It has been almost 5 years since we moved to Arizona. I have been putting off the hassle of updating all the legal paperwork like the wills, etc. I know I should have done it sooner but can admit that what we have would work in a pinch. I also have to admit that it would be more of a hassle for those left to deal with it if I had left things as they were. I have been updating everything and creating a set of instructions for those who will be our executors if both of us go together or at such time as the other is gone when one dies. It’s much more of a hassle than any of us want to deal Continue reading
Keeping the strangest of things ~ By Moni
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I shudder at the idea of going back to my old ways of having stuff, more stuff, stored stuff, collected stuff and yet more stuff.....and then being very surprised that the house is full of stuff! But in spite of all that, I still keep the strangest of things. I don't know why, there is no logic to it, but I have difficulties getting rid of empty cardboard boxes and shopping bags, especially if they are from particularly nice clothes store or from a surf wear shop. There is a wee corner of my brain that insists cardboard boxes are useful. Maybe they are, maybe they're not, but I can get as Continue reading
Lost in the clutter
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This comment by Jo H and the mention of Feng Shui last week got me thinking about the aesthetics of a home. We all have our own tastes when it comes to the kinds of things we like, fabric choices, art works, furniture styles, knick knacks etc etc. However as Jo pointed out in her comment the beauty of these objects have a better chance of shining out when they aren't so plentiful that they get lost in the clutter. Although I only have a vague understanding of Feng Shui, and am sure some people think it is a lot of hocus pocus, I would suggest that it is worth investigating. I feel that some Continue reading
Mini Mission Monday ~ Useful but too plentiful
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Mini Mission Monday is about finding ten minutes a day to declutter. To make it easy for you, each Monday I set seven declutter missions, one for each day of the week for you to follow. It takes the guess work out of decluttering and makes it easy and "fun" for you to achieve some quick decluttering. I am basing today's mini missions around one of my old clutter weaknesses and that is ~ useful items that make my life easier, more convenient or just added variety of choice. While some of these items did simplify my workload many did more towards cluttering up my home than making it more Continue reading
Saturday Extra ~ Sanna’s Shelves and Declutter Story
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Finding Colleen's web site really was an eye-opener for me as I did feel overwhelmed by stuff at the time but didn't really know where to start. I just moved in with my boyfriend and we both had lived in shared flats before, so we had a mixed jumble of furniture and household goods and got help and cast-offs from many relatives as well. So I was in that new apartment surrounded by lots of stuff that didn't really match and didn't really fit either. Moreover as he liked his stuff and I liked mine, of course we didn't want to give away our own stuff but would have preferred the other's to be Continue reading
Friday’s Favourites ~ 17May2013
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On Fridays at 365 Less Things I share with you my favourite comments from my wonderful readers and my favourite web finds of the week. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Favourite Comments. Enjoy! In this comment Wendy B demonstrates that all kinds of circumstances initiate decluttering. Well done Ian and Wendy. Wise words form Ideealistin in regards to buying to resell. I have encountered more than one person in my life who bought to resell then stopped reselling. There homes ended up full of clutter. The buying became like any other addiction. Yesterday we had four previously Continue reading
The clutter cause by unfinished tasks
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I mostly talk about clutter in the form of items that are unused and unloved that could be permanently removed from our homes. However the detritus of unfinished tasks also mounds up over a very short period of time when a short attention span, lack of planning or sheer laziness has us making a half hearted effort. Below are some reasons why this sort of clutter accumulates and the possible consequences... Mail is opened but not attended too. ~ At the very least there should be a designated place for mail to be filed when needing later attention. Not doing this can end up in late Continue reading
Cindy’s Weekly Wisdom ~ The “Floordrobe”
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My youngest, Audra, made me laugh recently by saying that a friend had gotten a new wardrobe from IKEA but preferred to continue using "the floordrobe." Personally, I hate the floor. How does so much stuff wind up there? I have four animals, and they each seem to shed their bodies' weight in fur every week. I don't have any carpet to trap the fur, and that's a good thing, but it also means that I have the tumbling tumbleweeds of hair every time we open the windows and a breeze gets going. Yuck. I hate a hairy floor. I also hate to walk barefoot and have stuff stick to the bottom of my feet. Continue reading
Reading Clutter
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Never fear all you book lovers out there, I am not going to once again nag you into relinquishing books today. This post is about the accumulation of reading materials other than books. Reading materials are another form of clutter that tends to accumulate around the house, in racks and on benches, tables and floors. Magazines, newspapers, sales catalogues... There is no reason why most of these can't immediately go in the recycling bin once read. Particularly the newspapers and sales catalogues. Quite frankly though in the age of modern technology there is no need to even acquire these Continue reading
Friday’s Favourites ~ 24May2013
On Fridays at 365 Less Things I share with you my favourite comments from my wonderful readers and my favourite web finds of the week. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Favourite Comments. Enjoy! Lucinda shares her experience with collecting packaging in this comment. Calico Ginger shares her take on Feng Shui, or at least positive energy, when it comes to her home in this comment. In this comment Wendy B also gives us an example of the negative energy she once felt in her kitchen and how she solved that. Dizzy gives us an update on how she is feeling about her stuff Continue reading