Stop holding on to the things that clutter my home and my life

Washed all of the dishes!
Took out the trash!

Dinner at home!
Using up the food in the pantry!

Trying to sort out my small closet.
Took everything out, now I don’t know what to do.

I had hoped I would find a lot of stuff to give away.
But only found a little bit of stuff to donate.

Some shoes & a few other things off to charity!

Success!
Lately that is.

I have been doing so good!

Not buying more stuff, & bringing more clutter into the house!

I have gone to shop & look at some of my favorite places lately & not brought anything home!

I will continue to work on this!
But I am pleased as punch with my progress!

http://www.clothingswap.org/

A couple of weekends ago I went to Suzanne’s swap at a Pinole restaurant.

I mentioned it somewhere on 43 T, but not on this goal, where it belongs.

Your donation pays for lunch and mimosas, and money went to help earthquake victims in China.

You take clothes that are in fine shape but not right for you anymore. I took lots of shoes I wore once, three bags of clothes, and an armload of clothes on hangars. I think I counted over 36 contributions.

I came home with a shirt and a jacket.

It was a fun way to divest. I met some women who live around here. And I’m totally pleased with the results. The clothes that didn’t get picked up on the trade all got donated to a women’s shelter. So it works out fine all around.

This is what I want to let go of.

Paralytic procrastination.

This is particularly problematic around money matters, and I have no idea why, or when it started.

But if I can be successful in this one thing, it will change my life.

I like plans. So I am devising a plan for this.

It starts with a box. A nice box that I like to look at. Into this nice box goes all mail that should not thrown out. Mainly bills.

Every Saturday morning, first thing, I go to the box, open the mail, and take care of it. Bills are paid, and paid bills go into their drawer and folder.

Plus, a little on line sheet gets updates for tax time.

That is it. Simple, tidy, and I can do this.

Now I am going to get my husband aboard, and this system is a go.

The final step on it will be the to do list at the end of the little on line sheet I keep. When something needs attention, it will be annotated to the list, where I will see it Saturday mornings and make sure I do not keep procrastinating.

Went out looking!
I did really well!

I didn’t buy a bunch of things that I didn’t need!
I didn’t buy anything! YAY me!

Someone did buy me a present though!!

I hate that overwhelmed feeling.

That things aren’t getting DONE fast enough.

I have too much stuff.
Too many things.

I want to organize everything but I just feel stuck right now.

I think that I will just try to plan what I will work on next & tackle that!
Wish me luck!

Woke up at a reasonable time today!

Lunch at home!
Leftovers for dinner!
Washed the dishes!
I love it when my dishes are all washed!

I went out today!
Window shopping & browsing.
I didn’t buy anything today!!
Woo-Hoo & Yay!
I was tempted to buy myself a little something but I passed on it.
I am doing really good!

Well I didn’t sleep well again last night.
So I slept in late.

But by the end of the evening I managed to get some things DONE!
Progress!

I washed most of the dishes.
Got the trash out.
Went through most of the newspaper.
I washed 2 loads of laundry.

Hopefully I will sleep well tonight!
I would really LOVE that!

I am making so much progress!

I have really gotten going on getting things DONE!
No more procrastinating!

Today I tossed out all the old food in the fridge!
Didn’t wipe it down yet.
But getting all of the food out was a chore enough for now.

Tossed out more old food in the pantry.
Too old to eat & just taking up space.

Old chips really don’t taste very good.
Yuck.

Still more to do.
But for the moment I am proud of myself!

I did so much laundry today!

I have lots of clean things!
Blankets, sheets, towels, oh my!

Progress!

It always makes me feel better!