Day 11

Misc. items from the kitchen, pantry.

Update 8 September 2020

Today was good day at work, I got off late in order to catch up on a few things at my desk.

Went home, fed the cats, ran a load of laundry and a load of dishes.

I took more recycling items out to my cart (I got rid of some items today after work).

Slowly things are shaping up and I feel a lot less anxiety!

Blessings!

The Books I’m Listening To Right Now

All of these are fantastic (and clean) reads and I plan on re-reading/listening to them again as I go through the process of getting my life (and my home) back in order.  I highly recommend these books.  Atomic Habits has been a game changer for me.

How To Manager Your Home Without Losing Your Mind - By Dana K. White

Decluttering At The Speed of Life By Dana K. White

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Labor Day 2020

Thankfully I had today off from work, so I was able to get a few things done:

I took the cans from day 30 + to the recycling.

I refilled a 5 gallon container with potable water.

I stopped by Walgreens but the pharmacy was closed, but I did pick up a couple of boxes of nitrile gloves to take in to work.

I picked up takeout from Wendy’s.

This was after I did some self care this morning at a leisurely rate which allowed for me to take care of me.

After feeding the cats and eating at home, I took one of the boxes (Day 6 and Day 8 I’m making arrangements for) of donations to Goodwill.  Deseret Industries was closed for Labor Day.

Once I can get those boxes out, I’ll have more room to start with Day 11 work my way through the month.  I’m focusing on the kitchen and dining room for the most part, as I know I have so much clutter there I should have no problems getting all of the items from those two rooms alone.

Once this month is done, I’ll pick another month to do the living room.

The reason for this is due to some crazy dreams I had Friday night/Saturday morning where my mind began re-living Decker’s death.  Then I got up, walked out into the living room and realized that my home was starting to look like my Mother’s did when she passed.  It woke me up and made me realize how bad my home was getting with the clutter, not to mention the spiders taking over my home.  That’s not what I want for my home, I want it to be a temple.

With the self care from today, I am doing much better now.

❤️

Day 30 +

Recycling the cat food cans...

Days 9 & 10 Combined

Clearing out a lot of spiders.  It’s only the beginning...

The Minimalism Game - First Attempt

I thought I would give this a try in order to get some things out of my home.

Here is a video from a channel I love on YouTube, Vested Interests, on how the game works.  

Apparently it’s any items, including trash, which is going to make this REALLY easy for me.

This is what I have so far:

Day 1:

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 4:

Day 5:

Day 6:

Day 7:  The placemats from the 80’s

Day 8:

Here is the pile so far:

Wish me luck!