Unclutter challenge

[fred_mouse]

I interrupt our regular programming to suggest a small challenge. Inspired by reading the section of the 'A Slob Comes Clean' blog that talks about focusing on the visible, I challenge you to go to where visitors enter your house and identify three items of clutter that you would like to do something about. If you see more than three, make a note of the extras, and pick three. You can come back to those others later. If you see fewer than three, come back tomorrow, and the next day, and look again. If, after three looks, you can't see anything new, then I commend you! Deal with the one or two items as below, and be pleased.

For each of your three identified items (or piles of items, in my case), tell us what you need to do with them, and a deadline that you want to have done that by.

Comments

[yukonsally]

Oof, this is hard. I'm going to work on it this week.

I'll choose one of the first rooms people see upon entering my house, our "library." There are piles of things on top of the bookshelves that drive me CRAZY but it's an uphill fight to get Spouse to stop putting things there. It's also an uphill battle to get the kids to stop pulling books out so the shelves themselves are a mess. So I'll deal with one of those piles on top and clean up at least 2 shelves.

[fred_mouse]

Sympathies. I hope the sorting goes well! I'd wish you luck on the training of spouse and children, but having attempted both, I don't have great optimism.

[yukonsally]

I've collected some books into a bin for easier access (looks nicer too), put some books on the shelf properly, moved an empty container to our collection of empty containers, recycled a paper bag. It looks better! Not good yet, but better!

[fred_mouse]

Well done! Looking better is a great achievement!