declutterbug

ki and i got rid of a bunch of clothes. we took them to our favorite resale place and got just under $40. not a ton, but enough to get a couple things. the rest is going to our friends, whom we will let paw through the bags after dance class on thursday.

since we took them in (monday), i've already dug up another 7 pairs of pants to let go...

i bought a very nifty hammock and stand in part so that i could keep one area of the yard (where one of my housemates tends to put her extra “stuff”—tools, wood, boxes, garbage cans—) neat and tidy. it’s the area that corresponds to “wealth” if you buy into feng shui, and i do because after cleaning it up, my financial situation got really good…but i digress.

anyway, i came back from the weekend and the hammock was moved and stuff abounded in the “neat and tidy” zone. i need to get my excess stuff under control before i can ask anyone else to look after theirs, but it still gives me the “one step forward, two back” feeling when i clean an area up and then it gets messy through no fault of my own.

i’ve GOT to clean out my clothes closets as well…i am dreading this because i don’t have a lot of room (our bedroom doesn’t have any real closets—just an old murphy bed enclosure that now has a clothing rod—and two small wardrobes we picked up from IKEA and the hardware store.

43 Things is a cool site. Folks post what they want to accomplish and you can read them, and see how many others have the same goals. (Decluttering is on there!)

Here is a link to a "how to" article on doing a declutter session. It's a shorter committment to read this than a book or long article. :) Enjoy.

How to schedule a declutter session.

And here's a link to a sweet story about needing to get rid of stuff before new stuff will come in.

Old Jeans

And here's one that helps you declutter the mental goo as well!

Decluttering your mind (and your life)

I keep wanting to post my latest thoughts about decluttering, but not getting to it. Today I journaled a bit about what it means to not quite be able to do a big possession purge, what the reasons behind it are.

I also went through my closet a bit more and got rid of 6 shirts. I'm going to add a pair of shoes to it tonight as well.