March 23rd, 2010 
Julie 
How are you doing on YOUR clutter busting challenge?
Are you keeping those kitchen counters clean and your dishes cleaned and put away? If not, it’s ok – there’s no better time to start than the present! By now you should be getting into the swing of things and those dishes should be starting to feel much easier to do. If not, don’t fret – it’s all about progression and NOT perfection!
Okay, who’s up for some extra credit this week? Good!
Your extra credit assignment: Clean out 1 kitchen cabinet and donate the clutter to charity.
Over the weekend I got motivated and began cleaning out one of my cabinets. I looked at all the stuff…much of it clutter and felt so weighed down by it. This definitely was not going to be making me happy anytime soon. So, out came the box and into it went all of the things I hadn’t used in over a year.
All THAT was lurking in my cabinet???
I got all the clutter out, wiped down the shelves and neatly put things back into the cabinet. The result???
Check out my cabinet NOW!!!
Isn’t it beautiful? Seriously…I am so proud of this and it only took 15 minutes of my time from start to finish! Not only that, but I have the joy of giving the things that were just sitting there being wasted to someone who could really use them. This is the best feeling of all – knowing that the things I’m giving away will give someone else so much happiness – that alone makes me VERY happy!
So – that is your challenge this week!
- Keep your dishes clean (out of the sink) and put away before bed
- Keep your counter tops clear of clutter
- Clean out just 1 cabinet and donate your clutter to charity
Please let me know how your clutter challenge is going ! I’d also love to hear about your extra credit assignment and how it made you feel to give away the things that are making you unhappy!
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YAY you!! It scares me to even open my cabinets lol. I was just reading a post last week (and can’t find it now) about the psychology of empty space ~ and how when you create empty space it creates the urge to fill it. Are you finding that with all that empty space?
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You know what…I think that is the problem I have. See that open space in the upper right hand corner of the cabinet? It’s looking at me…
Proof positive is that the minimalist style of decorating makes me wonder where they put all their stuff!?!
I feel like I need to put things in every open space because that is what it is there for…to be filled with more stuff I don’t need 
I’ll tell you what though…having my mother-in-law over this weekend was so much more pleasant after she opened the cabinet to get out the creamer and complimented me on keeping it so organized!
…just glad she didn’t look at the rest of my cabinets
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