This week was a little bit tougher than last week. I had a set back. So I missed a couple of days, but I did catch up by doubling up.

This week I accomplished all my small decluttering jobs including:

• Medicine Cabinet-done! I had some really, really old stuff. I’m talking 2014 expiration dates. The cabinet looks so empty! I do have to restock eventually.
• Dining area-done! although now its my area for keeping stuff to sell. It was clean for a few days
• Entertainment area-sort of done! We have so much stuff in two areas that I focused on the family room area. I pulled out all the workout DVDs. I had at least 10. If I am not going to use them, they should go. I also moved the games to one area so that when its time to sort through that its all together.
• Magazines and books-done! I just recycled all the magazines. Didn’t even bother to look at them. I have so many books, I couldn’t possibly begin to sort through those.
• Junk drawer- done! I have three junk drawers so I focused on one. I actually had worked on these a while back and they are still okay.
• Bathroom Cabinets-Done! I threw out alot of expired creams and things. I didn’t through medications because I will wait to dispose of these properly. Our city has a event once or twice a year where you can bring your old medication.

Most of these jobs are not taking more than 15 minutes, but I know that the next set will probably take some time:

• Linen Closet
• Makeup
• Jewelry
• Closet
• Catch up day

For a complete list of decluttering jobs, visit: 31 Detox Challenge

Last week I started this Decluttering Diet. The first 31 days is a “detox”. Each day has a 15 minute assignment. Of course, one can choose to do more than 15 minutes but 15 minutes is the minimum.

I am happy to say that I accomplished all the little 15 minute tasks! The jobs included:

• paperwork- Done! I had several piles of papers all over my classroom/office and I worked diligently through those.
• entry way/closet- Done! I had several coats and jackets that I no longer wear and so I put them in a sale pile.
• purse- Done! Although,the messiest part of my purse is the receipts. I really don’t have a messy purse because I keep everything in little pouches. I have a make-up pouch and a catch all pouch.
• Cleaning supplies-Done! This one was a bit tricky I have cleaning supplies in all the bathrooms so I didn’t get rid of any but I did condense a few. This is a work in progress. I am actually not buying anymore cleaning supplies and when I run out I want to start making my own again
• Fridge and freezer- I only did the inside fridge/freezer. I plan to do the garage one this week. I found lots of treasures that were buried deep inside.
• Pantry-Ah-my proudest accomplishment. I ended up throwing out 2 garbage bags of expired food. I am not PROUD of that. I hate that! But my pantry is clean. I am doing a NO Spend Challenge so this is exactly what I needed. Here is a pictures of it.

Left side of my clean pantry

Right side of my pantry

This upcoming week I have more 15 minute jobs including:

• Cleaning out the medicine cabinet/first aid
• Cleaning the dining area
• Organizing and decluttering Entertainment Area
• Culling all the Magazines and books
• Revisiting my Junk Drawer

I am trying to carve 15 in the morning before I start homeschooling and so far so good.

Ligia