Tag: minimalism challenge
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Day 5: Five More Items Donated, Boys’ Room and Closet Decluttering Complete
After another Decluttering session on the landing, where all the clothes from the boys’ room was staged during the cleaning process, the project is truly complete. Results: A clean landing and one large bag of garbage, one large bag for the consignment store, and one bag for donations. There were a couple bags of clothes…
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Day 4: Decluttering a Boy’s Closet part 2 – More Photos
For day four of the minimalist challenge, I donated 4 clothing items from my son’s closet that he had long outgrown, and subsequently we filled an entire 20-gallon bag with more clothing he didn’t want or need, headed for the donation bin tomorrow. I also filled a large bag with clothing items for the consignment…
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Day 3: Decluttering a Boy’s Closet (with before and after photos!)
For the minimalism challenge on day three, I de- cluttered three items, but actually way more than three. For the record, the three items decluttered for this challenge were all papers/ discarded artwork no longer needed or wanted. Here are some admittedly embarrassing before pictures: Yikes, right? This decluttering project was long overdue, and it…
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Day 2: Declutter, Donate, Sell
Today is day two, and the challenge is to donate two more items right now, today. I found two kids’ shirts and then two more for a total of four outgrown shirts to declutter (donate) today. Into the bag they went. Additionally, I packaged up 10 clothing items I sold on Poshmark ($50 earned) and…
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Day 1: Declutter One Item
In The Minimalists documentary, the proponents of a new approach to lifestyle that hinges on minimalism challenge viewers to start on Day One by simply decluttering one item. That’s simple enough… anyone can do it, right? I picked a shirt from my closest that I never wear and added it to a bag of linens…
My Decluttering Adventure 