January Decluttering Update ’12 (Come Link Up)

It’s the last day of January!

January 2012 has been a very busy month for me with all the details involved in getting out my e-book, 28 Days to Hope for Your Home.

What?  You haven’t purchased your copy yet?  It’s okay, click on over and get yours and then come right back.  It’s only $4.

Good.  Now let’s talk about decluttering.

As I’ve shared, my home was sorely neglected while I enjoyed the justifiable (to me) tunnel-vision that came with putting out the e-book.  But . . . I noticed last Sunday (while getting the house straightened up before our home group arrived), that my Donate Spot is quite full.  We did some significant purging in my daughter’s room one day after Christmas, but most of my decluttering . . . has been unconscious.

That’s right.  Unconscious decluttering.

Unconsciousness in regard to housekeeping is second nature to me, but generally only in a negative way.  So I was pretty proud of myself when I saw that there were full boxes of stuff to get out of our house.

Not that the boxes are out of the house yet . . . but still.

As we put away Christmas decor, I purged a little.

As I’ve worked to catch up on laundry, I’ve dropped outgrown clothes in the Donate Spot.

As I’ve re-cleared certain trouble spots, I’ve pitched the repeat offenders.

Maybe I’m making progress, because stuff is starting to get on my nerves.

Stuff in my house.

The stuff in the back of the Suburban that hubby put back there when he cleaned out the garage?  The stuff that just needs to be dropped off at the thrift store?  That doesn’t bug me at all.

Now it’s your turn to share!  Maybe you did what lots of people do and completed some big decluttering projects in January.  Maybe you didn’t stay in your pajamas for days on end writing an e-book . . .

I’d love to hear about your decluttering progress (or frustrations) in the comments or in a post on your blog. How did January go for you?

If you link up a post below, be sure to link back to A Slob Comes Clean.  If you don’t know how to do that, just email me and I’ll explain.

 



 

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Profundity Escapes Me

Profundity.

Yes.  That’s a word.  I just wrote it to see if spell-check would tell me it wasn’t.

I have a huge desire to wax profound on this evening that ends the day of my e-book’s birth.

But those few pretentious sentences are all I have in me.

It’s been a draining day, and I’m so thankful that my house is still feeling the benefits of forced-cleaning for our home group last night.

If you’ve read my e-book, I hope you read the part where I explained that the best thing about having hope is knowing that even after a crazy, tunnel-vision period (like when you’re totally consumed with writing an e-book), you know what to do to get back on track again.

Pre-blog, I seriously didn’t know.  Each crazy, tunnel-vision period resulted in my being further convinced that this non-chaotic-house-thing would forever be beyond my grasp.

I’m pretty sure I should stop typing now since I could easily start/continue to babble.

Did you get the e-book yet?  Check it out.  28 Days to Hope for Your Home.

I’m going to bed now.

The dishwasher is running, so I know it’s all going to be okay.

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The Official Deslobification Guide (My New E-Book!)

Today I’m introducing my all new e-book:

28 Days to Hope for Your Home

{Not for the Mildly Disorganized}

Develop four habits over four weeks.

Find hope for real change in your home.

Once A Slob Comes Clean gained a little momentum and I began to see hope for my home, I started getting emails asking one specific question.

How do I get started?

Since my own progress was so tentative and totally un-perfect, I didn’t feel like I had any business giving advice.  I started telling people to read the blog backwards from the beginning.  See how I just . . . started . . . doing.  Tackling one small habit at a time.

This has been a process for me, one that  isn’t done and that still falls completely apart when I get tunnel-vision working on an all-consuming project.  (Like writing an e-book.)  Reading the blog from day one to present makes it clear that three rockin’ weeks are often followed by one (or four) discouraging ones.

But I consistently had requests to write a deslobification guide.  Something more direct and guidance-focused than reading my story.  I didn’t want to do it, because I’m still not perfect.  There are still times when I feel like I would absolutely die if my doorbell rang unexpectedly.

But then, just before Christmas . . . it hit me.  Maybe I don’t feel qualified to give people directions to having a Perfect Guest-Ready House at all times, but there is something I can share.

Hope.

Pre-blog, I had no hope for my home. I had tried (and failed) so many times that I was almost resigned to living in a constantly messy house forever.

The biggest thing that left me hopeless?  I just didn’t get it.

I didn’t get how things went from Party Ready to Disaster Status in three days flat.

I get it now.  Through my own deslobification process, I have finally figured out what it takes to keep the house livable.  Not that I always do those things like I should, but it’s amazing how the hope comes from knowing what needs to be done.  And knowing that after a certain tunnel-vision period is over, I can get right back on track.

I have hope.

Here’s a quote from the e-book:

“Before I began my deslobification process, I blocked out two weeks to get my home ready for a party.  One week was spent shoving clutter into the master bedroom, and the second week was spent cleaning.

Now . . . I can be ready for a party with one day’s warning.  Casual guests can come over if I have an hour to be ready.  And that’s a rough week. In a week when I’m kicking it with my habits, they can just show up.

I have hope.

You can too.”

I am so excited about this e-book.  It is a day-by-day guide that will talk you through developing four basic housekeeping habits over four weeks.

Four habits that will help you find hope for your home.

And remember . . . it’s not for the mildly disorganized.

If you’re normal, don’t buy it.

For the month of February 28 Days to Hope for Your Home is on sale for the introductory price of 4.00! Go here to check out the page with all the details!

 

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