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MISSION: ORGANIZATION Tips for clearing out winter clutter
By BROOKE VANCLEAVE St. Joseph News-Press
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Judy Frueh, right, a women’s health nurse practitioner at Northwest Missouri State University Wellness Center, and Lauren Regan, left, a sophomore majoring in nursing at the university, pose for a portrait at the Wellness Center. Ms. Regan is one of the members of an educational group Ms. Frueh started for students with diabetes.
Dealing with diabetes
No matter how tidy you think you might be, everyone has a tendency to become a bit of a pack rat sometimes. This is especially true in the winter, when cold weather drives us inside and belongings accumulate after the holiday retail season. By the time spring cleaning rolls around, many people are left wondering how they got so much stuff and what to do with it. “It’s really easy in the wintertime to tend to pack stuff in just because of the weather,� says Lisa Doyle of Angel on My Shoulder Professional Organizers in St. Joseph. Sorting through winter clutter and developing better organizational skills is a great way to start a fresh new year with a cleaner house and a decluttered mind. Not only will purging and organizing help kick-start easier spring cleaning in the future, Ms. Doyle says staying active inside is a good way to cure the winter blahs. Like most things in life, though, it’s easier said than done. “The areas that take up the most room is the place to start with,� Ms. Doyle says. This includes piles of blankets lying around you haven’t used in past seasons, old storage containers and lids in the kitchen or clothes in the closet you no longer wear. She also likes to start cleaning up her clients’ places of solitude where they go to relax, because if a relaxation space is messy, it can easily turn into a stressful space. “One of the worst places to have cluttered is the bedroom,� she says. Local designer Tabitha Yount of Elegant Interiors by Tabitha
Yount says people should go through the house and try to purge items about every three months, especially if they have children. “My motto is everything always has a space. ... If there’s not a space for it, then you probably don’t need it,� Ms. Yount says. She says a general rule of thumb is if a person hasn’t used or worn an item for about a year, he or she probably won’t use it again, so it is better to donate or get rid of those things before they pile up. “Otherwise they’ll store it away someplace and forget they have it,� Ms. Yount says. A technique she uses in her own home is to give her husband and each of her children his or her own drawer, serving as free space for any papers or small items to be stored throughout the day. This way, important papers don’t get lost or cause a mess in other parts of the house. Some of Ms. Doyle’s favorite organization tips involve repurposing everyday items into easy storage solutions and using ignored spaces as storage areas. “People should take a look at their space and better utilize the space they have,� she says.
University club targets students with chronic condition By JENNIFER GORDON St. Joseph News-Press
Type 1 diabetes made Lauren Regan’s freshman year of college that much more difficult. Stress and food, two descriptors which could categorize many university experiences, can aggravate the Northwest Missouri State University student’s chronic autoimmune condition. Stress raises her blood sugar. More than her peers, Ms. Regan has to know her limits with eating and drinking. Judy Frueh, a women’s health nurse practitioner and the clinical director of Wellness Services at Northwest, recognized the unique challenges college diabetics faced. Last fall, she worked with Ms. Regan, 20, to establish a support group on campus. “We have support groups here in the community,� Ms. Frueh says.
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