Comments on: 8 Weeks to a Less Cluttered Home

By: ElizaBeth

ElizaBeth — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:17:52 +0000

Thank you so much for making this printable!! I am NOT a natural organizer. I really have to work hard at keeping clutter under control. This will be a great tool for me to use again and again!!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:45:51 +0000

I am with you. 25 years. It is hard. There are times I finally take things and box them and date them. When they've not been touched in a year, I donate them. The piles drive me crazy. I do ask him to tackle a specfic pile at certain times. If he doesn't, I box it up and put it away. Most times he never even notices. Again, it is dated and disposed of in time. If you can afford a storage unit, I would pack it all in there and let it set for a year and then get rid of it. I do think the idea of a quilt with the tshirts woud be cool. I can understand some sentamental stuff, but that has to be minalmized. So sorry. I know it is very hard.

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DI(Why): Pinterest Promised Eight Weeks to a Clutter-Free Home | — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:03:01 +0000

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By: Andreia

Andreia — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:43:27 +0000

Upon reading the PDF, I came upon a good partner to this project. Spend the 40 days clearing out the fridge, freezer, and pantry. Cook with the frozen meat you already have in the freezer. Have a grilled cheese and soup night where every member of the family gets to choose their own flavor of canned soup from the pantry. If you're one of those people that makes meals and freezes them for a later crockpot evening, heat up those. If you can the food from your summer garden, come up with meals to use some of the tomatoes, relish, and jams. All these things have to be rotated through anyway, you might as well use your declutter time to do so.

By: Andreia

Andreia — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:35:06 +0000

My man is just on the packrat side of the hoarder line. He doesn't actually have an emotional attachment to any of his stuff, he's just too lazy to go through any of it. In our last apartment (larger than this one), we had a second bedroom that I would sit in and go through his boxes of stuff. I got really into Freecycle and got rid of things I knew he wouldn't miss; things like soft-side lunch boxes, land line phones, non-usb mouse and keyboard, etc. He'd come home to plastic grocery bags tied closed and labeled with someone's name to be put out on the front stoop. If he didn't see what was in the bag, he didn't care what got donated. I also announced that he did not get to keep any clothes that were more than two sizes too small for him; so, since he's a 3x, everything 1x or smaller got donated. He still won't let me touch his CDs even though all his music is on computer, but we're making decent progress. Good luck!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:27:32 +0000

Have you thought about making or having made a quilt from all the special t shirts.something that can be used saved and shown

By: My Less Cluttered Home: Rules to Purge By » Inspiring Pretty

My Less Cluttered Home: Rules to Purge By » Inspiring Pretty — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:55:43 +0000

[...] not! It’s just taken me a lot longer to organize my life than I thought it would. I think Stephanie’s Plan is awesome and I’m still following it to a degree but the 8 week timeline is probably better [...]

By: 8 weeks to a less cluttered home: the 40 day purge challenge

8 weeks to a less cluttered home: the 40 day purge challenge — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:50:02 +0000

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By: Tracey

Tracey — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:42:19 +0000

We've been working on decluttering our house this winter. Our house is 1600 sq feet with 5 people and a dog. We are cramped. We are doing a good job on our own, but I'm looking forward to following your ideas to help us along. Thanks for sharing and helping us live clutter free

By: Tracey

Tracey — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:40:33 +0000

We've been working on decal uttering our house this winter. Our house is 1600 sq feet with 5 people and a dog. We are cramped. We are doing a good job on our On my way!, but I'm looking forward to following your ideas to help us along. Thanks for sharing and helping us live clutter free