Forest for the trees!

Good Morning!

Today is the first day of decluttering, well maybe!

I seriously cannot see the forest for the trees!

I know I have a cluttered house BUT I also have bags and boxes and papers galore in nooks and crannies around my home.

If it were not for me realizing that this is a step by step process, I would be overwhelmed right now.

I would have given up and decided that my house just is not big enough and moved.

BUT none of this is true. I can do this, I can tackle all of my paper clutter.

So what I am going to do, today (or however long I need to) is analyze my space.

I am going to get a garbage bag and a laundry basket (an empty one!) and a smaller basket or even a shoe box.

Today only, I am going to walk around from room to room collecting papers, bags and boxes.

I am going to pick up each paper and make a decision of what to do with it.

Is it trash? I will toss it out. Is it a memory such as a greeting card, photo, letter? I will put this into my laundry basket Is it a bill? I will place that in my shoe box. Is it a manual, a CD my checkbook, note paper? I will place this stuff in the laundry basket for later analysis

Okay here I go... I will check in later with my progress.

Oh just so you know, we are free to pocket any spare change or green bills we find in this process!

A little later on...

The picture is my actual basket overflowing onto the floor with papers and scrapbook stuff ...

I had a small shoe box of actual bills and coorespondance I needed to address as well ad one large garbage bag

I timed myself for 15 minutes and the basket was empty! I then treated myself to a cup of bluberry tea, Oncore Annie's favorite brew! I certainly deserved it and so do you!

So give yourself a treat when you are done... it will be so worth it!