Today I cleared out a cupboard in the kitchen while I was baking a cake for my granddaughters first birthday.
It worked out perfectly, I found exactly twelve old, stale, out dated or almost empty boxes.
Tomorrow I’m hitting up my parents old paper work sitting in boxes downstairs. I think it will be easy to find thirteen file folders.
21 items for yesterday and today!
An assortment of shoes, clothes, books ornaments etc. – things to rehome and toss.
A few things for the garbage, a few back to the original owner and of course to the thrift store.
I think I’m going to have to start hitting up the books and art supplies soon – which may prove to be difficult!
Oops, forgot to post yesterday! I did let go of eight items though.
Lucky cat, Tarot cards (sold on Market Place), hat, dominoes, wooden box, little bowl and 3 bottles of old body mist into the garbage.
Day 9 was a good day!
Tossed a couple bags and clothes with rips. Took some old speakers and a sound system to the recycle depot…
Then five boxes to the thrift store – three filled with giveaways from the last nine days, and two with things I’d collected over the summer.
Another corner of STUFF!
I think I’m going to dig into it next.
Opened a drawer and look what I found!
These have been kicking around since the days of Liquidation World downtown – and I can’t remember the last time they were used.
Eight packages of incense and two candles.
I feel a little bit like I cheated since I could have called them a set of incense but I’m tired from a busy weekend with the wee one so it’s going to have to do.
Easy picking today – a couple of old sheets I was holding onto for drop sheets, little sample soaps and a couple of old pillowcases.
Works out to be more 6 items all together and I’m okay with that!
Happy Friday!
Sweater, pillow, ornament, calculator and a book.
Little steps toward a leap into a decluttered home.
Today I decided to let go of one of my favorite purses.
I had grand plans to try decopaging over the peeling parts but I did a little reality check and decided it was highly unlikely to happen – so I’m tossing it.
For giveaway – a book, a friendship bracelet maker and half a dozen glasses.
This weekend I’m going to load up the items from the last couple of days plus a couple boxes I’d filled over the last few months and drop them off at the thrift store.
The house will be a little lighter already. 😊
As promised, a picture of another cluttered spot. Hopefully at the end of the 30 days I’ll have a place for everything on there or it will have left the house for good!
I have to be honest, three items was a little harder than two! I was tempted to dive into the books but decided to save them for when I’m really struggling.
Earlier today I remembered about a pair of really soft pants I gave away earlier in the year – I let them go because they didn’t fit well since I had gained some weight which I assumed would stick with me because I was getting older.
Well, as it happens when I give something away, I eventually feel like I “need” it. Those pants would fit me now – and I was sad I didn’t have them anymore.
My first thought was “See, this always happens!” When I got really real about them – thinking about how often I wore them and how comfortable they were I remembered I usually only wore them a couple times a year and they were never really super comfortable.
It didn’t take long to feel okay with having let them go already. This will be a conversation I have with myself quite regularly I think
Let go of 2 things today…easy!!
A corner punch I picked up at Value Village that doesn’t work. It’s a struggle to toss it but why should I send it back for someone else to waste their money? Garbage it is.
The little clay flower petalish dish I made in pottery club a few years ago. I never really liked it but figured since I made it I should keep it. It’s just been clutter so I can let it go.
When this starts to get difficult I’ll probably start letting go of books – I have a lot of them and it would be good to pare down.
Tomorrow I’ll share another corner of clutter I would like to clean up – hopefully as I start making more space I’ll be able to organize the things I want to keep and use.
This is just one small area I want to declutter.
For years I have “jokingly” called myself a hoarder. I am a firm believer that our thoughts create our realities and the house is getting more and more cluttered every year.
I was listening to ‘The Minimalists’ podcast a few weeks ago and they mentioned a 30 day minimalist challenge. I’m not ready to become a minimalist (yet?) but I am more than ready to learn to let go of some of my stuff.
Over on Muckenaround.com I am doing a 100 Day Joyful creativity challenge and the accountability of posting daily has really helped me stick to creating a little something every day so I thought a challenge would be helpful to create a little space.
At the end of the 30 days I will be 465 items lighter in my home. That’s a lot of stuff!!
