I am ever so busy....HA
I am always trying to clean/declutter my garage. It is storage space, laundry room, toy room, pantry....it wears many, many hats. In the past I would delegate a weekend to cleaning/decluttering and organizing the garage and I am just overwhelmed. So I decided that I would just spend 20 minutes. Twenty minutes on any given day. If I happen to have 20 minutes and have the urge to declutter, then I head straight for the garage. I have made a few trips to the garbage/recycling bin, to goodwill and to friends garages for drop off!! Yet, when I walk into the garage, it seems like I didn't even make a dent. I guess considering the amount of STUFF in there, it will take quite a lot of 20 minute increments and cleaning sessions. Using the, have I needed to use this in the past 6 months.....ahem......2 years. If the answer is no or hey, I thought I gave this away already, then it's time for it to leave my garage and go to a happier home where it will get used. I also fall into the trap of buying things that I already own, because I can't find it or I don't even realize that I already own one.
I don't want my organizing to cost me money...as in buying storage bins to hold everything that I think I still need. So off it goes. If I think that I might use it one day, bye bye. I need to start living for today and not for the what-if's of life.
Then there's the times when my kids are around when I'm in there cleaning and organizing and all of a sudden everything that I am giving away they suddenly need or want.
I am hoping that one day in the near future my garage will look something like that Container Store garage!!
6 comments:
That is the cleanest garage I have ever seen, and so organized. My kitchen isn't that clean! ;)
Is this your garage?! OMG.. you don't ever want to see mine. As an artist I'm a collector of stuff, to make stuff, in the future.
Good for you to declutter. Like you I try and give lots to Goodwill then I pick up more from Goodwill. aaarggh vicious cycle, but a happy one.
I wish you tons of luck in your plan. It's always hard to give up things...I have a tendency to say, "but I spent $XXX on this!" and then just shelve it again...
but I was raised by a Mom who always thought, "I might need it someday!"
I cleaned out a house and garage that was filled with 40 years of "I might needs...."
Your way is better!
(((hugs)))
I hate cleaning. UGH! But we also did our spring cleaning recently.
At first I thought that was your garage. I was going to ask you to come over and help me organize ;0)
Have fun cleaning, it's lovely to get everything how you want it :)
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