Good job! Do you get a chance to work on weekends, or only week days?
Good job! Do you get a chance to work on weekends, or only week days?
Thanks, Chicken Lady. It's mostly weekdays. Sometimes on the weekends if my four-year-old has a playdate I can get some time in.
Did another 30 minutes on Monday, so up to 4.5 hours.
Did another hour today, so up to 5.5, but found out this week that I am going to have to leave town from February 4th through the 11th, so I may have to push my goal of getting to 20 hours back a bit again. Will figure it out.
It's a rainy day here, and I would have LOVED to have spent all of it decluttering - I was really on a roll - but family responsibilities are calling.
I am taking two grocery bags of paper out to the recycling bin right now though. That feels good.
ecjchase...every little bit helps...slow and steady wins the race....you seem to be doing
a great job with this method is working for you. I am sure you will be anxious to get back at it
when you get home.
Thanks, wanna, for the encouragement.
I did another hour on Sunday, so new total is 6.5.
Ejchase, I think it's great that you've found something that works for you and you're sticking with it!
Thanks, Chicken Lady, being able to report to all of you really helps.
Did a half hour more today, along with my SO and our daughter. New total is 7.
Do you find that having your family assisting helps?
when I first started clearing out, it was something I pretty much needed to do by myself, but now I'm finding that I get more done with a partner. Maybe because I'm working on stuff that I feel matters to other people, but also I feel good about having someone to share my progress with.
Chicken Lady, my family and I try to set the timer for 15 minutes once on the weekend and do a general pick-up, and when we manage it, it's amazing how we can transform the downstairs from a disaster area into a calming, relaxing space. But, in general, when I am trying to spend an hour or so decluttering - going through papers, setting up systems for where things will be kept, etc. - it helps a lot to have them out of the house. Organizing just does not come naturally to me, so it really helps to just be able to focus on it 100% without any distractions or interruptions.
Speaking of, my sister arrived yesterday for a visit, so I asked my SO to take our daughter to the library on Monday afternoon when I got off work, and I put in 1.5 hours dealing with all the most cluttered surfaces, so I'm up to 8.5 now.
Put in an hour yesterday, so up to 9.5.
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