So a friend of mine invited me to participate in a 40-Day De-clutter your home challenge and boy, has it been a CHALLENGE. I am definitely not a hoarder, but I do tend to buy and/or keep things in my home that I don't need to for one of the following reasons (or mix thereof)
1) emotional attachment
2) I "will use it eventually"
3) I might need it, someday
4) I got it free or really cheap and couldn't pass it up
The point of the challenge is to pick one area in your home/car/life and clean-it out. Recycle, Throw-away or Give-away 1 Bag each day for 40 Days. That's 40 Bags in 40 Days. The bag can be any size, it can even be a box...but the point being, to de-clutter what's around us so that we can breathe better.
I started days 1, 2, 3, and 4 great...although I then went out of town for a few days and returned and just have not had much motivation to do much else. So, for the purpose of getting this in writing, here is the list of areas I need/want to tackle (since, if it's not in writing, it really may never happen)
Bedrooms:
1) Family Room Closet
2) Josiah's closet
3) Daniel's Closet
4) Jubilee's Closet
5) Our closet (ahhhh-scary!)
6) Stack of clothes on the baby swing in our bedroom (scary too)
7, 8,9) Kid's drawers
10) My dresser drawers
11) David's dresser drawers
Kitchen
12) Container, Bowl cabinet
13) Fridge
14) Freezer (hey, it technically is another area right?)
15) Plate/Cup cabinet
16) Medicine/snack cabinet (need to get rid of all of that Halloween Candy and expired meds ASAP)
17) Business cabinet (miscellaneous repair, mail sorting area
18) Kitchen table paper-pile
19) Recycables (needs organized)
Living Areas
20) Entry-closet
21) Shoe area
22) Laundry room
23) Kids toys in bins
24) Family room bookshelf
25) Hall closet
Garage
26) Store Christmas tree in better area with other decor
27) Get another shelving unit for bins - better organization
28) Sell/rid of toilet and misc. building supplies
29) Recycle
30) Fix/do something with the broken wagon wheel
31) Get rid of thomas ride alongs and tracks
32) Organize home improvement materials area
33) Hang strollers with hooks to Garage wall
34) Fix garage door opener/clean area
Misc.
35) Organize outside shed
36) Clear out trunk from our bedroom
37) Clear out donation area/Goodwill/yard sale
38) Clean out bags in garage from work/old school
39) Organize desk area in Jubilee's room
40) Clear out my diaperbag/purse
Feel free to join in on the challenge and De-clutter your life of what is unnecessary!
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