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Hiding Solutions from Myself

October 17, 2014 By Dana White 14 Comments

Hiding Solutions from Myself - ASlobComesClean.com

I can come up with some great solutions.

Really.

But the hidden ones rarely work.

While I’d love for my house to look perfect at all times, some of the ways we make things work keep it from looking perfect.

Half-full (or worse, ALMOST full) water bottles grate on my nerves. I try to avoid letting them happen, but they happen. To keep from wasting the nobody’s-gonna-to-drink-it-now water, we use it to water the plants.

Actually, Hubby does. In our house, he’s the one who handles NOT killing plants.

When one of the irritating bottles appears, everyone knows to take it to a certain spot in the breakfast area.

But as I found when I decluttered/switched-out-old-storage-containers-for-new-ones recently, I once had the really great idea to put them in a less obvious spot. A logical spot.

Logical + Less Obvious = Doesn’t Work ‘Round Here.

Really, it would be so nice if those eyesores could be two feet away, hidden inside a cabinet.

Oh well.

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039 Clutter Guilt Podcast

October 17, 2014 By Dana White 2 Comments

  This podcast is about the guilt that can make it soooo difficult to declutter! Sometimes it’s guilt laid on by others, and sometimes it’s imagined! Posts mentioned within this podcast: GO DECLUTTER something and enter this giveaway for a $500 Home Depot giftcard by Extra Space Storage!!! Drowning in Clutter? (my e-book that has […]

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Clutter Busting Concept: Replace. Don’t Just Shove the New Ones in With the Old Ones

October 16, 2014 By Dana White 22 Comments

I recently put the One In One Out Rule into action. A year or so ago, my mom gave us a small set of glass storage containers. I’m in love with those things. A while back, Costco put a similar set on sale with their monthly coupons. I was excited to get it, but by […]

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How a Storage Unit Saved My Sanity (and a GREAT Giveaway from Extra Space Storage!)

October 15, 2014 By Dana White

When Extra Space Storage asked if they could sponsor a post and an AWESOME giveaway here, I was excited to do it. There was a time in my life when renting a storage space saved my sanity. We’d moved. We had two little boys and didn’t know a soul in our new town. It was […]

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Reader Question – Help! The Clothes I Need to Donate are Dirty!

October 9, 2014 By Dana White 42 Comments

  I received this decluttering question yesterday: “I have tons of clothes that need to be decluttered that are dirty. How do you justify/handle washing cluttered clothes? It just doesn’t seem to be a time justified task but is causing chaos in the bedroom.” First of all, I understand. Completely. So much that I’ve written […]

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038 Decluttering Paralysis / Excuse Busting Podcast

October 9, 2014 By Dana White 1 Comment

Today’s podcast keeps going with the excuse busting from last week and specifically focuses on decluttering paralysis. (Which is totally a real thing!) Posts mentioned within this podcast: Reader Question: What do I do when the clothes I want to donate are dirty? How to Start Cleaning Up When You Don’t Know Where to Start […]

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The One Year Test in Action

October 8, 2014 By Dana White 7 Comments

As we did the Clean Up Before Sunday Night Church Home Group Starts thing last week, I ran across that random item. It’s a water Frisbee. Or flying disc. Or whatever name isn’t trademarked. It came in a cheap pack of water balls. I think the Easter Bunny might have brought it to our house. […]

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I Only Thought About the Games

October 7, 2014 By Dana White 16 Comments

My oldest, a 7th grader, started playing football this year. At age 12, this is the fulfillment of his Life Dream. But it’s different than he expected. Even though he knew what to expect. We’d talked to him about the realities he’d face. That practices were going to be hot, and hard. And not necessarily […]

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Mmmmm, Bacon. (How to Order in Bulk from Zaycon)

October 6, 2014 By Dana White 12 Comments

  Y’all know I’m a fan of buying my chicken from Zaycon. Their prices are extremely competitive for boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I love the quality, and stocking my freezer with forty pounds of chicken at once means I don’t need to watch sales for a while. I’ve always been sold on the chicken, but […]

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