A little over two years ago, when I was pregnant with Baby Girl, I had this huge nesting urge to go through my house and declutter. I got rid of everything I felt I could part with, and it really made Baby Girl's first year of life a breeze in terms of keeping my house up. Here we are 2 years later, and I feel like I am again drowning in stuff.
I am by nature lazy, and I know that is a lot of the reason why things got bad again. Throw in there getting pregnant again, my hubby being home for 6 months, and everything that has gone on over the last year, and it's simply a perfect storm.
I talked about the Minimal Mom channel last week, and I will be sharing some ideas I gleaned from her, and others that I enjoy following. Here are some of my goals:
Decrease my inventory
Have an effective laundry routine
Have a home for everything
What my habits look like to achieve these goals:
Set aside 10 minutes each day to declutter
I am a busy mom of 3, so I don't have a lot more time than this to set aside. I also like to give myself a small goal to start with, so it's more likely that I stick with something. I am hoping having you guys as accountability partners will help!
Here's what I plan to do in those 10 minutes each day:
Have a trash bag and donate box handy
Just pick things I don't need in the space, don't take everything out (this will help me not get overwhelmed, if I don't finish task at the end of that time)
Start in 'small wins' first and work my way to bigger areas
Plan the space to work on and stay in that space until it the space is done (not that I have to finish the space in 10 minutes but that I don't get distracted and work on other spaces during that time)
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