It's Friday, so I decided to take 5 whole minutes to tackle something. I tackled my own dresser. I set the timer on my phone. I started grabbing things and taking them to their homes (where I would look for them first, as in my first decluttering question) immediately. Five minutes was ALL the time I gave myself, so I wasn't about to create … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2017
The Reality of Handwashing Dishes for a Family of Five
I am one dedicated slob blogger, y'all. Unless you're brand spankin' new around here, you know how I feel about doing the dishes. I don't love it and never will, but I know for a fact (from experience) that doing the dishes is THE thing that will get any house going on its deslobification process. And NOT doing the dishes is (logically) the … [Read more...]
115 Dealing with the Onslaught of New Stuff
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Working Through the Mess – After Holiday Cleanup
Today is January 3rd. I wrote this post on December 26th. On December 26th, I was so proud of myself for just picking up, and had full faith that I'd do the "real" after Christmas cleanup precisely on time: January 1st. Ummmm, I didn't. New Year's Day and the day after came and went, and my tree is still up. Oops. And I didn't even get this … [Read more...]