Getting Rid of the Crap

I began an organizing project of sorts this month. I came across a post on Pinterest challenging readers to tackle the task of getting rid of 10 things a day for a week. Sounds pretty simple huh?  However, as I glanced around my house, I realized that I needed to get rid of 10 things a day for the entire month to make the kind of impact I want to see in our home.

Why not do that?

This month I am getting rid of 10 things EVERY DAY for the entire month of April. That's it.  No other rules to follow or "clean ____ on _____ day" charts to dictate my process. Just a promise to get rid of the crap that I've put on a backburner for too long.  No more "I'd like to sell those when I have  time to list them online..." or "Maybe I can craft with that someday..." I'm doing this thing.  Just me and a trash bag tackling the world...er...my house anyway.

Honestly, I've tried a few Organize Your Entire House in 30 Days! thingies before. I NEVER make it more than a week before I'm behind and give up out of frustration. I don't follow rules well, I like to be free to work in whatever area I choose instead of using a "Day 7: Laundry Room" type system. I think this variation will work well for me.

While I'm keeping my plan pretty loose, I've decided to follow the basic organizational guideline of Toss, Donate, or Sell. If I decide to toss something, I do that immediately, into the garbage that crap goes. That's the easy part for everyone though right? It gets trickier when you start considering donating or selling items. Ugh, I don't like tricky. :/

 This is what I've decided to do. I set up two bins in my home- the donation bin is easily assessable in our garage and the sell bin is in my bedroom. You might think that my bedroom sounds like an odd place to stash stuff I want to get rid of but honestly I want that sucker smack dab in the middle of my way each day so I don't forget to focus on getting rid of it. I'm spacey, if I tuck it into my closet or even push it over into the corner of the room I'm likely to allow it to stay there forever and not think about it ever again. Not the goal here. It's sitting at the foot of my bed and anything that goes in there absolutely MUST leave by the end of April. If I don't manage to sell it I'll take it to donation with the other bin.

I'm excited to see the change in our home after getting rid of all of the excess items taking up space and causing extra work in my home. Goodbye outgrown baby clothes! Goodbye unused toys! Goodbye random kitchen gadgets that I don't even know how to use! Goodbye maternity clothes! Can I get an amen on that last one?!?

Now I want to encourage you to tackle a declutter challenge of your own this month. Maybe you're one of the amazing people that would see a huge impact from simply getting rid of 10 things a day for a week. Or perhaps you prefer a detailed attack plan guiding you to tackling all areas of your home according to a schedule. Whatever floats your boat is great! I encourage you to find something that you think will work for you and give it a go with me this month.  We can encourage each other along the way and set ourselves up for a relaxed spring in with less clutter. Sounds pretty good to me.

Let's do this thing.