It's Mid Week!!! The Daily Challenge Continues

Its the middle of the week! We are halfway there! I hope you did your work the last two days. If you are just joining us TODAY, welcome!!! Go check out Monday's post, then Tuesdays and then come back to here. I have them listed Monday through Friday but any FIVE days in a row will work!

SO far I've had you: Identify a cluttered space, figure out why it's cluttered, look for all the things that don't belong in that space and think about how it got there. Hopefully with those four things, you have a nice picture in your head of what is going on.

Today's challenge is:

Get a box or basket or bag(s). Take everything that DOESN'T belong in that space and put it in the box/basket/bag. Toss it in there. Doesn't matter where it goes. We will get to that. Get that space cleared of all things that don't belong there.

When you are done, take a look at that space. Is the counter top a counter top again? Can u see your bed? Now the couch is ready for guests. Look at how nice the space is. OR it may be dirty or dusty depending on how long its been that way. I invite you to vaccum/wipe/dust off that space.  take a look at it again. See how nice it looks!

Then put the bag/box/basket back on top of the space. Leave it there overnight.

T.G.I.F.C.

You guys have been great sports this week. And hopefully you took my challenges as helpful suggestions in Spring Cleaning. My goal is to help everyone stay motivated to eradicating clutter in their lives. Its Friday and I have ONE more challenge! The Junk Drawer!

In my other blog The Super Organizer Universe I shared my philosophy that every is allowed ONE junk drawer! Its okay to have a drawer for misc items. NOW 'Im asking you to go to that drawer and clean it out. Chances are the drawer cant close all the way anyway. hehe. I did mine the other day. What to rout is hard to define, so it may take you longer than the other challenges this week. For me it was old sauce packets, some business cards that i know i'll never call, and some actual bits of trash. ALSO I found that extension cord I needed. Now the drawer is ready for more stuff.

Good luck with that one. I know you'll know what to get rid of. You may find something you need NOW. IT will be good! DO IT!!

Mayday Mayday!

Continuing my theme this week, I'm going to challenge you again today on May 1st! Spring is in full effect! Hopefully you have been taking my small steps this week in the Spring Cleaning process. If you haven't I challenge you to go back and do each one! These little steps will do wonders for your space AND they wont take up much of your time! Today's challenge is in the closet!

I want everyone to go to their closets with either clothes or jackets and coats in them. If its a closet with just one bar to hang everything that's what you'll work on. If the closet has multiple sides and bars, just pick ONE side or bar. Then pull out everything that is old, tattered, stains, stretched and if its clothes, you can possibly make them into rags for cleaning  (cotton is great for that) Or throw them out. I'm not one for donating bad clothing. Not nice. OR go through and pick out everything that doesn't fit, or you haven't worn in years. And I mean 3 to 5 years. Give away or donate. Put in a bag immediately for take out.

I do make ONE exception with coats and jackets. IF you REALLY forgot it was back there, then this is a great time to see it. If you really think you will NOW wear it, then rotate it to the front of the line so that it doesn't get lost again. (I have done that with my shoes.)

How does it look in their now? More space? How long did that take you? How does it feel?
Spring cleaning doesnt  have to happen at once for 8 hours. Smaller, quicker cleaning moments work as weel.