Show #11 - Don’t use it? Lose it!
The title of this show may have everyone puzzled? Could she really mean toss it, throw it, garbage it? Well of course we always recommend being Green and doing your part for the environment by recycling to the best of our ability.
In this show, Maja shares what her good friend does to purge the clutter in her small living space. And how to turn clutter chaos into an organizers dream! We can all do it.
Your Assignment: Comment on what things you have purged from your home recently that you don’t miss, and how fantastic it makes you feel! Thanks for sharing your triumphs with us.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
One thing I know I should get rid of is this ridiculous citrus squeezer (for lack of a better word to describe it). We got it for a wedding gift and so I feel obliged to keep it. Now, when I need the juice of a lemon or an orange I feel obliged to use it. I haul it out of the most obnoxious cupboard in my kitchen (the one that requires a chair and a stool in order to reach it, only after moving a million things out of the way). Then after I use it I have to wash it and all of the parts that come off of it and THEN (to top it all off) I have to put it away!
Thank you for the encouragement Maja, I will start by purging the squeezer thing. I can feel the freedom already, ahhh!
July 7th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Thank you for this podcast - I’ve had it downloaded since you posted it and only listened to it a couple days ago. There are 7 of us in a 3 bedroom home, with room to expand if I can get the basement cleared - big IF. The principles in this podcast were exactly what I needed to hear before starting my big push to declutter this week. We don’t have a lot of space to save things “just in case” or whatever the excuse may be, JUST GET RID!
This has been my year to declutter and the more I do it the easier it get and the more free I feel. I spend 3 hours down there earlier and after spending the first few minutes feeling overwhelmed I jumped in and there is already a huge difference.
Side-note: I’ve got a great friend that has been over to help me declutter, and she’s one that when I’m in a slump I can call and get motivated, or helps me ask the right questions to decide what to do with things. I just sent her an e-mail about my progress today with a quick question about what to do with cards from our wedding. A great podcast I would love would be thoughts on random specifics like that.
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:39 am
Ah…thank you! I have a ton of stuff set by the door for Freecyclers now. I’ve held on to so much crap because it was left to me by deceased family members…maybe someone else will get some use out of it!
Thank you!