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Is it that they all desperately need ironing? Yes they do….but that isn’t the answer (I try not to iron, see how I do the laundry here)
Perhaps this will help…
“You are so organized and tidy and an inspiration to me!”
This comment was left by Cheeryshirley last week. Thanks Cheeryshirley!
I may be organised in many areas of my life and home, but not all. We all have our Achilles heel. I’ve posted about mine before, and it’s paper. Paper that has the potential to be sentimental to be exact.
This hoard weighs heavy on my shoulders, it’s always there in the back of my mind.
When The Frugal Girl posed the question
“Do you want to clean out your kitchen cabinets with me? ”
The answer was a resounding yes.
As someone with usually tidy and organised cupboards this happened over the Christmas holidays:
When I first stumbled across the concept of minimalism, life simplification or however you personally define it, the first thing I started doing was decluttering. Decluttering physical stuff. I believe this is where most people start.
For me, the journey of life simplification is so much more than just throwing a few things out, particularly as momentum builds, but initially that was what it was all about. If I need a feel-good fix decluttering still hits the spot.
2 years and counting and I am still battling the clutter. Some weeks are good, some not so good and there are setbacks. Take your eye off the ball and it is as if stuff starts breeding. Things appear from nowhere (aka – well-intentioned family! to name one culprit).
You wake one day to find
But what I have learnt is rather than turning a blind eye, tip the entire contents onto a flat clear surface and start sifting through.
Then PEEP (place for everything and everything in its place) – put everything that has a home in it, find a home for anything that is absolutely essential and chuck the rest.
10 minutes later and…
What a beautiful sight!
Just take it a drawer at a time, it’s what you do every day that will make the difference, little steps… there’s no miracle cure to clutter, as there is no miracle diet, keep going and the reward is there.
Is your perseverance paying off?
