Let it GO! Decluttering (simplifying) your life of (people, places or things) success stories?
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NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »THIS is soooooo GOOD, please check this out, as this darling has a whole bunch for tips and ideas that will help us tremendously is our battles WIN(s) and WINNING in decluttering AND organizing stuff--check it out:
ORGANIZE: 20 Ways to Clean, Purge and Organize Your Bedroom Closet that are Borderline GENIUS!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7HLFJ1ZJFo
Thanks for sharing. I do actually already incorporate quite a few of her tips already...but liked her 'would you purchase this item again?' trick for instant decision making with stuff.
p.s. needed to 'declutter' my mind this am, so instead of going to the gym and doing bla, bla, bla I wanted (needed) a nice long walk by the river instead. Much better decision for today:)
Therapeutic breathing really works...I found doing this a few times will put me right back to sleep when it's 3am...The 4-7-8 breathing technique, also known as "relaxing breath," involves breathing in for 4 seconds, holding the breath for 7 seconds, and exhaling for 8 seconds.
Declutter on my friends:)
What an absolutely, positively WONDERFUL post! Thank you EVER so much for this...you ROCK, period!
P.S. BOOM!!!
You are such a beautiful soul - so positive. To be so caring, etc., you must have experienced a great deal. Hope you and your cute little slippers are having a wonderful day🐾
What a kindhearted and lovely thing to say/post...and that "ME AND MY CUTE LITTLE SLIPPERS"made me giggle and smile from ear to ear--I LOVE THAT, you darling you!
{{{{ HUGS }}}}}
Yes honey, I've been thru a LOT...but ya know what, EVERYONE has and has their own tale of woe or UGH that's happened to them, is happening to them or will happen to them. I'm so GRATEFUL for my "experiencing a great deal", because God Himself has given me The/His Wisdom, Power and Courage/GRACE to finally face it ALL and humble myself and deal the YUCK a death blow, by doing the exact opposite of what is "normal" to do in the face of YUCK. By again, humbling myself, counting it ALL joy and Letting GO and NOT LOOKING BACK at the people, places and things that influenced me to be sad, mad and bad all the time. Nope, no more--WHEN (not if...but when) UGLY and YUCK (people, place and things) stare me in the face and tempt me to go back to the dark place of anger, bitterness, resentment, sadness and all that "mess"...my answer is NO and to replace all those things with their opposites:
Anger with Peace, patience and understanding
Bitterness with humility ( telling myself I could be wrong about this and even if I'm not wrong, bitterness equals "rottenness in my bones" AND makes my heart hard and me being all evil and impatient, vengeful and yuck"), therefore I reject it with being grateful for everything instead--including lessons finally learned and again, peace of mind.
Resentment w/wisdom and common sense--what's done is done...fool me once, shame on you--fool me twice, shame on me reality. Also, replacing resentment with a sense of valuing my time, knowing tomorrow's NOT promised to me, so living everyday as if it's my last and aint no body got time for resentment when today could be y/our last on on this earth, period.
Sadness: w/JOY unspeakable, no matter what. MAN! I wasted sooooooooo many good years and time in my life being sad--YUCK! I never knew I could live life utterly rejecting sadness as the bummer and energy/life zapper it is. I NEVER knew I could and should reject sadness with the quickness and see it as an utter enemy and NEVER embrace it or even allow it no more than a "wee bit" of my time and space. God Himself showed me/revealed this to me when I started this decluttering journey and I'm so glad He did. I look at sadness now ( I'm talking self-pity, victim mentality, woe-is-me, all that kind of waste of time and energy and sickness provoking) as a SIN. No matter what's happening in my life, I can overcome it--because God says I can and with Him I can, so aint nobody got NO TIME AT ALL for sadness, period. Here's a perfect example of utterly rejecting sadness. One of my children just took a super important test and got an 80. They were super SAD about it. because they wanted 100% or close to it--super sadness filled with resentment, bitterness and woe. They were saying they can not retake the test unless they failed it and they wished they would have failed instead. THIS is exactly they type of sadness I used to embrace and nurse all the time. I told them what I tell myself in these situations. BE GRATEFUL you passed and utterly reject any and all remorse, regret and sadness, because it's a LIE and promotes and influences all kinds of negative, depressing and nasty stinkin thinkin and feeling. BE GRATEFUL is what I replace sadness with and they thanked me profusely for sharing that.
All that "mess" w/cleanliness, orderliness, and love and appreciation for taking care of myself and the people, places and things around me. I love love and lovliness and that's what I replace "mess" with!
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NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »THIS is soooooo GOOD, please check this out, as this darling has a whole bunch for tips and ideas that will help us tremendously is our battles WIN(s) and WINNING in decluttering AND organizing stuff--check it out:
ORGANIZE: 20 Ways to Clean, Purge and Organize Your Bedroom Closet that are Borderline GENIUS!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7HLFJ1ZJFo
Soda pop top for hangers to save room ! Also love reusing shoe boxes for organizers ! And love hanging tank tops from tie rack! Thanks for the video ❤️1 -
Hi all! I've been mia for a couple weeks. It's been a roller coaster ride lately. Hopefully, things are getting more "normal". I haven't been very productive in the decluttering dept. I have started washing the inside doors, trying to do 1 a day. Every little bit helps!4
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Hi all! I've been mia for a couple weeks. It's been a roller coaster ride lately. Hopefully, things are getting more "normal". I haven't been very productive in the decluttering dept. I have started washing the inside doors, trying to do 1 a day. Every little bit helps!
Been thinking about you my friend. {{{{ Hugs }}}} on the roller coaster ride(s) lately. Every little steps does count and when "life" gets in the way, we give it it's way and then proceeds as usual, knowing life, "Murphy's Law" can and does show up, when we least expect it to...so as we "roll with the punches", we get knocked down, we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start all over again!
LOVE you Snoo...tell Mr. Snoo I said "Hi"!!!!4 -
NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »Hi all! I've been mia for a couple weeks. It's been a roller coaster ride lately. Hopefully, things are getting more "normal". I haven't been very productive in the decluttering dept. I have started washing the inside doors, trying to do 1 a day. Every little bit helps!
Been thinking about you my friend. {{{{ Hugs }}}} on the roller coaster ride(s) lately. Every little steps does count and when "life" gets in the way, we give it it's way and then proceeds as usual, knowing life, "Murphy's Law" can and does show up, when we least expect it to...so as we "roll with the punches", we get knocked down, we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start all over again!
LOVE you Snoo...tell Mr. Snoo I said "Hi"!!!!
Thank you my friend. I'm getting less dusty every day lol.1 -
NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »when "life" gets in the way, we give it it's way and then proceeds as usual, knowing life, "Murphy's Law" can and does show up, when we least expect it to...so as we "roll with the punches", we get knocked down, we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start all over again!
Never a truer thing said. I was talking to someone the other day who said that just when you think life is going along its straight road, you get thrown a curve ball. The comment that struck me most was that he said, "It's not WHAT happens to you, it's HOW you deal with it that matters." And he's right. A good philosophy.3 -
NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »Hi all! I've been mia for a couple weeks. It's been a roller coaster ride lately. Hopefully, things are getting more "normal". I haven't been very productive in the decluttering dept. I have started washing the inside doors, trying to do 1 a day. Every little bit helps!
Been thinking about you my friend. {{{{ Hugs }}}} on the roller coaster ride(s) lately. Every little steps does count and when "life" gets in the way, we give it it's way and then proceeds as usual, knowing life, "Murphy's Law" can and does show up, when we least expect it to...so as we "roll with the punches", we get knocked down, we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start all over again!
LOVE you Snoo...tell Mr. Snoo I said "Hi"!!!!
Thank you my friend. I'm getting less dusty every day lol.
Hahahahahahaha...LOVE the way you think Snoo!1 -
Madwife2009 wrote: »NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »when "life" gets in the way, we give it it's way and then proceeds as usual, knowing life, "Murphy's Law" can and does show up, when we least expect it to...so as we "roll with the punches", we get knocked down, we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start all over again!
Never a truer thing said. I was talking to someone the other day who said that just when you think life is going along its straight road, you get thrown a curve ball. The comment that struck me most was that he said, "It's not WHAT happens to you, it's HOW you deal with it that matters." And he's right. A good philosophy.
BOOM! That's the ticket, 100%!
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Decluttering is very liberating but I only get rid of my own stuff. I leave my husband's stuff alone. I won't allow myself buy a new item of clothing unless I get rid of something already in my wardrobe. If I am throwing something out I say to myself "may all my bad luck go with you" and sometimes I say "I bless you with joy and release you from my life" . I still have lots of stuff, more books than I will ever read, more cds than I will ever listen to but not nearly as much stuff as I used to have and I am very happy with less clutter.7
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Decluttering is very liberating but I only get rid of my own stuff. I leave my husband's stuff alone. I won't allow myself buy a new item of clothing unless I get rid of something already in my wardrobe. If I am throwing something out I say to myself "may all my bad luck go with you" and sometimes I say "I bless you with joy and release you from my life" . I still have lots of stuff, more books than I will ever read, more cds than I will ever listen to but not nearly as much stuff as I used to have and I am very happy with less clutter.
Honey...BOOM! I super love what you've written here. Thank you so much for your MAJOR contribution to this thread. I say "MAJOR" contribution because I've NEVER thought to think, let alone "say" to the stuff I get rid of anything at all. Wow, again, I just love it and what you've contributed with help folk get rid of stuff a bit more easily. YAY YOU!!!!!
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Decluttering is very liberating but I only get rid of my own stuff. I leave my husband's stuff alone. I won't allow myself buy a new item of clothing unless I get rid of something already in my wardrobe. If I am throwing something out I say to myself "may all my bad luck go with you" and sometimes I say "I bless you with joy and release you from my life" . I still have lots of stuff, more books than I will ever read, more cds than I will ever listen to but not nearly as much stuff as I used to have and I am very happy with less clutter.
I only get rid of my things also. If hubby gets inspired, that's wonderful. If something of his is in my way, (can't stay where it is) I ask him to find another place. It actually works better if I suggest a place.3 -
HONEYYYYYY....I LOVE this super mega ULTRA fabulous tips on using good ole baking soda (EVERYWHERE inside and outside your home and a whole lot more). This is going to help your decluttering/cleaning gain something awesome. I use baking soda a lot around the house, but this video showed me so MANY other ways to use it that I never knew. You're going to love it too--check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwBy09hT4OU
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Well, hurricane season is here!3
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PLEASE Keep us posted my friend and as always praying for you and your family and friends to be alright and not be afraid.
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NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »
PLEASE Keep us posted my friend and as always praying for you and your family and friends to be alright and not be afraid.
{{{{{{{{ LOVE and HUGS }}}}}}}}}
Thank you my friend. It won't get here till Thursday. My family, in Florida, seem to be out of the line of fire, so I'm not afraid anymore. I'll keep everyone posted. Thank you all!2 -
NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »
PLEASE Keep us posted my friend and as always praying for you and your family and friends to be alright and not be afraid.
{{{{{{{{ LOVE and HUGS }}}}}}}}}
Thank you my friend. It won't get here till Thursday. My family, in Florida, seem to be out of the line of fire, so I'm not afraid anymore. I'll keep everyone posted. Thank you all!
So GLAD to hear Snoo---here's one more {{{{ HUG }}}} just because!1 -
I’ve rid our home of a lot of unused and unwanted items since last year, but I’ve also learned to shop consciously to prevent excess coming into our home again. It’s helped tremendously with weightloss over the last month because I’m no longer anxious about the state of our home (huge reduction in stress eating!) and I very, VERY rarely buy junk compilsively any more. There are some people who think it’s a bunch of woo, but the chain reaction is undeniable: improved environment leads to improved emotional and psychological health which then leads to improved physical health.11
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@unstableunicorn
Good for you! Finding balance in all aspects of our life is not easy to achieve, so I am happy that you did. Keep up the good work; your body and mind will reward you in kind.
Note: you should now change your user name to "stableunicorn"3
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