Shel Silverstein wrote a poem about a girl who said she could eat a whale. No one thought she could do it. She did eat the whale, though it took her 90+ years to do it. When I look at my yard with all the leaves to rake, it makes me not want to even start. BUT, when I think about bagging five bags per day, I realize I can finish in eight days!
All this is to say, don't get discouraged when looking around your home. Little by little, slow and steady…you will make progress. Plus, by going slowly, you develop better decluttering habits.
Today I am giving away several Christmas decorations and ornaments that have no significance. I may find even more as I put decorations away and realize there are items not even used this year still in the boxes.
Already it's day three and I'm back in the 'Simplify' mind set. I was cleaning the house this morning and noticed that two magazine basket were overflowing. I've probably walked by the two baskets for months and not really noticed (aka: ignored). But, because I'm participating in this - my mind is already 'seeing' again the things that can and need to be removed!
ReplyDeleteToday from the two baskets I removed the following items to either the donation box or to the trash can (please notice that several items had nothing to do with magazines...):
1 pr. of socks
1 phone charger
1 book
10 magazines
13 catalogs
1 air freshener (plug in kind)
I also noticed a sink strainer that I don't use sitting on the kitchen counter and it went in the trash. It's like I'm really seeing things now that I'm on the lookout. :)
Impressed!
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