I adore challenges designed to organize belongings.
I like to follow along with photos and posts as a before miraculously turns into an after, as a cluttered space turns into a zenful oasis.
But I’ve stopped participating, because I’m not ready to organize my home.
I first need to purge all the things I’m hanging on to that I know I don’t need, that never should see the back of a closet or the bottom of a drawer again.
I’ve learned the hard way that if I dive into an organizational project, I will become overwhelmed, give up, try again, give up again, and find I’ve made a bigger mess than the original one.
Enter my project for the next month: The Use It Up, Move It Out March Madness Challenge.
You can get your free decluttering checklist, full of small tasks for the month to kick off your spring cleaning, here.
Print it out, save it on your phone, whatever works best for you. Then join me! Each day, check off at least one item on the list. You can complete an item multiple times as well if that works for you.
And get creative! For example, when I’m going through makeup samples, my kids and I are going to play with colors together. We no longer drink hot cocoa but have several packets in the pantry, so we will use them for baking. We’ve successfully turned old t-shirts into rag wreaths before and will be looking for our next craft project from items that are otherwise not useful to us any longer.
When you’ve accomplished your task, take a photo and tag me (@listlemon on Instagram and Twitter, and my facebook page is also List Lemon). Make sure to use the hashtag #useitupmoveitout.
So how about it? Join me and let’s use it up and move it out!
Keep up with my progress on social media, too!
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