IsaBell

its been awhile since I updated here, not cos I forgot, but cos theres been work being done. have been using the onion edit approach to decluttering and simplifying.have done loads of work, have ‘edited’ the bedroom – with one junk drawer to go, have edited the bathroom, laundry and my little girls room, also have done the kitchen and all the drawers, cupboards etc in there and the lounge. have taken quite a bit of stuff to charity shops, toys to christmas wishing trees for charity, offloaded some to friends – making sure its not cluttering their house either!
Its been long hard road, but feeling better about it all. Started to reduce the dosage of my medication, to see if it will help shake the constant fatigue – seemed to be working, or could be placebo effect. Good Friday I was like the energiser bunny – go go go with the tidying and cleaning. And to my and my partners amazement I’ve been able to keep the place tidy for a WHOLE WEEK – nearly slipped back into bear house mid week, but pulled it back. Its been exhausting, but exhilirating too.
Had a lightbulb moment – if I dont put it away, then it won’t get put away – there’s no pickup and put away fairies coming to visit my house any time soon.
There are a couple of messy spots still – the laundry – though I’m blaming the rain for not being able to hang it out to dry, – the back porch and garage – which I’m going to tackle today – its all just stuff that needs to go elsewhere, ie out of our lives…!
hoping to keep it up for another week, what do they say, 21 days for something to be a habit?!!.....

it was nice for a few days, then bang, lazy for a few – and then its back to looking like a bomb site…somedays we just seem to be living like bears – ... and it takes so long to recover from making a mess – and when its in every room you just dont know where to start.. trying the backwards approach today, theres always bit that dont seem to make it getting tidied up – so i’ll start with them first, and see if once they’re out of the way it makes a difference with the rest…hmmmm…...

Had some girlfriends over for afternoon tea on the weekend, Sso it got me motivated to clean up. Also had had my mum stay for a couple of days before that, so that helped get the biggest mess a bit under control. I cleared most of the clutter laying around, though I must admit I did just clear some benchtops etc into a big trug, (from howards storage – gotta love them!) – and hid them in the laundry!...Did however clear them up later in the evening after they left… Feeling good – house has been tidy for two days, realising that I have to get off my butt more. My mum said our problem was that we just dont put stuff away – so true. Told my husband we are going to do a ‘15 min pick up put away’ each evening – so far so good. Will try and keep it tidy til at least Christmas – 3 weeks…hmmm…..