July 9 Weekly Challenge: Summer Declutterfest
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Challenge: Summer Declutterfest!
Let the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Summer Declutterfest BEGIN!
I am only too happy to make this challenge a quarterly event. I made great strides at our Spring Declutterfest in April on the upstairs bedroom and happily it remains reasonably clutter free. This week, I’m taking on the dining room which has become a catch-all space and clutter magnet. What decluttering project are you taking on this week? Let’s all roll up our sleeves and dive into that project that we’ve been meaning to get to.
If you're wondering what decluttering, cleaning, and organizing have to do with better health, there are at least two interesting connections. When we're working on house projects like these, we're not sitting. We are up and moving around and this light to moderate activity has lots of health benefits. In addition, for many people, clutter is a source of stress, guilt, and can inhibit focus and productivity. Clutter becomes an array of visual cues of projects we haven't finished. The articles below go into greater detail as to how clutter affects our stress, productivity, brains, and indeed our lives. Not good. So this week.... let's bag, tag, recycle, and reorganize! We will feel great when we're done!
This Week's Challenge: Whether it's one project worked on over the week or lots of smaller projects, let's get these projects done. I'm looking forward to hearing what you accomplish this week. Post a picture of your finished project if you are so inclined!
Make it a great week!
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Suggested Resources:
Why Mess Causes Stress: 8 Reasons, 8 Remedies
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/high-octane-women/201203/why-mess-causes-stress-8-reasons-8-remedies
How Clutter Affects Your Brain (and What You Can Do About It)
http://lifehacker.com/how-clutter-affects-your-brain-and-what-you-can-do-abo-662647035
The Emotional Toll of Clutter
https://experiencelife.com/article/the-emotional-toll-of-clutter/
The Cost of Clutter: How Clutter Affects Your Time, Money, and Stress
https://www.verywell.com/the-cost-of-clutter-3144688
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Challenge: Summer Declutterfest!
Let the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Summer Declutterfest BEGIN!
I am only too happy to make this challenge a quarterly event. I made great strides at our Spring Declutterfest in April on the upstairs bedroom and happily it remains reasonably clutter free. This week, I’m taking on the dining room which has become a catch-all space and clutter magnet. What decluttering project are you taking on this week? Let’s all roll up our sleeves and dive into that project that we’ve been meaning to get to.
If you're wondering what decluttering, cleaning, and organizing have to do with better health, there are at least two interesting connections. When we're working on house projects like these, we're not sitting. We are up and moving around and this light to moderate activity has lots of health benefits. In addition, for many people, clutter is a source of stress, guilt, and can inhibit focus and productivity. Clutter becomes an array of visual cues of projects we haven't finished. The articles below go into greater detail as to how clutter affects our stress, productivity, brains, and indeed our lives. Not good. So this week.... let's bag, tag, recycle, and reorganize! We will feel great when we're done!
This Week's Challenge: Whether it's one project worked on over the week or lots of smaller projects, let's get these projects done. I'm looking forward to hearing what you accomplish this week. Post a picture of your finished project if you are so inclined!
Make it a great week!
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Suggested Resources:
Why Mess Causes Stress: 8 Reasons, 8 Remedies
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/high-octane-women/201203/why-mess-causes-stress-8-reasons-8-remedies
How Clutter Affects Your Brain (and What You Can Do About It)
http://lifehacker.com/how-clutter-affects-your-brain-and-what-you-can-do-abo-662647035
The Emotional Toll of Clutter
https://experiencelife.com/article/the-emotional-toll-of-clutter/
The Cost of Clutter: How Clutter Affects Your Time, Money, and Stress
https://www.verywell.com/the-cost-of-clutter-3144688
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https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10637806/move-it-monday-weekly-challenge2 -
OH MY Declutter Fest is here! I sooo need to declutter lots of drawers that have so much crap!!! I have been procrastinating.
Thanks for this challenge.
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With out knowing what this week's challenge was I spent the day deep cleaning and decluttering. My husband returned from Florida with more stuff from his childhood. UGH! we have no room and this man throws nothing away. My son and grandpup returned to Georgia this morning and oh my goodness the nose prints on windows and dog hair everywhere. LOL A day off from the boys today and I cleaned the playroom again and their bedroom closet. I hope the do not notice but I got rid of a lot of toys and clothes they no longer use. Whew I am tired. Going to bed early.5
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I need to seriously declutter my kitchen. I would like to replace all the cupboards and benches, but I have soooooo much clutter hiding in them it's going to take a bit longer than a week to go through them all! Thankfully the Flylady's system is starting to work, and even if it takes a while, I will do it.
Thanks for all the insight into issues with clutter - I know why I do it, and it will not get the better of me!2 -
OK, I couldn’t decide on one project for today,so I cleared a small bookcase that had become a hotspot, watered our plants, and then carted the things that belonged elsewhere to their locations.
Re-organized some books so additional ones would fit, and then put away art supplies that I’d found elsewhere last month, but had not completely put them away. Cleared/prettified the tops of storage and my table. This art studio is ready for prime time again!
Finally, I moved a bunch of empty containers to the closet where I keep them until I’m completely done with Marie Kongo-big.
I did find myself, at times, a bit frustrated/sad. I’ve been at this awhile & most of what is left seems difficult to really get through: flashlights, old phones, games, old electronics (need to figure out where they can be recycled), decorative objects, frames, old art...
However, I am powering on!!!
Total time spent: 1 hour 3 minutes!4 -
@MadisonMolly2017, you are doing great! Old phones can be recycled at the phone store here. Many electronic stores also recycle.
I won't be doing much decluttering this week because I'm going to Paris tomorrow!!!!
I do plan to tidy up a bit before I leave for the airport. 3 -
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Hi all
It is possible to eat healthy while traveling..I used mindfulness ( my favorite discussion here) and lost .5 pound in one week. Slow and steady is the way. I ate mostly vegetarian with some fish...like at home.
I'm practicing "anti affuenza" and think about abundance differently. Smaller carbon footprint. Think about future generations. It means getting rid of excess stuff just taking up space... but more. It's how I consume. Buy less.. live more. Part of self and life transformation.
This week I'm getting rid of old cassette music recordings. There is a vintage record store that will buy them back. Last summer I gave away dozens of old books and CDs. Felt great. Got tax receipt but no matter. It was good.
Warm regards
M.
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MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »
Oh yes! That is definitely on the must do list!2 -
Michaela_LaGata wrote: »Hi all
It is possible to eat healthy while traveling..I used mindfulness ( my favorite discussion here) and lost .5 pound in one week. Slow and steady is the way. I ate mostly vegetarian with some fish...like at home.
Yes, I do have a strategy for eating while traveling. We basically eat 2 meals, but I do mean to sample the pastry!
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Declutterfest! Yea! I have been meaning to do this in several areas but just kept putting it off. This week I will dig in.
Declutter my closet. This will be big. I did it a year ago and it really needs it again. It's kind of a catch-all spot.
Declutter our linen closet. It's become linen, medications, nail polish and salon products, etc. What a MESS!
Declutter file cabinet of old papers.
Declutter the tupperware cupboard....driving me crazy! Open the cupboard door and everything falls out. UGH! 2 -
July 10
Cleared top of dresser!
Recycled old magazines
Shredded old receipts
Cleaned purse/backpack
Organized to-do’s & desk paperwork4 -
Today I am working on out two game cabinets. My family has always been big on board and card games. I will go donate those games that we no longer play and open each and every game and make sure all the pieces are there.
The upstairs spare closet is a disaster and I hope to get to that today too.5 -
July 11 - did those niggly little spots that we tend to overlook, but when a guest is coming over...& reduced some areas that were “over-decorated”
Cleared entry, the few things left from earlier bookshelf emptying, spiffed up kitchen, removing all that I could from counters, recycled some boxes & junk mail, removed things from
Mantle, side tables, and other surfaces in living room to make it more modern & lighter in feel, etc.
Took about an hour - only “stashed a few items” hehe3 -
@PinkyPan1 How did the closets go?0
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@PackerFanInGB How’s it going?0
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@MadisonMolly2017 Way to go! Keep up the good work.
Thanks to this challenge I was cleaning the cabinets under the kitchen sink, I found a small leak.
I still have the drawers to do and I do not want to. I want to procrastinate. It is giving me anxiety just thinking about it. Too messy. LOL!3 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »@PinkyPan1 How did the closets go?
All done! A pain in the butt but I got them done and I am happy with the results.
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MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »@PackerFanInGB How’s it going?
Getting there! I shredded old documets and cleaned out the file cabinet, so that was a great feeling. That's been on my list for awhile! I decluttered a few of my trinket/jewelry boxes in my bedroom which were not planned but were overflowing with junk. I decluttered my desk at work (unplanned). I decluttered two drawers in the bathroom (unplanned). I plan to hit the closets and tupperware cupboards on Saturday. They're going to take some time and I've been working later than usual this week! 3
