Some of us have other places besides home that need simplifying. I decided I'd had enough of the "indoor recess" cupboard in my school classroom. I had some very restless boys waiting for their late buses, so enlisted them to pull everything out and sort loose pieces of games, etc. They were enthusiastic. A huge stack of unused academic books were pulled out of that storage cupboard and will go to a more public area for people to actually be able to use. After discarding toys and games that were missing pieces, we put small game pieces in baggies and restacked everything in the cupboard. By getting rid of some toys and games that were unusable and moving the books to another location, we were able to fit two larger bins into the cupboard that have just taken up space on the floor!
My point is, children like sorting, especially if they can do it with a friend. Make use of your kids, grandkids, teens. Being snowed in on the East coast is a good time to give them something productive to do; it helps them learn and eases your load!
DVD player in the give-away box this morning!
ReplyDeleteHere's what I've noticed about my experience with simplifying so far...When an opportunity comes along to clear out and clean up an area I am already in the state of mind to take advantage of that opportunity. Two examples this week: we are prepping a bedroom to paint and it has been so easy to take the extra moment or two to really go through things and make real decisions about items being tossed, given away, or set aside for a yard sale. 2nd opportunity came yesterday after I had stocked up for the weekend and instead of forcing things into crowded cupboards I took the 5 minutes to purge. :) So, maybe it is starting to seep into my brain and changing my mindset!
On a little roll today...3 items in give-away box, 2 items in yard sale box.
ReplyDeleteGive-away box starting to overflow so it's time to bring things to Goodwill! Hurray!