Cleaning My Bookshelves.

There are 14 books here.  They are going to  charity

Ever since we move in this house in 2011, my bookshelves have not quite suited me.  In fact it took several months for me to arrange my books.  In fact, if my memory serves me correctly, my husband go tired of walking around boxes and books and he filled the shelves.  Until I did my own arranging I never knew where anything was on those shelves, which isn't great for a fibromite that sometimes suffers from cognitive issues.

Tonight, I have reached my decluttering goal plus 1 more for 2013.

I would like to invite you to make a goal for getting rid of your clutter in 2014.  When your load is a little lighter, it makes cleaning easier.

So all in all I have gotten rid of 353 items plus a few more, since I started in March  2013.  I have more places I want to work on:  boxes, baskets, and drawers are waiting for their turn.  

Plan to join me in January.  

It will be fun to share and celebrate to together. 

Letting Go of Things Is Not Letting Go of Good Memories

I love to read, but I have discovered it is time to let some books go, which I was holding with a tight grasp. Letting go of some things from childhood will not affect my memory of my parents.  I don't have to hold so tightly to remember and be thankful for them.

I have been decluttering, as I clean, which will help me in the future.  It's time to let go of my little box and pass it on to someone special that has always loved it.  For me, it has become one of the items that makes the daily routines a little harder.  

5 more items released -- almost to goal.  I have released 339 things.  

My Decluttering Support Group Helps to Keep Me Going

Bath Salts, nice but I have a small tub now.Besides
I always feel like I have to clean it really
good after multiple showers have been taken in there.

Procrastination and Depression tried to get me this weekend, but I am so thankful for my support group that encourages me to keep on going.  If you don't belong to a decluttering support group, I highly recommend it.s

I have been sick and resting since Wednesday and Thursday.  Do you begin to lose track of the time when that happens?  I do.

I'm a little slow getting started after I have sitting way too much.  I sat so much, I got tired of sitting.  Today, I have just enough to get me moving.  Company is coming sooner than I thought, and I already decided, I am not going to scurry.  I am just doing what I was going to do anyway.

And during the activities, I was doing anyway, I found my favorite things:  Declutter Items!

Music books for my little darlings, grandchildren,
and a book their mom can use in
homeschool, or just let them read to each other.

Two boxes that have been sitting in my breakfast room way to long and a toy that broke. Now the pictures that were in those boxes are awaiting my scrapbook making genuius -- haha!    Gone!    

I am counting these as six items, so that gets the count up to 86 -91.  Woohoo!  Soon, we ill be to 100.  Very cool!