Comments on: Spring Cleaning Party: Decluttering 101

By: Simplicity in Life: 10 Free Resources To Achieve It | My Super-Charged Life

Simplicity in Life: 10 Free Resources To Achieve It | My Super-Charged Life — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:02:40 +0000

[...] all your clutter at once may be too overwhelming. If so, then take a look at Decluttering 101 for some excellent techniques that will help you get started without freaking out your inner [...]

By: Monday Minute: 4/May

Monday Minute: 4/May — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:18:43 +0000

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By: Michele Connolly, Get Organized Wizard

Michele Connolly, Get Organized Wizard — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:07:46 +0000

The less stuff you have, the easier it is to get organized and stay organized.

So decluttering is a fabulous way to make the process AND the maintenance easier.

Enjoy the party, gals!

M
Michele Connolly, Get Organized Wizard´s last blog ..Simplify Your Life Quick Fix: Limit Your Hangers

By: Spring Cleaning Party Day 1: A Clean Sweep « 30 Days to Fit

Spring Cleaning Party Day 1: A Clean Sweep « 30 Days to Fit — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:25:05 +0000

[...] you don’t go after it in those six months, you don’t need it. (I got this idea from this blog.) I’m actually doing this in addition to the Give/Sell box since we’re in an [...]

By: Organizing Your Way To Frugality | Start Living Frugal

Organizing Your Way To Frugality | Start Living Frugal — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:21:00 +0000

[...] first step to getting organized is to declutter and get rid of those items that are simply taking up space without enhancing your life. You will be [...]

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:04:00 +0000

I am constantly decluttering. I can usually part with anything of mine fairly easy. Almost anything that I have to dust on an end table or on top of the fireplace mantel is gone. My kids toys are an entirely different story. Oh, and the stuffed animals that my 4 year old daughter loves are really hard to part with too. I try sneaking some out of her room and put down in the basement and if she doesn't ask about them they are donated or put in the yard sale. However, as many as she has, she usually knows when one is missing. Crazy! I had my yard sale this past weekend and it was a great feeling to get rid of so much "Stuff". However, as of this morning, I already have a good size brown box almost full of items that will be shipped to my mom's house for her garage sale later in the summer. Thanks for the Spring Cleaning motivation. I have relatives coming in this weekend for my soon-to-be 3 year olds b-day party this weekend so I am not sure how fully I can participate, but do hope to accomplish some of the steps along the way. Jenny’s last blog post...1st Haircut & Rainy Days

By: Angie @ The Creative Mama

Angie @ The Creative Mama — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:55:17 +0000

Oh boy – I’m a huge fan of de-cluttering! I believe in the mantra: “Nothing in my home is just for looks, everything has to do two things.” This is something I try to implement in my own life on a daily basis – whether I am out thrifting, garage sale shopping, or even hitting up the sale aisle at Target. We just recently moved from a 5 bedroom home to a 2 bedroom… so I did ALL of my de-cluttering in preparation for our downsize, but I’ll still be doing a clean sweep of the place. I’m sure there are some things I can let go of even now!

Living simply is such a lovely concept and the simpler things are in our home, the happier this mama is!

Angie @ The Creative Mama’s last blog post…It’s a Spring Cleaning PARTAY.

By: thursday

thursday — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:24:48 +0000

I have been a collector for most of my life. In fact, I used to call myself a packrat… until I helped to clean up a friend’s house when she was moving. She really IS a packrat – OCD. Look it up. I had no idea it was a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder! I couldn’t sleep for days – we were sorting through boxes of cardboard, broken sunglasses, and pieces of plastic (like you’d find on the front of a barbie doll box) – all labeled, too! So, seemingly “organized.” There were also headless, legless dolls in a box labeled “gluing projects.” There were BUGS in almost all of the food. I was traumatized. Seriously.

Needless to say, I went on a bit of a rampage later that year – cleaning out closets, old boxes at my parent’s house, and donating clothes wildly. I enjoyed it, but I had my husband to deal with. Every time I attempt to get rid of something, he thinks it might be useful so he reclaims it (giant papasan chair, ugly cheapo steamer trunk). He refused to let me part with my craft supplies when we moved across the country, too.

I’m not sure I can deal with spring cleaning right now. I don’t have an attic or a basement, or storage space of any kind (VERY limited closet space), so every time I try to declutter surfaces, everything ends up back where it was. I begin to hyperventilate realizing we have too much stuff for this small space and WHERE can it all GO??

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:32:11 +0000

I swear if I could get my children out of this house for just a few days, this place would be an entirely different place when the returned! Oh the things that I would part with! My problem is that once I get started, I need to get it DONE then because if I stop, I’ll never get back to it and I know that this job is going to be too great for me to do in any short period of time, so I don’t start. We are very poorly organized around here and the kitchen counter and dining room table are magnets for E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G! Well a few days ago I did finally attack the mountains of crap out of frustration and I now have a diaper box full of odds and ends with the intent of doing as you’d mentioned…… if nothing comes out of it in a relatively short period of time, the whole box is GONE. Next stop: kids’ closets to weed out the old/too small/raggety/stained clothing.

By: Spring Cleaning: Day One

Spring Cleaning: Day One — Mon, 04 May 2009 10:56:25 +0000

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