Getting Started

**AmyBoz** · 01-25-2004, 12:21 PM

So, I've been doing pretty well with the decluttering, but I think that if we have a snow day this week, I am going to take this bit of advice that I found in (one of my favorite books, obviously) Unclutter Your Home: 7 Simple Steps and 700 TIps and Ideas by Donna Smallin.

"Start with the easy stuff. This will get you in to the act of uncluttering with little or no pain or anxiety. Get a large garbage bag and walk through your house. Throw out anything that is clearly garbage:
-Expired Medicines
-Expired Coupons
-Outdated Clothes
-Makeup that's more than one year old
-Sunscreen that's more than two years old
-Things that are broken unless they are valuable and fixable
-Odd socks
-Grocery bags (10 is enough)
-Old restaurant and shopping guides
-Outdated calendars
-Spoiled food
-Rusted utensils and tools
-Travel literautre and maps (unless they are new and you have definite plans to travel in the next three months)

**simplemom** · 01-25-2004, 01:06 PM

I'll join you on this, Amy.

I'll try to chose a day to declutter some more...

**AmyMCGS** · 01-25-2004, 01:15 PM

Count me in, too~ sounds like a good quick decluttering step!

**paelthom** · 01-25-2004, 01:53 PM

Hey count me in too. Since it's snowy here and they cancelled church, I decided to clean my room - really clean it. I cleaned out my desk

I got a bag of trash out of the desk, just old papers and stuff I had no need for. I also cleaned out the small chest by my bed. I now have 1 whole empty drawer. The main problem I have with clutter is paper stuff and old health/beauty items. I cleaned the bathroom cabinets the other day and was amazed at how much old, expired stuff I had in there. :yuck: