G.O. Girl Interest Project

To fulfill the "DO" part of this interest project, you can choose one of the following:

(Bring a picture of what the room looked like BEFORE and AFTER along with a brief write up of your strategies!)

1. Organize items you use for a specific activity (hobby, craft project, sports activity, putting on make-up) or all items in a collection (CDs, DVDs, videos, stuffed animals). Gather all of the items together and create an organizing system that helps you use, find, or replace items more easily. Organizing strategies might include: putting similar items together; arranging items in the order in which you would use them; or storing items by color, alphabetically, or by size.
2. Room makeover! Start by thinking about how you would like your bedroom to look. Using the enclosed graph and furniture cutouts, try out several different arrangements, using some of the suggestions below.

• Placing a low nightstand next to the bed will allow you to have a light to read by, and a place to keep your water.
• Placing the head of the bed against a wall.
• Keep the area at the foot of the bed clear.
• Place the bed so you have clear sight of the door, but so that you still have privacy from those walking by.
• Try to avoid placing your bed next to a window.
• Organize the things you use often in a convenient place so you can find them easily.

3. FENG SHUI MAKEOVER! Arrange your bedroom according to feng shui priniciples to improve the flow of chi. Use a bagua (map of your bedroom's nine energy areas) to rearrange objects. There are no set rules when using feng shui because each situation is unique and special!

The ancient Chinese art feng shui (pronounced "fung shway") is often called "the art of placement," or "the art of flow." Feng shui (feng=wind; shui=water in Chinese) aims to maximize the flow of energy, or chi (pronounced "chee"), through an environment. Chi can be blocked or weakened by clutter and poor placement of things. In your bedroom, use basic feng shui principles to improve the flow of chi and kun gua (love and relationships energy) by drawing a bagua grid (ba= eight; gua=area), a map of the energetic world. First, draw a square outline of your bedroom on a piece of paper. The wall that has the main entrance to your room should be at the bottom of the square. Divide the square into nine equal squares (three rows by three columns). Now, compare your bagua with the bagua chart below. Make notes about where the layout of your room matches the chart and where it is lacking.

Here are some objects that will help you attract more of what you need in each area of your bedroom:

• Knowledge: Bookcase, books, tools for self-development.
• Career: Mirrors or water-related items. Images to support your career goals.
• Helpful People/Travel: Pictures of your helpers.
• Family/Health: Family photos, heirlooms, plants.
• Creativity/Children: Art supplies, artwork, computer.
• Prosperity: Money, jewelry, fish, fountains, anything red, purple, or gold.
• Fame/Reputation: Candles, awards, plants, anything red, orange, or purple.
• Relationships: Round or oval mirrors, anything pink, pictures of loved ones, paired objects (like two candlesticks or two flowers).