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[beachlass]

For the last few years I've started out with a lot of energy for decluttering, and then, sometime in the winter/spring get derailed. And once I'm derailed, it's been hard for me to get refocused. (Oh hi there feelings of incompetence and inadequacy, you are not my friends)

So this morning I'm starting with a bit of reading, hoping it will inspire me to get moving. And I think I'll turn off the radio news, and turn on the tunes.

READING

Flylady - yes, she's relentlessly cheery, but sometimes I need that. I've been following Flylady off and on for years, and her 15 minute timer trick is my default cleaning tool.

Happiness Project   - Eleven Myths of De-cluttering, including: 

"I need to find the perfect recipient for everything I’m getting rid of."

All the cds I sorted as "out" are still sitting on the piano bench, because I'm not sure where to take them. They're beside a stack of children's books that I sorted in SEPTEMBER to give to a prison programme, in a prison two hours away.  And let's not talk about all the things in my house that belong/ed to my best friend who decided that I was the perfect recipient or that I agreed to store indefinitely. 

Zen Habits - Trying to give myself credit as I read through this list of 15 Tips, because some of these are habits that I am on my way to establishing. 

*deep breath*

Okay. I'm going to crank up the music and get started. My goals are to get some stuff actually out of the house today, and to clear off some surfaces. 

clean all the things?

[beachlass]

IN

• magazine (subscription)

OUT

• a couple of bottles of stuff I threw out rather than guess their age and put in the bathroom 
• an LED stick on light
• small stack of papers
• whatever was left on the kitchen table when I rescued (and put away!) all the "to keep" items
• the big cardboard box from my new (pink!) filing cabinet
• knifeblock

FOUND

• some yen and toonies
• 2 letters I thought I'd mailed two weeks ago *facepalm*

CLEARED OFF

• dining room table
• kitchen table (I don't even know when I had it last cleaned off)
• telephone stand
• kitchen counters
• kitchen shelving unit

CLEARING OUT

• the kids' books, cds and knife block are going into the car to go to the thrift shop on my way to yoga class
• empty wine bottles will be returned
• recycling and garbage got put out this morning