Hi Sally :)

BIG Way To GO!!! on all the hard work you have been doing! :D

So happy that I could help you, thank you :)

Keep up the great job you have been doing and please try to join us again in Cory's other task challenges.
It is fun doing these tasks along with others.

Hope you are having a great day. :)

Tillie,

Thank you so much for your advice! I had a really hard time getting rid of the books, but I kept going back to your post and it really helped to face the reality of keeping all those books. I kept picturing how good it would feel to have that clean empty space! I walked in the next day and was shocked to see how nice the room was starting to look! I still have more boxes to go through but am taking a break. Also got rid of electronics and other stuff in containers that I should have donated years ago. I am so glad I found this website!

Tillie,

Thank you so much for your advice! I had a really hard time getting rid of the books, but I kept going back to your post and it really helped to face the reality of keeping all those books. I kept picturing how good it would feel to have that clean empty space! I walked in the next day and was shocked to see how nice the room was starting to look! I still have more boxes to go through but am taking a break. Also got rid of electronics and other stuff in containers that I should have donated years ago. I am so glad I found this website!

Hi Sally,
When decluttering books remember that except for the very rare, one of a kind, all the others are available for kindle & other readers should you ever want to re-read them.
Shut your eyes and picture all the available space you will have after the books are gone.
Open space helps to lead you to peace of mine.
Less visual clutter is very relaxing for your mind and spirit.
Also, books quickly get very dusty. Even people without allergies breathe easier when there are a lot fewer books around.
Books are also a favorite home for dust mites, silverfish, roaches and paper eating beetles & moths.
The best way to declutter books is to keep reminding yourself all the benefits of living with fewer books.

Good luck & best wishes :)

I just found this so I did the (small) bag of clothes and medicine cabinet. Replaced expired cough medicine with new one. Got rid of old shoes. Now trying to tackle hallway. packing boxes of books I want to keep but shouldn't as I have too many. Also box of old canning jars.
I love books and hate parting with them. how do I get over that?

Ok, I'll go through both of my junk drawers (I have one upstairs that was started to hold extra tools (though I really have no idea at the moment what is actually in there :X ) and get rid of everything old/ not usable/ don't actually need etc.
Gosh I love these weekly tasks! I actually get excited waiting for them to be posted. It's like getting a gift (even if I am the one doing the work) :D

I actually did this task yesterday. :D
Dumped everything out on the counter, wiped out the drawer and then put back only the things that belong in there.
That junk drawer seems to be a catch-all for small items.

Ok, so I moved this board out of the daily chat so more people can join in our weekly tasks. For those of you that are just finding us, we have already cleaned out the medicine cabinet and filled one bag up with clothing for the donation centers. This weeks task is to tackle the junk drawer. We all have one that stores everything including batteries, coupons, pens, tools, kitchen gadgets, rubber bands and everything else that could possibly fit while allowing us to barely close the drawer as we use our freee hand to push everything down to clear the counter or drawer above it. Am I right? So this week lets empty out that drawer and get rid of expired coupons, batteries that are encrusted with corrosion, rubber bands that break when stretched, and the pencils with erasers as hard a rock. Lets really only keep the items we are truly going to need. This small drawer is a representation of the rest of the house and a glimpse into our decision making skills (or lack there of). This is a good test to see how you can challenge your normal thinking and tackle one are of your home that won't take a lot of time, but will really prove to yourself that you can do this! Post your pre-cleaning thoughts if you want to try this, then post again about how it goes!