declutter for 15 mins a day in February

The clutter just appeared again lol

My mum stayed with us for 10 days & we sorted out a lot of things & had a clear out.

“It’s a new month and time for new habit for February! Our new habit is just one of the most important habits that will allow us to keep our homes looking nice. We are going to declutter for 15 minutes each day. It doesn’t matter where you do it; all that matters is that clutter is leaving your home one bag at a time.

Get out your calendars and let’s chart our decluttering; one day at a time. One lady put a turtle sticker on her calendar; each day she did just a little decluttering in her worst room. After a full month she had that room back into shape. The turtle was to remind her that slow and steady wins the race.

Our homes did not get messy in a day and they are not going to get clean overnight. The slow and steady process of getting rid of your clutter is going to make an impact on you and your family. All I am asking is that you set your timer for 15 minutes and jump in. As you establish this habit you are going to be more aware of what clutter you bring home. Your life is going to change! Peace is just around the corner.

Are you ready to FLY into this new habit of decluttering for 15 minutes a day?”

Here’s a suggestion for the things to declutter from the Flylady website:

Magazines
Catalogues
Newspapers
Old sunscreen
Old crayons
Out of date medications
Dried up pens
Old toothbrushes
Dried up markers
Odd socks
Old pantyhose
Laundry soap bottles
Useless toys from fast food places
Old sponges and rags
Empty sherbet containers
Cool whip containers
Worn out shoes
Any clothing that is holey and unrepairable
Rubber bands
Paper clips
Empty film canisters
Twist ties from bread bags
Lids to sippy cups that you no longer have bottoms for
Sippy cup bottoms that you no longer have tops for
Old paints no one uses
Empty cereal boxes in the pantry
Softener bottles
Those super-sized plastic cups from fast food places
Napkins, straws, ketchup, mustard, salt & pepper packets from carryout restaurants
Address labels from a previous address
Dead plants
ecycled soft drink bottles
ecycled glass bottles
Recycled Milk Jugs
27 pieces of junk mail
Empty jars underneath the sink
College text books
Cooking pots you hate
Empty boxes
Paper sacks
Dead flower arrangements
Christmas tree
Christmas decoration put away
Out dated food in the pantry
Out dated food from the refrigerator
Plastic grocery bags
Old Phone books
Freezer burned food
Computer programs for ancient computers
Florist vases
Old batteries
Burned candles that have no life
Very old cleaning products
Halloween candy
Anything that is broken
Empty shampoo bottles
Dried up pieces of soap
Worn out panties
Old calendars
Old Tupperware without lids
Old make up
Worn out bras
Kitchen gadgets you hate
Coffee mug you hate
Drinking glasses
Hated cookbooks
Old eye glasses
Old lotions
CD jewel cases
A kitchen appliance you hate
Christmas candy

I’m a bit late as it’s now 12 February, but better late than never :)