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Decluttering....110 on the 8th!

8/7/2016

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According to the decluttering game I'm playing, I'm supposed to declutter 8 items today - but I was on a roll, and ended up decluttering 110 items instead!
It started when I decided to clean out my kitchen utensils drawer...from which I eliminated 33 items - I grabbed an oven tray that is no good any more, and piled 22 junk items in it from the drawer for the trash, and put another 11 items into the donate box for goodwill.
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Then I folded the laundry, and as I was putting it away, decided it was time I tidied up my underwear drawer. I've lost a lot of weight recently, so threw out 2 bras and 19 pairs of undies I don't need any more.
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I've decided that over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to focus on decluttering my living/dining room. I grabbed some obvious don't-needs from the DVDs stack, and then decided it was time I dealt with the box of books in one corner I've been meaning to get rid of. So today I either listed for sale or gave away these 51 books and DVDs.
This evening, I decided to go through the binders off one shelf while watching the end of a DVD mini-series (it will go in tomorrow's toss pile!), and I ended up tossing the contents of 5 binders - which are going in the donate box.
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So that's 110 items (not counting the several hundred pieces of paper from the binders!)
I think I was extra motivated because last night before bed I skimmed back through Leo Babauta's The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life. Reading books which remind me of all the good reasons to reduce clutter and excess is always good motivation. Leo recommends these overall principals:
  • Omit needless things
  • Identify the essential
  • Make everything count
  • Fill your life with joy
  • Edit, edit!
"Figure out what makes you happy. Get rid of the rest,
so you have room for those important things." Leo

It feels good to let go!
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