Christina Loved reading your bio, add another 20 years and we are almost identical, yes I am outspoken too! My de cluttering occurred because we have lived in this home for 35 years and unlike friends and family have had no need to declutter due to moving house. I decided I didn't want to leave unnecessary "stuff" for my 2 adult children to declutter when the time eventually comes ( we are determined to live until we are at least 90!) So I am religiously following your de cluttering advice on a daily basis, with a few extras of my own. This last week I decided to attack my sewing … [Read more...]
A collection of thoughts
I've been racking my brain today, trying to come up with an idea for a blog post, without success. I thought of a few experiences I have encountered during the week in reference to clutter. However these thoughts didn't amount to enough content for writing a whole blog post. So I decided I would just put these thoughts to you and see what comments ensue. The conversation in the comments section is often as stimulating and inspiring as a post anyway due to my clever and engaged readers. So here goes. I was thinking of how I hold on to some things longer than I ought to, because I just … [Read more...]
Too much of a good thing
I received a comment yesterday in relation to craft clutter. Please read it below... Gillie: I recently decluttered almost all of my craft supplies. Not because I was going to give up but because I wanted to take it back up again. There was always so much there that I was just overawed by it all and never really got around to doing anything. When I was younger and had very little I made a lot more, because I had little choice and got on with what I had. I think this applies to so much of our stuff . The more we have the less we are able to do because it takes too long to choose or … [Read more...]
Sharing others’ wisdom
Today I just want to share with you a couple of post from other bloggers that I enjoyed, and a comment from one of your fellow 365ers. 1. A great article ~ For many people, gathering possessions is just the stuff of life.  I found the link to this article in the Becoming Minimalist Newsletter . In Joshua's newsletter I also enjoyed his lead article ~ Answer softly, answer clearly. He and I follow the same approach when it comes to this article. However the real point to it is to follow the same principle when dealing with similar realtime situations. I must say though that the same online … [Read more...]
Friday’s Favourites ~ 1Nov2013
On Fridays at 365 Less Things I share with you my favourite comments from my wonderful readers and my favourite web finds of the week. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Favourite Comments. Enjoy! Here is a lovely story from Tam who made a lot of people happy with her donation of craft supplies. Jane  had an opinion on gifts inspired by Deb's post on Thursday Juhli also had something to say on the subject of gift giving/receiving. http://www.365lessthings.com/thursdays-with-deb-j-gifts-of-cheer/#comment-58260 Andréia gives the facts on how few gadgets one needs in the … [Read more...]
Friday’s Favourites ~ 25Oct2013
On Fridays at 365 Less Things I share with you my favourite comments from my wonderful readers and my favourite web finds of the week. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Favourite Comments. Enjoy! Tuesdays post resulted in some great comments,  here are three of my favourites from... Gillie who share the positive changes a tweak in her dog walking routine has made. Moni who tells us how her parents have notice the changes in her home due to her slow and steady decluttering. Lucinda who tells us about the differences a small tweak in her diet has made. Nanna starts … [Read more...]
Friday’s Favourites ~ 18Oct2013
On Fridays at 365 Less Things I share with you my favourite comments from my wonderful readers and my favourite web finds of the week. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Favourite Comments. Enjoy! I enjoyed this comment form Vicki K and the responses to it by other readers including myself. Read the whole conversation from here. I love the attention to detail that Diana is deploying while following this weeks mini mission. Read about it here. Well done Diana. Angela give an example here that just because you like something and use it doesn't mean it isn't excess to your … [Read more...]
Friday’s Favourites ~ 16Aug2013
On Fridays at 365 Less Things I share with you my favourite comments from my wonderful readers and my favourite web finds of the week. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Favourite Comments. Enjoy! Due to problems access my blog this week I have had all sorts of trouble just trying to read and respond to the comments I have managed to get access too. Between that, illness recovery, visitors, dog sitting and a last minute house inspection (for which I really only had to weed the garden) I have had little change to select and attach my favourite comments here this week. Lucky I had … [Read more...]
Friday’s Favourites ~ 9Aug2013
On Fridays at 365 Less Things I share with you my favourite comments from my wonderful readers and my favourite web finds of the week. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Favourite Comments. Enjoy! Saskia has run into the dreaded unwanted collection issue. Give her some advice if you have any. June realised that she is a bit of a vase junkie. But never fear she has come up with a solution to the problem that will get her on the road to recovery in no time. ;-) Melissa is a dab hand at Use-It-Up decluttering. Read about her efforts here. Also Moni's response to Melissa's comment … [Read more...]
Friday’s Favourites ~ 2Aug2013
On Fridays at 365 Less Things I share with you my favourite comments from my wonderful readers and my favourite web finds of the week. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Favourite Comments. Enjoy! Lucinda gives us her take on slow and steady decluttering in this comment. Jane tells us about how she is prepared to be flexible with her self imposed decluttering deadline in this comment. Kimberley give us two more reasons to let go of stuff in this comment. Moni's daughter set her an interesting declutter challenge this week. Wise beyond her years that one. Read about it … [Read more...]