In the past, I've always found the best way to motivate family to get on board with what I'm doing is to NOT force them to take part or get rid of anything. I just carry on lightening the load in the parts of the house I am primarily responsible for, talking to them along the way about what I'm doing and why, and how much easier it is to clean once there is less stuff to deal with. Before long, they usually realise that it's also easier for THEM to clean up their own rooms if there is less in them, and they start decluttering their own stuff. On Thursday of the second week, one of my daughters decided to clean up her room, and in the process she brought to me a box full of stuff she doesn't want any more, a box full of things she didn't think belonged to her, and a bag full of trash.
Between my daughter's decluttering and my own, this day we added 48 items to the give away pile: 8 pieces of clothing, 2 pairs of shoes, 1 stamp album, 1 musical stand, 1 jewellery container, 1 baby front pack, 5 videos, 1 DVD, 14 books, 1 ornament, 1 bag of beads, 1 book marker, 1 wallet, 1 bracelet, 1 stencil set, 1 inflatable ball, 1 bottle warmer, 1 Christmas stocking, 1 bag holder and 4 educational posters.
Unfortunately it poured with rain all day and I wasn't possible for me to put things out by the road. The school term holidays begin tomorrow and last two weeks, so I will be boxing up give-aways for now, and probably at the end of the holidays I will have a "free yard sale" in my garage. It is not wise to put things by the road during the holidays as some of the teens who hang out at the skate park across the road would take things and make destructive messes with them.
Unfortunately it poured with rain all day and I wasn't possible for me to put things out by the road. The school term holidays begin tomorrow and last two weeks, so I will be boxing up give-aways for now, and probably at the end of the holidays I will have a "free yard sale" in my garage. It is not wise to put things by the road during the holidays as some of the teens who hang out at the skate park across the road would take things and make destructive messes with them.
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