Did you know that Decluttering Season starts NOW!??
Back in 2003, I started selling things on eBay. I had a sudden urge to GET RID of stuff that had been sitting around unused since my wedding in 1999. The urge hit immediately after Christmas. I thought it was just me.
But now, since I’m officially a Cleaning/Organizing Blogger (through a VERY strange turn of events), and I’ve written an e-book full of reality-based decluttering strategies that work, I know the truth.
The world begins to go Decluttering Crazy as soon as the sun comes up on December 26th.
I believe it’s a combination of new stuff coming into the house in the form of Christmas gifts and the fact that life slows down a little in that week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Oh. And then there’s the whole be-more-organized-is-at-the-top-of-every-resolution-list thing.
So, to capitalize on the frenzy be here to support you, I’m doing some fun things during this crazy season.
First, I have updated my Decluttering page! It has links to posts about the strategies I have developed through my own decluttering efforts. There are also links to lots of my decluttering projects that include before and after photos. Go here to read that page, and/or pin it here to save for later.
Second, I’m putting my e-books on sale. Through January 2nd, individual e-books will each be $3, or you can get the 2 e-book set (28 Days to Hope for Your Home and Drowning in Clutter?) for only $5. Use the code: 2014
NOTE: The sale is over and the e-books are now retired. For detailed guides, check out my books: How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind and Decluttering at the Speed of Life.
Third, each day this week I will be putting up a new “How to Declutter _________” post with specific strategies for specific areas of your home. I’ll also include links to past decluttering projects of my own for those areas.
Areas will include:
In the comments of each post, you can share what you’re doing this week!
Then, as we head into 2014, I’ll host a weekly Decluttering Party each Friday in January here at A Slob Comes Clean. You can share your own projects in the comments, or if you have a blog, you can link to a post on your blog.
I will also host Google + Hangouts each Thursday in January, starting on January 9th. I’ll talk about decluttering strategies and you can ask questions or share your own progress live. (Or you can just watch!)
How to Join the Decluttering Party!
No RSVPs are necessary, but here are some ways to be sure you don’t miss anything:
Subscribe to A Slob Comes Clean via email. It’s free!
Like A Slob Comes Clean on Facebook. (This one is a little hormonal since FB sometimes doesn’t let everyone see my posts.)
Follow my boards on Pinterest.
Connect with me on all my social media channels. (I’ll be tweeting and instagramming and all that good stuff!)
--Nony
This is a great idea! I woke up this morning to an unfinished kitchen and a woefully untidy living room. Problem is, I am not going to be home all day–I work –but the kids and the husband will be. I feel like anything Ido in my precious few minutes at home will be undone whle I am gone. What can I do that will be worthwhile?
Nony,
I’ve been reading your blog for a while now, this is my first comment. I started at the very beginning reading some each day until I was caught up. Anyhow, I have to say this is a great idea and I plan on jumping on the bandwagon. I have also very recently started my own blog, partly inspired by yours as well as some PF (personal finance) blogs. I have a lot of clutter in my life, physical and financial especially and it is finally time to take care of it! Thanks for being so inspiring 🙂
Dana, you are right!!! I’m in!! I found your blog a couple nights ago looking for help with my inability to be effective with this house thing! You sound like a kindred spirit, that succeeded! I will be spending a lot of time here I think! Live your vlogs! So hilarious! But effective. :). Wow!!
Yes! I have two kids, a baby due in February, a bona fide junk room, several unfinished room re-dos, and regular old clutter in drawers and cupboards and closets. My goal is to do as much as possible now through January, then focus on finding normalcy and loving my family and keeping up with basic house stuff in February. I just hope I get a LOT done so I can really relax. Nesting is a powerful force, but we’ll see!
I’m in! Love the idea. I think this week I’ll focus on getting rid of stuff from my cupboards and trying to excavate my office. I really want to be more efficient and productive in 2014 and I work better in a clutter-free area. I can’t even imagine what might happen doing this all through January. I might be rid of most of my clutter. 🙂
I’m so excited to join in on this. I was doing so good until Christmas hit and I feel like I’m back to where I started. One of my New Years goals is to declutter my house and keep my house clean… I’m so excited to start this!
I’m joining the club! and I’m starting with Christmas decorations. I have so many I couldn’t even get them all out. There just isn’t anymore room.
I think I need to declutter my pantry. I can no longer fit food in it! I should wear a party while I do it!
I meant to say party hat. My phone ruined the punch line of that comment!
Lol, Colleen! Sometimes I do feel like I wear the party!! Maybe I will wear a party hat too…I don’t have a pink one… Then I can tell the kids: “if Mom has her party hat on, DON’T BOTHER HER. “
I am definitely joining the party. My goal for 2014 is to get organized. We’ve been decluttering all weekend to get ready for it. Only two days left! I think I can. I think I can. 🙂
I discovered your blog this weekend and have been soooo encouraged! It’s been so freeing to me to know that this is a process and that there is nothing wrong with me…I just think differently!
I’ve identified with so many things you’ve said on your podcasts and you’ve validated some of the changes I’ve already made in my thinking. I’m joining the party and have hash tagged mine: #thedeclutterproject
I’m so thankful for all that you continue to risk everyday with your honesty and transparency. That, I know, can be paralyzingly.
Joining with you. Today I am just trying to tackle my three shelf thing that holds papers in the kitchen. A place for everything but where?
How did I not know about your blog before today?
Good grief! So much for decluttering blog feeds. I’ll go clean something else instead. Do boogers from my kids’ noses count?
They totally count!