...was the first day cleaning out my old house that I’ve been using to store all the nonsense that I don’t use. Finally. It has been sitting empty of human life for years.
I threw away 25 of those large industrial trash bags worth of useless items, donated 2 boxes of items, and kept 10 boxes of items. A total of 2 interior rooms and 1/2 of the garage was cleaned out in the first day. There are 6 rooms and 1/2 the garage left to clean. Tomorrow will be the second day in this project.
I will probably end up with about 50 boxes of “keep” items plus furniture. I will then sort the items in these 50 boxes again in order to eliminate another 50% of those items and organize them into what to move to my new house and what to put into a storage unit.
Once this project is done, I hope to be motivated to throw away 50% of the items in my new house to make room for what I will be transporting. I have suffered from hoarding tendencies (obviously) in the past and am working hard to remedy the situation and create a healthy living environment. 2 months ago
I have found something that is really helping!! 333 project! 33 clothes for 3 months and put away the rest. i am finding that there is less mess, less to pick up, less washing to do…its awesome so far :) 5 months ago
Bedroom
- Sort out all the dirty clothes for laundry and fold away anything clean.
- Bin all empty beauty products and store unused makeup, jewelry and lotions.
- Remove tea mugs, bin empty wrappers, etc.
- Sweep the floors.
- Put down clean sheets.
- Get a wastebin for the room.
- Get a laundry hamper for the room.
Keeping it tidy…
- Make bed every morning, spritz covers with laundry perfume.
- Remove any mugs from previous night.
- Throw dirty laundry in hamper, fold clean on bed. 5 months ago
dishes
a load of wash
make the bed
clean out my bag and car
15 mins in the bathroom
menu plan 6 months ago
finding it really hard to find the time to clean. I need to schedule some hours to this and break down the cleaning into tasks. This week is the kitchen. 6 months ago
so my husband is overseas and he won’t be back until Thursday. i have permission to throw away what ever i want! i have also changed jobs and now work at a swedish stationary / organisation company! i have already been to a workshop on paperwork organisation and i have a plan to create more storage in the house. i have blocked out time in my diary to work on this. I just have to keep motivated and not get lazy now 7 months ago
...is at least half cleaned & the carpet has been shampooed!! Yay!! 7 months ago
It gets so crazy around here so darn quickly. Everywhere I look it chaos.
I’ll keep chipping away til it’s done…actually more likely, I’ll go crazy and get it all lovely for a while then be lazy again and let it go to shit.
cuz, that’s how I roll. 7 months ago
I have decided to take some photos to motivate me, keep me accountable and celebrate my progress.
Tonight Ill take a photo of the bedroom – before and after my 15 mins 8 months ago
This week is the bedroom – 15 mins a night 8 months ago
So tonight I have to spend 15 mins declutttering the bathroom. This will be easy it is the only place in the house that is generally clean.
If I finish before 15 mins, I then have to wipe down the toilet (gross) and spend 5 mins tackling a pile of clutter elsewhere in the house 8 months ago
my 15 mins in the evening isnt going so well, i get too lazy when i get home from work.
Tonight I do 15 mins in the entrance of our house. This is where a lot of papers get put, actually, I wouldn’t mind getting an inbox tray to put there. 8 months ago
