if you want to participate…

if you want to participate…

If you’d like to participate, I have created a handy little button. There aren’t really any rules… just pick for yourself a number of items to “get rid of” by Dec. 31, 2010.

The goal is to declutter, which should help make your home look nicer and your life more organized. Other advantages:
1. You might find things you’d forgotten you had.
2. We usually have more Stuff than we need. Most of the time, we have good intentions but just need motivation.
3. Donating those things that you never use could help someone else who needs it.
4. Donations by the end of this calendar year can be claimed on your 2010 taxes!
5. Using Freecycle will repurpose an item and save it from landfills.
6. Selling off things you never use will give you extra money to save or buy things you will use.
7. Christmas is coming, which usually means more Stuff. This will help clear the way for that stuff!
8. Many of us have guests for Christmas. Less cluttered house will be more pleasant for visitors!
9. Less clutter is a great way to start the new year!

Okay I am going to go work on my list now. I’m trying to figure out what room to tackle first… I’m thinking the utility room?? :-)

4 thoughts on “if you want to participate…”

  1. Awesome idea! I just had a purge a couple of months ago, but I do need to finish my fall cleaning and organizing before I decorate! I’m so frustrated, though. After I washed the futon cover and curtains in the living room, Elijah already got food stains on them. :P

  4. I do this continually throughout the year! If I’m not stressed with lots of other things going on, I love to organize and rearrange. I’m always going through the kids’ toys, and occasionally rotate them so they have something “new” to play with, and so I’m not tripping over every single toy we own. I put away the kids’ too-small clothes and switch ’em out with the next size up. I swap clothes with girlfriends, and items that don’t currently fit either get sent to goodwill or – if I want to keep them “just in case” – I put them in my hope chest. I have a gift cabinet, which I often inventory and re-stock when I see deals while out running errands. I was able to donate some of the items to our church’s toy and OCC this year, so that was cool. Some good websites for selling/swapping: eBay (duh), diaperswappers, swapmamas, and swap.

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