If you remember from last week’s post, this week’s challenge was all about clearing the clutter from the countertops in the kitchen. Since the kitchen is THE place to be in our apartment, it is also the place that tends to accumulate junk the quickest. A few things were immediately apparent: *I needed a place …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 2
If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that last week’s task (and my first task of the year) was to take on the clutter of my living room. I figured I’d start there since it’s the first room people see (including myself), so it sets the tone for the rest of our home. If …
50 Weeks to Organized – Week 1
And it begins–my biggest new year’s resolution of the year (possibly my biggest resolution of all time): The quest to become organized. In case you missed my announcement of my intentions, my new year’s resolution for 2013 is to spend the next 50 weeks focusing on organizing different areas of my life and home. My …
Announcement: The 50 Weeks to Organized Project
Happy New Year, everyone! Well, almost. With 2013 just hours away, my biggest New Year’s resolution ever is looming over my head: The goal to become organized. Last year, my goal was to run my first marathon. Even though that was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done up to this point, I’m pretty sure …
Maybe I’m Not Meant to be Organized
I don’t know exactly when it happened, but sometime in the last month, our apartment seems to be almost back to the same square it was in before I started my whole 50 Weeks to Organized ordeal. Okay, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration—it just looks like I’m still in the MIDDLE of my 50 …
How 10 Years of Pursuing Minimalism Has Changed Me
Just over ten years ago, I published a post titled “Thoughts on Minimalism,” which was all about this new minimalism movement I’d recently discovered that I quickly became obsessed with. I talked about the modern influencers I’d found whose ideas I rapidly started devouring, and I also talked about classic examples throughout history of people …
What I Learned From Decluttering 1,001 Things {Final Decluttering Report}
If you’re new to this series, in 2021 I’ve been working on decluttering 1,001 items from our home as part of one of my goals for my 101 in 1001 list. Back in 2013, I did a massive decluttering project I called 50 Weeks to Organized, where we got rid of approximately 50% of our …
Declutter 1,001 Challenge: Progress Report #4
If you’re new to this series, I’m currently working on decluttering 1,001 items from our home as part of one of my goals for my 101 in 1001 list. Back in 2013, I did a massive decluttering project I called 50 Weeks to Organized, where we got rid of approximately 50% of our belongings. Since …