Confession. Most of this has been written for 3 days. Ive been putting off finishing and posting it because then it will be real...and I'll actually have to do it....
So, last week I wrote about needing to declutter. Here's my plan of action. I read a blog post early this week that got me thinking. It was '52 weeks to a decluttered home'. She broke down her house into 52 different projects and worked on 1 per week. At first, I loved the idea. It seemed simple and easy to accomplish. Then the more I thought about it the more I realized I do not want to be decluttering this house for a year!! Now, I realize in order to keep the house decluttered it has to be an on going thing but Id rather get to a reasonable place quickly, then try to maintain. So rather than 52 small projects (like one bookshelf) per week, Im going to break it down by room and based on the amoumt of decluttering that needs to happen, give myself a time frame. For example, my front room has 2 tiny tables that gather mail and misc clutter. I really dont need a week to declutter them. More like 20 min. My bedroom on the other hand... will probably need 2 weeks... Maybe 3.... yikes. ok, here goes.
Belle's room was already done a couple weeks ago. CHECK!
Week 1: Gavins room and hall closet
Week 2: front room, coat closet, bathroom (I have an unusual amount of hair products... )
Week 3: My bedroom closet
Week 4: the rest of my bedroom
Week 5:kitchen cabinets and pantry
Week 6: downstairs closet, toy box and book shelves
Week 7: laundry/storage room
Week 8 and 9: garage (this one scares me... it also may get moved around because I will need my hubby's help. If I have to switch things around I'll just bump everything down but it WILL get done sometime in the next 10 weeks.)
Week 10: finish up anything not finished.
I probably need to add my van to this list somewhere .... but thats a whole other story....
Theres my plan for 10 weeks to a decluttered home. My goal ending date is May 14th. In my head this plan seems doable. We'll see.
Who's with me?
Good for you, Jane!! You go!!
ReplyDeleteGo Jane!! I would love to see picture updates!!
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