This is the second week into the decluttering course I am taking. This week the challenge was to go through every room in the house and take a visual inventory. Then, go back through with a trash bag and get rid of anything that is broken, doesn’t fit or can be recycled. Once all these items were gathered, it was time to sort the piles: trash, recycle, give away. This was a great exercise. I ended up with two bags of trash, two bags of recycle, and a car load for give away.
When I complete an exercise like this, I have no desire to go shopping again. Yes, I am sure that feeling will fade, but this is our fourth iteration of decluttering. Each time there is less to go through, so I know we have gotten much better about what we buy. Having children makes it challenging, but I was intentional with baby number 3. I didn’t buy a lot of baby stuff. We bought only what we knew we used with the first two. Also, I was so blessed to have friends who were willing to pass on baby clothes. Once we were finished with the clothes, we passed them on, too. I tried to give away as much as possible as soon as we were finished with it.
Do you have decluttering you need to do?
oh yes!
Thank you for the encouragement!