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Thread #151363   Message #3532276
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
01-Jul-13 - 10:27 AM
Thread Name: Summer Declutter & Fitness - AUGUST '13
Subject: Summer Declutter & Fitness - JULY '13
Here is the last thread

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere it is at the top of the summer heat in the next couple of months. I propose to change the name of this in August and let the same thread run for at least two months. We've peppered the forum with our declutter threads for years, so lets take time this month to sum up our progress.

Are these helpful? Look back to July 2010 or July 2008 and see if you can detect progress. I went through my personal page and pulled up the links, I haven't reread them yet. And there are other months and years, but I wanted to place a couple of July stepping stones in our path to see where we've been.

I know there is still clutter to go, but I know that there are some calm clear areas that are the result of setting these goals. My bedroom has been clear for ages - it is a welcoming space at the end of the day, nothing in there makes me think "I need to fix that" when I lay my head on my pillow and turn off the light. My bathrooms are clear of a lot of the junk that can pile up on counters or in cabinets. My kitchen is efficient, but because it is the hub of activity there is an ebb and flow in the clutter.

It's gardening time for me, and my sun room is the heart of that, all of my tools and a lot of the boxes, bins, and containers that are drafted to hold produce are in there. And my eBay stuff. But people walk in that door when entering my house, so creating a neat and welcoming space there should be my next big push.

Where has your work centered, where are you now, and what is your next big push?

SRS