Decluttering – it always seems to be a topic of conversation.  We have too much stuff.  Here are a few lessons I am coming to grip with

*  We don’t use 1/2 of what we own, so ditching 20% shouldn’t be that hard!
*  This stuff slowly accumulated, like a frog in boiling water.  Now that I am aware of it though I can chip away at it, a bit every day.
*  Organising my storage space before I work on my clutter – find a home for it  first – then everything will have its place.

So with these lessons in mind I am trying to declutter three areas a week (and Jess is going to take on 1 area for me)

This week my areas are:

1.  Shoes / handbags
2.  Jewellery (lots of costume jewellery!  Love it!)
3.  Clothes – folded on the shelves in the wardrobe.

Jessica will sort and organise the office cupboard.

Yesterday I set aside 1/2 hour to do my shoes and handbags – I ended up spending 2 hours and working on my clothes as well.  My wardrobe is looking great!  Still a lot of work to go but bit by bit we will get there. 

I removed two big bags of soft toys that we have set aside to donate to the hospital.  Today they will be washed and given away. 
I threw away two bags of clothes that are so old, stretched, or stained to be enjoyable to wear.
I threw away several handbags and broken shoes (why have I kept broken shoes I don’t know!!)
I’ve put aside another large bag of clothes to give away.