So now what?

You may be overwhelmed by the amount of stuff in your house, whether it’s Christmas stuff or just the overall amount of stuff. You’re ready to get rid of stuff and get rid of the junk and the clutter in your house. Awesome. So now what? Where do you start?

Trying to do everything at once is overwhelming. And impossible. And will lead to frustration and more than likely, you won’t get far. So, what to do? Start small. Start simple. There’s a couple of different directions and suggestions I’ll give for you to consider.

First, pick a room. Focus on that room for a month. I saw this suggested in a Minimalist Facebook group and I thought that there was some positive things that could come out of this. If you focus on one room for that period of time, you can really focus on getting down to the things that are really beneficial to you. This makes things less overwhelming and it helps you to be more focused and concentrated.

Another alternative is something that I’ve picked up from the bloggers The Minimalists. They do what they call the “30 day minimalism game”. The idea is that based on what the number of the day is, that is how many items you get rid of. So, day 1, it’s 1 item, day 2, it’s 2, and so on. This can be very beneficial, as well as quite challenging. I did it in the month of November, and while it was challenging, I found it quite fruitful.

No matter what way you choose to do, start somewhere. It could be that you pick tonight and start with your closet. Awesome. Start and start simple. Maybe it’s each day you’re focusing on a shelf or a drawer or something. You can do it. We can do it. Together. Over the next couple of days I’ll be sharing more about what I’ll be doing to close 2017 and get started into 2018.

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