Hello Friends,
Illness still plagues our home, but I try to work a little bit here and there on the great bedroom purge. I want to stay on track with my goal to complete this room by the end of January. One thing that works well for me is to watch a favorite TV show while purging our bedroom. I got quite a bit cleaned up during the first show of the new season of Downton Abbey!
The great bedroom purge continues. We have this corner between our dressers which quite simply is a dumping ground. This before picture isn’t as drastic as it was before Christmas. Imagine this area piled high with boxes and bags of gifts for 11 people. What a mess!!!
To get started I removed everything from the corner and sorted it. I sort into categories of keep, toss, donate and find home. In cleaning I finding two main reasons for my clutter:
1. Delayed Decisions – I might want to keep this item, but I am not sure so I will just hang on to it. But in the meantime I really don’t have a specific home for it as I might not keep it. Make the decision on each item and move on!
2. Didn’t Replace Where Belongs – I try to keep like things together, but sometime I am just lazy! I know fireworks go in the basement in the storage area, but I found some in this corner, because I didn’t take the time to put things away. I am working hard to make the effort to put things where they belong, even if that means going to the basement when I don’t feel like it.
Finished Corner – still a few things on the white shelf that I am debating their true home. But it is a good start!
Cleaning Saves you money: So in cleaning out the corner I found a few things that were helpful. About a year ago, I lost my extra set of keys for my van. I had to purchase a new set for about $50.00. While cleaning out the corner, I found a purse I wasn’t using and the missing keys were in it! Being disorganized costs me money!!
Also found – two free passes to the movie theater! So cleaning my corner out netting me about $65.00. It pays to get organized!! I think a date to the movies is in order soon.
Another Donation Pile finds it’s way to Good Will to bless someone else.
Don’t worry, I am not going to post every area of my house as I declutter it. I will post a weekly update of my accomplishments. I will be crossing items off my list as I complete them! I hope you will join me in simplifying your life in 2014!
Wishing you a wonderful start to 2014 and freedom from clutter!
Simply,
