July 9 Weekly Challenge: Summer Declutterfest
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@MadisonMolly I certainly would! This has been a project on my radar for probably 20 years, and it's so intimidating to me that I can't even get myself to start it!0
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MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »Would you two - and others- be willing to do this GREAT idea with a discussion strand in this group, @themedalist @PackerFanInGB?
I should have thought of this solution!! Thank you Thank you!
And I agree on researching best practices for this, @themedalist !! I’ll spend 15 mins today researching that!!
THANKS!!
I certainly would, but can we make it just a bit more generic? I suspect most of us have something or some project we’ve been meaning to get to. And it’s so hard to get started. I’d like the thread to be a space where people can post updates and get support for whatever project they are working on. Whatever project has been causing them stress and they now feel like now is the time to take the plunge.
Working on a project by devoting a few minutes each day to it is a great habit to cultivate and it dovetails very well with the mission of our group. And reducing our stress makes us happier and healthier.
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I love this group!2
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@themedalist
Yes! That’s an even better idea! Thanks!1 -
@prgirl39mfp oh yes, I do too!!2
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MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »@prgirl39mfp oh yes, I do too!!
Thanks, @prgirl39mfp and @MadisonMolly2017, that means a lot to me! Knowing this group is having a positive impact on people makes me very happy and motivated to keep writing weekly challenges. I’m glad to have found others to believe as I do that true health and wellness extend beyond just diet and exercise. Yes, those are very important, but it’s more than that. And I think good habits are the building blocks for health and wellness.
Reading your comments as we progress through the weekly challenges makes me so happy! Thank you to EVERYONE who posts how the challenge is going for them.
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MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »@themedalist
Yes! That’s an even better idea! Thanks!
Great! Let’s do this, then. I am starting to plan the August challenges. I’ll make this one of the weekly challenges and build into it that it will be a permanent challenge, just like Move It Monday.2 -
themedalist wrote: »MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »@themedalist
Yes! That’s an even better idea! Thanks!
Great! Let’s do this, then. I am starting to plan the August challenges. I’ll make this one of the weekly challenges and build into it that it will be a permanent challenge, just like Move It Monday.
Thank you so much!!!
You are doing great things for us, @themedalist !!!2 -
1. Put things in Recycle Bin from yesterday’s Hotspot Clearing.
2. Took other items to Second-Hand Charity Shop
3. Now, I am getting to Google where I can take old meds & other items...!! Hee!3 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »1. Put things in Recycle Bin from yesterday’s Hotspot Clearing.
2. Took other items to Second-Hand Charity Shop
3. Now, I am getting to Google where I can take old meds & other items...!! Hee!
Nicely done! Many local police departments and hospitals have old meds collection sites. Thank you for keeping these out of the water system.1 -
@themedalist
Very Helpful!
Police dept takes them!!!
Off I go!! (We’ve had this box for YEARS!)
Thank you!1 -
Continuing with declutterfest:
Goal for today & next 3 days...declutter camping gear (that we have not used for awhile.)
Tentative plan:
Today: 27 Thing Fling Boogie
Mon: clothing/books/paperwork/odds & ends
Tues: cooking gear/utensils/plates/old food etc
Wed: bedding, towels, toiletries, etc.0 -
I need to continue the declutterfest into next week also! I still have to figure out what to do with all the clutter in my closet. I don't want to move it from one room to the other... I also have found a bunch of other little nooks and crannies that need a good decluttering!
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PackerFanInGB wrote: »I don't want to move it from one room to the other...
^^ This!! I’m right there with you! Good luck with your closet & nooks & crannies. I’m still scared to do my clothes again. Will wait until I hit final weight. (I even went in yesterday and said just get rid of one thing and I couldn’t. I thought I’d get rid of a pair of shorts that are too big, but rationalized they’d be great for camping! LOL) All in good time, I guess.
Today, I didn’t follow my plan above; I just went for it! Emptied a bunch of cupboards...
Ended with:
1 bag trash
2-3 bags recycled papers
Found a nice pair of earrings I’d forgotten
Found some memorabilia & had a HUGE insight for me...memories tend to make me sad. I decided to re-frame them in my head “Oh, weren’t we lucky to be able to take that trip! - happy times! AND I will actively plan future camping adventures with my renewed energy to create New Happy Memories! I think these Insights will make it easier to declutter the rest of my photos/memorabilia, too!
Organized all our maps into folders.
Re-located some art supplies.
And I found $21.96 cents Haha! A bonus!
Going back to sift through a pile of books now & move recycling to the bin. Then I’m done for today
I realized, which I hadn’t before, how much I’ve changed in the past 3 years. I prefer things organized and not crammed in cupboards now. Empty spaces. It brings me true peace & happiness & some semblance of control.1 -
I'm glad you both are continuing Declutterfest. I like it when the weekly challenges have staying power!2
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Re-doing my jewelry drawer which I did first pass in 2016!!!2
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