This may come as a surprise to many people, but I TRULY believe my room is NOT messy. I wouldn’t consider myself a messy person (okay, I’m not a clean freak either)…but hear me out. My room isn’t messy, I just have A LOT of stuff, and a creative way of organizing it.

I’ve always been a collector. I like to gather things, and I have trouble separating from my beloved belongings. I know what you’re probably thinking: ‘wow, is this an article about hoarders?’ but it’s not, listen.

Everything I own has a place and a meaning. Every now and then I deep clean and get rid of the things I no longer want, but I keep things in specific places because they have meaning and help me express myself.

For example, the clothes in the pile on the floor. Those are there because I was picking out an outfit! Clothes are so meaningful and help me express myself: so of course, I needed the perfect combination. I swear, I’ll eventually get around to folding the rest and putting them away! Whats more important is that I got to express myself.

My mom likes to say to me: ‘A messy room reflects a messy mind.’ And I sure do agree! When I feel like I need to regain control of my life, I 100% will deep clean my room and reorganize everything, but what you think is messy probably isn’t the same as what I think. Sorry, I'm just more 'creative'than most.

Like I said, everything has a place. You may view my overflowing desk as a disorganized clutter, but I see it as my favorite collection of books, candles, trinkets and makeup! Having my things in a place where I can easily find them makes me feel better – so really, does that make it a mess?! These things define me, and make up who I am - of course, I want them on display!

Really, my 'mess' helps everyone know me better.

So, what I’m trying to say, is: don’t blame ‘messy’ girls for having a messy mind. What you might think is chaos is actually our form of organization! (Minus the shoes everywhere…those I’m just way too lazy to put away. Sorry, Mom!)