Mini Mission Monday is about finding ten minutes a day to declutter. To make it easy for you, each Monday I set seven declutter missions, one for each day of the week for you to follow. It takes the guess work out of decluttering and makes it easy and "fun" for you to achieve some quick decluttering. Reading the title of today's mini mission post you might be thinking ~ 'Isn't all clutter annoying?', but there is no doubt that some clutter is much more annoying than other. So this week we will focus on six annoying clutter issues and see if we can find and remove some matching items from out … [Read more...]
How decluttering can improve your finances ~ by deanna ar USA
How decluttering can improve your finances ~ by deanna ar USA With contributions from her husband Randy The last few years hubby and I have noticed an improvement in our finances because we were purchasing less, in order not to add items to our home, when we were in fact working to declutter it. It was easy to see that I had not  shopped Coldwater Creek (my favorite) in a couple of years. In fact I had not been compelled to shop anywhere because so many items were decluttered that we hadn't needed anyway, i.e. household items, hubby's hobby items, tools, etc. About the only place I was … [Read more...]
MINI Mission monday — Wedding bell(e)s By Nicole V
Mini Mission Monday is about finding ten minutes a day to declutter. To make it easy for you, each Monday I set seven declutter missions, one for each day of the week for you to follow. It takes the guess work out of decluttering and makes it easy and "fun" for you to achieve some quick decluttering. “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence in your shoe†— so goes the old English rhyme associated with brides and weddings. Each item is meant to be a good luck charm to ensure wedded bliss — in the form of continuity (old), a healthy … [Read more...]
Becoming an Un-Collector ~ Brenda’s Story
BECOMING AN UN-COLLECTOR by Brenda Argo I never meant to be a collector, but like some insidious disease, it crept up on me. Â I over indulged in yard sales, flea markets, thrift stores. Â It all seemed so innocent at the time. Â I was always poor and I could buy something for practically nothing and fix it up. Â I loved antiques and it was all about the great find and the good buy. Â If it was furniture, I bought it really cheap, then scrubbed, cleaned, stained, and finished it, investing hours and hours of my life into it. (this made it harder to part with down the road because it had … [Read more...]
Mini Mission Monday ~ All about COLLEEN – By Nicole V
Mini Mission Monday is about finding ten minutes a day to declutter. To make it easy for you, each Monday I set seven declutter missions, one for each day of the week for you to follow. It takes the guess work out of decluttering and makes it easy and "fun" for you to achieve some quick decluttering. Since Colleen celebrated her birthday recently, I’m dedicating this week’s mini missions to her. She did such a lovely acrostic set of missions for me in December 2015 and I thoroughly enjoyed writing this for her (hat tip to Amelia, for her suggestion that I write one for Colleen). I … [Read more...]
Mini Mission Monday ~ Declutter and donate
Mini Mission Monday is about finding ten minutes a day to declutter. To make it easy for you, each Monday I set seven declutter missions, one for each day of the week for you to follow. It takes the guess work out of decluttering and makes it easy and "fun" for you to achieve some quick decluttering. This week your mini missions have been brought to you by Tanja. I love that she has put a strong emphasis on donating the items that you find. She had also focused on items that many people have a lot of. However even if you don't have such an abundance you may still find you might have one or … [Read more...]
Declutter Decision Making Guide
Sometime I struggle with writing a new post every week, especially when I am not at home and don't really have any decluttering inspiration. Even at home these days I don't have a need to declutter all the time. So today I was sitting here trying to come up with some wisdom to impart to you all when it occurred to me that I have six years of posts that not everyone could be bothered ploughing through so why not use one of those again today. While digging around trying to come up with a post that I wanted to share I stumbled across my Declutter Decision Making Guide. And as this guide is … [Read more...]
Mini Mission Monday ~ One from the archives.
Mini Mission Monday is about finding ten minutes a day to declutter. To make it easy for you, each Monday I set seven declutter missions, one for each day of the week for you to follow. It takes the guess work out of decluttering and makes it easy and "fun" for you to achieve some quick decluttering. This week we are going to remove some clutter that might be bothering someone else in some way. If you decide to take on this weeks missions be prepared for it to be confronting at times. Monday – Ask your partner/husband/roommate if there is something of yours in your shared living space that … [Read more...]
Vacations can be more than just time away.
I love travelling. I love to visit other countries and see how other people live. I love the different weather, the different architecture, the different food, the different flora and fauna and... well just all the differences. I also love the sameness, how ultimately we are all just people with our strengths and our flaws. And one of the other things I love about travel is experiencing how little you really need in order to get by from day to day. Every time I travel I learn more about this. This time we are staying in a studio apartment. A small well equiped kitchen, a bathroom and a … [Read more...]
Mini Mission Monday ~ What are little cluttery things made of…?
Mini Mission Monday is about finding ten minutes a day to declutter. To make it easy for you, each Monday I set seven declutter missions, one for each day of the week for you to follow. It takes the guess work out of decluttering and makes it easy and "fun" for you to achieve some quick decluttering. It is about time we had another set of mini missions relating to what you clutter is made of. Some materials are used in a lot of different things so it usually isn't hard to find something in the category. So good luck and happy decluttering. Monday - Declutter something made of paper. This … [Read more...]