do they put this where Thought but it's helping me to try to be a little bit more you know, I have to kind of be in more of a routine for eating yeah regular like most people do benefit from that Judy. I was the same way I was a sporadic eater I would skip meals and sometimes it was because of low energy. Sometimes it was because I didn't know what I wanted to make. And when I started doing kind of things like this like making zones like this is the baking zone.

This is the breakfast so that really helped me become a little bit more inspired and feel less exhausted when deciding what it was because I had some food over here I had some food over here well this is now my my Tupperware anything to do put stuff that I am eating leftovers or something put in there I know I haven't gotten the dishes done but don't worry. That's usually something I'm really good at now to is keeping them but I've just had a lot of laundry lately stay so busy with that. About the roosters Oh roosters Oh yes, my rooster story is really sorry just that my Grandma, grandma, grandpa lived beside us and were younger and when I went over there used to always see this rooster which is this one right up here is always done my grandma's window. So yeah. And so I don't know how I got it but somehow I must have said to my grandma, I want that and I've had it ever since.

And people started picking up on it. So I've got roosters everywhere now and then I've been getting stuff to our love with roosters. Yeah. And I have something in here with a cover too. Yeah, I'm the color of roosters, just the different colors that will come in and you know, I'm using all my my plates and stuff like that I did this is there's a method for this to why I'm doing this so that I don't turn on the wrong version. Yeah.

Because that's been my my issue. Yeah. So I've heard so many cover tops that this way. I know I have something on each of them. Yeah, that I have to take off. Before I start cooking, okay, so that's great.

A little extra storage up there too, which is I love this area up here to have that nice displayed items and your kitchen has a lot of personality like it feels like Judy kitchens. No one else. Yeah, so it's pretty cool. I it's been a long time since I've actually had a place that has an extra kitchen, dining room, bedroom, everything is sort of an all in one spot space. And my life has just been so chaotic for seven, eight years, at least, since 2009. But I've been moving so much that now this is starting to feel like this is my place.

You know, and that's part of the reason to I needed up both because I just, I needed to just go through everything completely and say, What is working for me now what? What do I want now to do and I noticed that A lot of stuff is changing. Cool. So And one last thing with the the coverage that you put in down here. It's looking pretty good too. Oh, that's awesome.

I did find myself a little garbage container here that fit into that space. Yeah. And it's got a lid on it. So it's nice that when you know, I put something in now covered up when I opened up there, so smells coming through whatever, but I can see everything down there and set up really nicely. And you guys gave me some ideas. Putting some things down here too.

It's like yeah, that worked for something else before but now it works repurposed in the organizing. Yes. Cool. That was a huge thing we did awesome. What other things using things that I had? I had a lot of stuff too that we can look out to see.

Yeah, and I'm super happy that is just working for you. Yeah, me too. Just great. Yeah. So that's why My eating area. What would you say about your living room?

Living room? Well, this, this is still kind of a work in progress from my dining room area. But what are you working on? What I'm working on is this light. This was the creation of my thought sort of, as this was going to be like for hanging pots and pans. I'm looking through pictures like I love going through stuff, looking at things right.

They're really getting into Pinterest. Yeah, you like Pinterest a lot. I love it for looking for ideas and being inspired. Yeah, cool. And I knew it was for that. But you know, I couldn't get into any of that stuff before because there's so much that I wanted to do.

I didn't know where where it was going. And so I got to this place and I've been looking at something like this for a long time. So what I did is I took this and I found this tears. I think something like that. For a while and thought, well, I wanted to bring up things like prophecy. This is my first idea was take some of the little books, but I didn't have put the light up, I just need to get an extra extension for the sun.

And there's my you know, because it works for I'm using this for my projects that I'm going to so I bring my trade that's in the, in my bedroom cart, and I just bring a drawer out or the whole double hole set out and sit here and do some things. So yeah, so you're working on I believe that I was part of a breaking a piece of business at cuckoo clocks or welding it back together. Yeah, well, part of it was was broken. I think another piece actually did come off too. But yeah, so I got to do that before I take it back in but that's part of to get it. It wasn't really very, very, very, very delicate.

So I want to get this back on first. before deciding yeah so so what did they like it had this clear table like I know we have to serve because you love it and yes it is the best thing it was part of your everyday you know habit. So it was good to keep this out and center but the table was something that was kind of always you know, had things on it now push up against the wall. Now you can see how does it feel? It's great. I am first sitting for eating like even when I have something like this one, I just have to move it to the side and number don't even sometimes I just pull my chair out and sit here and watch TV while I'm having my dinner.

And then he doesn't get up and start getting up with the reading of coach. Oh, awesome. And yeah, man, I'm done. I always have this space. Now I used to always put stuff on my table and now it's like, this is all it's on here all the time. I used to here but I'm starting this last couple days.

So I thought I might get out in this morning for a few minutes. But I didn't Face it and do my, you know, fix jewelry fix, do some projects, you know, fix things that you know, tell me a little bit about Maryland because we've seen Maryland throw your there's a story behind why she's so prevalent. Well, Maryland to me is Is she she was ahead of her time as far as I'm concerned and I feel so bad that she never got to live out her life to the fullest. at such a young age she she helped he. I don't know something about her her. She's got that didn't matter what was happening to her.

She just kept going. And and she's, she's feminine, but she's, she's smart. And and she knew she knew what she was doing. She didn't she knew the things she wants to do but he was held down by Many people that thought she was just this pretty blonde that didn't do much more than just smile and look good piano, but I'm still not exactly sure why if I have to have her everywhere, but she just has a I don't know if she inspires me and she's beautiful whether she's really I don't wear makeup and stuff all the time, but I just think it's fun. I even have a picture actually props to the picture, but I have a picture of her trying to be like marijuana. Now you did show up to the museum, they had a little thing there that you could stand there with the drafting blows up and whatever.

I don't know she's just she represents someone who's strong even though you don't see it underneath that smile. And you know, I I've had that smile for a long time. That you know, I thought was just I don't know. I think it was more of a mask for me for a long time, but be nice. That smile, you know, you look at that there is a person there there is a person struggling, wanting to be fit in wanting to do her thing. And I just I just think she's a smile or smile is beautiful.

She's She's strong and she's she's like, she's a lot like me. Yeah. Beautiful. Smile. Really good with clothing. Always looking nice, Judy.

Yeah. You know, makes me feel good about myself. Good. I look at her and I just feel like Good. So what about the rest of the room? I know that you do some office work sometimes here and you do like to watch and entertain.

So what about the rest of your space? Well, I finally got myself a nice little area there that I still have some tweaking to do with the paperwork in that but it's nice to have everything all in one spot. And now I have a long cord to that I can hook up from my computer for my cable. I just watch TV. And real much Marylyn really likes sending emails on Facebook. Yeah.

Where's that come from? Check you keep extra bedding because this is actually a pull up. So if you have a family member or guests to come with you Everything is here yet underneath the bed box and it also serves as really nice coffee table and footstool. Yep, yep. I and then of course Merlin's on mobile time now too but it's so nice having a coach and this is a polo fan too. And just everything in one area now.

I have all kinds of stuff in here as well. multimillion dollar was in there and I can't believe how God London and plus other stuff there and now I've got just the stuff through the bedding here but if I need something here in the living room that I can just you know, sort of coach and someone comes I can just sit in there, pulled out, put it together. Nice lots of space here to wares I never used to have a lot of space in my living room to move around. A little bit challenging, but I will never get out. So I've always wanted chest and I just love The furniture that I have that all kind of goes together with the wood you know, and of course Romans cage is still in a in the corner there he still needs that the first elements of doing some training.

Yeah, yeah and so that's an important thing for him to take some time open he's making his choices. And tell us about the last face here. I mean this is kind of a special little spot. Yeah, when I when I first had some nice pieces in here I bought my my arm while there are over here they came at you with booster lamp. And when I was placed place I've always had those pieces. And this is a picture of a friend of mine that passed away back in 2009.

She bought me and I love how this sits here with the light on. I have it on all the time that it brings up the consciousness a little bit of color in the in the picture there but this little space here is nice for when I come in, I can just throw my glasses in here just open the stuff to put things on while I'm reading, you know, put stuff away, whatever put it but also for my shoes and stuff like this for cleaning and everything and it's all nicely neatly put in there that when I need something to clean my shoes or whatever and I'm glad I have a balcony now I can actually spray my boots and clean my boots out there and it's all put away nice and neat in the air and there's a little space here for someone to tell if I'm doing some cooking or something.

Just hop up on the stool to sit here while we're chatting or I've got a stepladder. This was for my sister in law and she was just so nice for step two on extra seats and space for Maryland here to like I was wondering where am I gonna place this For him to just sit with his little bed and that works perfect here. He can move it around wherever he wants. And Yep, and we can run around now. He has a place to run around in here to you. So if you were going to describe kind of three different words for how you feel now in your space, what would those three words be?

Light comfortable or nice words. That's what comes to mind when I walk in here. Now it's like, it's a whole different thing outside my building and everything in the hallway. And I walk in here, and I come in and I'm like, I feel like I'm in a different world. You know, it's, it's the space and it just feels so good. Like it really is.

It helps me With my mental health so much, because I struggled so much with that, but, you know, even though my darkest, darkest days that I am sitting here with time, I still can feel like I don't have to say to myself now Oh, one day I gotta get to this or how to do this and look at this over. Everything is in a spot that feels good to me. I made that decision. I feel good about it. I know what I have now, which is really important.