There was a lot of chatter generated yesterday about an overabundance of plastic containers. It seems most of us still have an excess of these. In a bid to reduce food items in both the fridge and pantry due to my long vacation and impending move late last year, I have become very efficient at catering, shopping and using up leftovers to the point where my need for plastic containers has become greatly reduce. I mostly shop for fresh produce, meat and dairy these days from which there is very little waste. Any leftovers are soon devoured. I have also eliminated several baking items in my … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
Mini Mission Monday ~ Trial Separation
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. Some items that clutter up our home are items that aren't unused individuals but similar items that we use but just have too many of. This weeks overall mission is to start a trial separation from some of these items to see if we really need so many or can happily live without some. So find … [Read more...]
My response to yesterday’s post
Sorry about the delay in today's post. I think I caused to problem by forgetting to give the page a title. Alls fixed now. Doodle asked yesterday... "If someone came to you for help, what 3 top tips would you give them to get them started (decluttering) and how would you sell the knock on benefits of a de-cluttered life to others in less than three sentences?" Here are my answers... Start with the easiest stuff to part with first and don't be in a hurry. Take your time and make it easy on yourself. Be satisfied in knowing the stuff is heading out the door and it doesn't need to be … [Read more...]
Owning your life skill ~ By Doodle
One of our long time regular readers Doodle has kindly agreed to help out here at 365 by writing a blog post for me every other Wednesday. Today is her first regular post although not the first she has contributed. She has become quite the expert on the subject of decluttering over the years and I am sure you will all be able to learn a lot from her. Welcome Doodle and thank you for your contributions, past, present and future. Owning your life skill The biggest reason I owned too much stuff, was I just never realised I didn’t have to. It was as simple as that: getting rid of stuff as a … [Read more...]
The benefits of owning and wanting less stuff
The beginning of the year is always a good time for a post about the benefits of owning and wanting less stuff. By wanting less stuff I mean not wanting for stuff, being free from the desire to acquire. That combined with the benefits of having less stuff to care for and accommodate is reason enough for learning to let go. Also at the beginning of the year is when new readers arrive at a blog like mine looking for help with the process of decluttering. So a post pointing out the advantages of letting go is always a good way to encourage a person to jump in feet first and get on with the … [Read more...]
Mini Mission Monday ~ In, on, under, behind…
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 left it to the last minute yesterday to write todays missions. In fact I almost forgot because we were busy celebrating a family member's birthday. So for my own sake and for a little fun I decided to keep it simple. Placement is the theme of today's mission - in, under, on and behind. See if … [Read more...]
Consolidate & Refine
I have spoken about this subject before on 365 Less Things, however, having just moved, I am finding it necessary to do a little more of it. Things have become a little scattered during my move. Mainly due to the fact that rooms have been eliminated from my options of where and how to store things. The office space/craft area/parents retreat has turned into the office space/craft closet/guest bedroom. The laundry/third toilet/storage closet has become the laundry closet. The kitchen/family room/dining/living room/entry with cupboard has become the living room/kitchen/dining room. And needless … [Read more...]
Happy New Year ~ What is your resolution
Hi there. Just a quick post today to say welcome to any new readers scouring the internet for suggestions of New Years resolutions. I have one for you ~ Resolve to declutter one thing a day for a whole year. It isn't hard but it sure is effective if your house is currently cluttered. For those of you who have been decluttering for a while set a decluttering resolution that suits where you are at with your mission to unclutter. My resolution this year is to get rid of anything that doesn't fit comfortably into my lovely new little two bedroom apartment. I am loving it here and the only thing … [Read more...]