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. This week I have decided to have the mini missions revolve around the Disassociation Series that I have published over the last couple of weeks. Each day I will choose one of the clutter categories and it is your mission to choose an item from the category to part with. Your choice can be as easy … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2011
Simple Saturday ~ Media Blitz
Media blitz might be a bit of an exaggeration but it is more media attention than I thought I would ever receive. After the first nervous attempts I have become more comfortable with it. My favourite piece so far is the one below which I wouldn't have even known about except for one of my neighbours telling me. I got quite a laugh when I saw it. Media Links ABC Radio interview ~Â Tony Delroys Nightlife 27 July 2011 Newspaper Article ~Â Newcastle Herald 28 July 2011 Multimedia Slice Show ~Â Newcastle Herald 28 July 2011 Another newspaper mention ~ Newcastle Herald 1 Aug 2011 I am not … [Read more...]
Friday’s Favourite Five ~ 5AUG2011
My favourite five comments has turned into ten this week. There were so many great comments and so many new readers adding to the conversation that I just could not resist doubling my quota for the week. My choices this week may seem a little indulgent at times because there are a lot of lovely thank yous among them. But each thank you message comes with a unique story from the writer that I thought had a lot to add to the conversation. This comment comes from Ann who despite the fact she has been laid up for months with an Achilles heal injury has not let that stop her from … [Read more...]
Disassociation Part 5 ~ Sentimental Clutter
Sentimental clutter, the final post in the Disassociation Series. Last but not least that is, because this one can be the most insidious of all of the categories of clutter. It sneaks up on you and binds itself to you like a barnacle to a rock. It can be a beautiful thing and a ball and chain all at the same time. Don't get me wrong I am not saying that all sentimental items are clutter. I own sentimental items that I have no intentions of ever parting with and I don't consider them clutter. I have also decluttered many items that had sentimental value that I wasn't compelled to keep once … [Read more...]
Cindy’s Weekly Wisdom ~ The New Messy
Cindy's Weekly Wisdom Dan and I were sitting in the living room recently. He looked around with great satisfaction and said, “This is the new messy.†I wasn’t sure what he meant. I looked around too. There were a couple of things on the coffee table that didn’t belong, a stray pair of shoes, the dog beds were sort of tossed to the side, and a project of mine that I had basically abandoned but not put away was sitting on the floor. I said, “It is kind of messy in here. What do you mean?†He replied, “I mean, if we have company, we could have this room completely together in an … [Read more...]
Disassociation Part 4 ~ Security Clutter
You are probably wondering how does security fit into the clutter equation, and of course I am going to give you my answer to that. Sometimes we keep our clutter because we want to be secure in the fact that it will be there just in case we do need it one day. We may think we will need it to remind us of loved ones or good times and don't want those memories to slip through our grasp. We may think we need it because it may actually come in useful one day. And in extreme case we may think we need it to stave off some impending disaster that might befall us. Either way we keep things for the … [Read more...]
Mini Mission Monday ~ Back to basics
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. Since the blog has had a influx of new subscribers lately, due to a little publicity, I thought I might focus on the basics for today's mini missions. After all, the basics are an everyday thing, not just where we begin our journey. Decluttering isn't something we get better at with experience … [Read more...]