Littlest and I are having fun playing on the floor today. Or should I say he
enjoys climbing on me and playing with his toys. This is a picture of
pretty much all the toys in his room. There aren't a ton. Just enough
for him to play and have fun. And, not lots for mom to clean up. He can
easily help clean up his own room. Which leaves us more time for the
fun things in life – like play.
This
journey actually started last August. The kids and I have been wanting
to move for awhile so that we could have neighbors and not as much
yard work. I got some free moving boxes from a lady off a Facebook
group. I then spent a month going through the house and boxed anything I
didn't think we'd use in the next three months, hoping to make the house
less cluttered for showing.
What
really ended up happening, was we never found a house we liked and
never moved. I did discover, though, that the house was easier to keep
clean. I had boxed up 47 boxes of miscellaneous
items.
Then
came the introduction to 40 Bags in 40 Days Declutter Challenge. We
decided we liked having less stuff to have to pick up and take care of.
So, I joined the challenge to get rid of more. As of halfway through
the challenge, we have gotten rid of 30 boxes of things we
don't need. Ten of those boxes were items from the 47 boxes that we
hadn't touch since last August.
The
journey is ongoing and I still have more to go through. We haven't
even touched the garage or the barn yet. My kids clothes are being
gone through again today. The office just scares me but desperately needs done.
What's
my goal in all of this you might ask? To spend more time with my kids
doing fun things while they're still here at home with us instead of
cleaning and organizing everything on our vacation days. My goal this
summer is to have fun and not spend all day trying to get the kids to do
chores and pick up things they got out. We are on our way to a
minimalist lifestyle and doing the things we love with the people we love. Our possessions no longer own us.
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| 10 boxes of items I will never have to wash or pick up again! |
Hi! I'm linking up with the a-z challenge! I will also be doing the 40 bags in 40 days, but I have so much going on now that I am starting late and going at a slower pace. With a family of 7 (5 boys) and now my husbands adult niece living with us, we have far too much stuff!
ReplyDelete"... items I will never have to wash or pick up again" -- Now, that's victory!
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