In the first week of the spring cleaning challenge, I spent one hour (just one) in the basement and managed to pack up not one, but SIX trash bags. I also broke down a mountain of boxes. I took them all straight out of the house, and immediately it felt better. We still have a long way to go but it now feels just a wee bit more sane down there.
I also started re-reading Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston for some practical inspiration. “Most people keep things because they believe they will come in useful one day, but in fact the stagnant energy that collects around unused things causes stagnation in the life of whoever owns them. So instead of being an asset, clutter is in fact a liability. That’s why people who have clutter are always stuck in their lives in some way.”
So, for week 2: I can commit to taking at least one more bag of crap out of the house.
What one small thing are you doing to declutter this week?
Molly said,
February 17, 2009 @ 8:45 am
Good work! I tackled both the basement and the storage in the attic. Trash day isn’t until Thursday, though, so I haven’t felt the cathartic release yet of everything I’ve tossed. You were smart to take stuff to Goodwill asap. I have to do that tomorrow, I think. I’ve also decided to declutter our dining room, which seems to get filled with a lot of little stuff.