Hi All,
I'm a teacher who is on a reduced schedule for about four months a year, mid-December through mid-February and mid-June through mid-August. I also have a REALLY cluttered home. In the past, I've had some success with setting myself a goal of doing a certain number of hours of decluttering during my periods of reduced work. I set one overall goal (usually 40 hours), then chip away at it in smaller increments of time. Some days I aim for an hour; others for four hours (with breaks!). I basically use flylady's timer method described here, but with longer periods of time than 15 minutes:
http://www.flylady.net/d/getting-sta...ng-15-minutes/
This past winter, I stumbled a bit and didn't finish that 40 hours until a few days ago (July 4th)!
In any case, since I started these batches of 40 hours of decluttering in winter of 2017, I've made a lot of progress. My home isn't perfect, but it is MUCH less cluttered than it was three years ago. And recording my progress here has really helped.
So today, I started another 40 hours which I hope to complete by Monday, August 31 when my full-time teaching schedule starts up again.
My daughter and I did an hour today going through her books and made piles of about 20 to give away.
If anybody else wants to join in with a decluttering goal of their own for a certain number of hours, that would be great!
In any case, thanks for "listening" and for the encouragement so many of you have given me over the years.
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