get rid of clutter

I got the double papisan out and it was given to a fellow freecycle. I need to do some more decluttering. Maybe I’ll do that every Friday morning for about 30 minutes. That’s a great idea!!!

Last week my husband and I worked together to get the guest bedroom cleaned out. Now there’s a huge box of stuff for freecycle/craigslist in our living room. Lots of garbage out though! Woot! Well, I’m depressed right now, so I’m going to go clean some more. I think I’ll tackle the cat room.

1. I moved all the table linens to the linen closet (seemed like an obvious choice).
2. Vacuumed behind my craft units and moved them to the other side of the room where they are out of the way.
3. Put all the “office” stuff in the bureau.
4. Cleaned out shelves and drawers from bureau
5. Dumped a LOT of trash.
6. Cleaned off the table!!!! (this one is always a big accomplishment)

Things are finally starting to get their own place!

I’ve realized that one of the biggest reasons that I can’t seem to stay decluttered, is that everything that i have and want to keep does not have a place! I have plenty of space for the things that I do want to keep and do use, but it’s all cluttered by things that I don’t use. I will have to come up with a plan for decluttering/placing things in the next few weeks. Fortunately, I have 2 weeks between the end of exams and the start of my summer job. I will have to come up with a schedule for that time. I’m going to do that right now!

Since we were having a party this weekend, I did a lot of decluttering. I got rid of a bunch of stuff through freecycle.org and threw out a bunch of stuff.

My husband and I cleaned up a bunch of rooms today because he has a friend from high school coming over tonight. We took the garbage out and there were 10 bags of trash!!! Granted some of that was from Christmas day with lots of boxes and wrapping paper and stuff, but still…that’s a lot of stuff laying around stealing our apartment space. WOOHOO…it’s GONE!:) I still need to dig into the “To be filed” box. But only for 15 minutes at a time, thanks to Flylady:)

Today I took out 6 bags of garbage!!! I can’t believe how much stuff we had laying around. There’s still a lot of stuff to be cleared out, but at least we’re not living in trash right now:)

I really don’t want to spend time decluttering today…I’d rather take a nap. Instead I think I’ll set a timer for 10 minutes of decluttering and then go take a power nap. Here I go…

So far I’ve been using Flylady.com I LOVE this website!!! I receive emails everyday reminding me to do just a little each day. I LOVE IT!!! So far my apartment is getting pretty decluttered. I have had a couple days this week that I haven’t done anything and things are getting a little out of control, but I know that I can regain my sanity in just a few minutes each day.