My 15 minute De-cluttering Mission!

This week I've focused on decluttering for 15minutes a day.  I got so into it, I decluttered 15 minutes for 3 times a day.  I started with my kitchen and it's gone from there. I can make dinners quickly, and find food in the cupboards to snack and make meals with. IT HAS BEEN FREEING!  I've followed flylady and I think after these 2 1/2 years of being in my new house, it hit.   I've been holding onto everything, because I thought if I got the house clean and organized, I'd have to move again. I've moved every 2 years, or so.  Well, I was not going to move again....can you feel the stubborn in my voice?  All I did was make my life harder and take time from my family.  

I love to walk into my kitchen!  It is really the heart of my home. 

The RESULTS: I've got my every kitchen cabinet, besides the china (which I will use these two weeks and see how often I use them.), and my desk is next.  I threw one black garbage bag a day and 3 on Friday.  My house didn't look that dirty.  I can pick up the rooms in 5 minutes with a room rescue.  27 fling boogies end up being 35 + fling boogies.  If this sounds unfamiliar, go check out www.flylady.net.

I am on my way to my desk in the kitchen.  These are the steps I go through.

1.) Decide what room and space is Most Important Right Now for your families functions.
2.) Got three baskets out, one for trash, one for give away, one for keep. I used a small handled basket for those things that need to go to another room, or space.
3.)15 minutes in that space, or area - Set the timer
4.) DO I LOVE IT? DO I USE IT? CAN IT BLESS SOMEONE ELSE?
5.) Take the garbage out, take the give away to the car, and take the basket of things that belong to other rooms and put them AWAY.
6.)Put those things you love back in their place and smile and give yourself a pat on the back!

This is what I do.  It feels great and I'm well on my way.  I just keep remembering that someone else can be blessed by my excess and the things that I don't love anymore.  Garbage is garbage, so I know not to share that with someone else by donating unusable and broken things.

I continue on my journey, motivated and feeling so much joy at night when I think of all that is changing in my life.