The Journey Into Clutter Busting: What’s In A Word?

by Michaeline on January 21, 2012

I have replaced New Year’s resolutions with a theme word for the year. For 2012 my word is surrender.

Now I am not talking about giving up or waving the white flag, but surrendering to the opportunities presented to me. Working on controlling things less and going with the flow instead to see where that takes me.

What do you think about selecting a word versus making a resolution?

What word would you choose for yourself this year? Intrigued by the idea? A great website/resource to assist you through the process is http://myoneword.org/choose/.

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: The Next Big Step

by Michaeline on January 14, 2012

Big step or little step? What matters most is taking the initial step.

In my recent post I talked about using the New Year as an opportunity for your next big step. What I realized as I was contemplating my next big step (I had work on that since I wrote about it) is that what type of step you take is not as important as just taking the step.

When you feel stuck or in a rut or not challenged just think about taking a step…any step. What will it take to give you forward momentum? Simply putting one foot in front of the other will carry you forward. Sometimes that just means reframing your thought about a situation. Or it means committing to something for five minutes.

If you are stuck on what to do consider a  list of 31 Beginner Babysteps for you to implement from a great resource: www.flylady.net.

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: The New Year Isn’t a Do-over

January 7, 2012

Did you ever feel like the New Year is a chance for a do-over? An opportunity to get it right this time? A possibility to finally break a bad habit? A reason to change for good this last time? This New Year as you consider your resolutions and whether or not to make some or [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Potential

December 31, 2011

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential. ~Ellen Goodman As we say good-bye to [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: All Wrapped Up for the Season

December 24, 2011

Season’s Greetings! During this holiday time may you be surrounded by the best gifts of all… the presence, health and happiness of your family and friends. The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~Burton Hillis

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: December Basement Update

December 17, 2011

I mentioned in my post last month that the basement really is a journey. It is also a resolution. I am resolving to keep an organized and useful basement. And that continues as I move through the 9th month of this project. I have been able to deal with incompletes in my life as I [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Celebrate National Regifting Day on December 15

December 10, 2011

I know that many people feel apalled at the idea of regifting. But I find it a useful tool in managing clutter. As I was going through my basement clutter busting journey this year I used it as an opportunity to evaluate items for potential regifts (yes, family and friends you may have been regifted). [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Using Professional Services to De-clutter

December 3, 2011

Sometimes when you are de-cluttering you may need to call in the professionals. Once you have sorted and purge your papers, instead of spending hours at the shredder there are services that will come to your home or business to shred your documents. Or you can take them to a local company that provides that [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: November Basement Update

November 26, 2011

I estimated that the basement would probably take about six months when I developed my project plan. Here we are on month eight with so much more to do. With the holiday fast approaching, I began this weekend with some basement time. I started by planning how I wanted to approach pulling my decorations out [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Giving Thanks

November 19, 2011

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.  ~E.P. Powell An attitude of gratitude is important not only on Thanksgiving Day, but all year round. As Thanksgiving Day approaches this year give thanks for whom [...]

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