A Tedious First Task - But Now Complete

Day Three

Well, I guess better planning has got to be included into my quest for organization.  My hopes were to finish all the Christmas decoration sorting and liquidating, yesterday afternoon, of the items that have been stored in a total of 12 bins for years.  What a huge reality check it was for me.  Here it was, I've been storing 12 bins of Christmas items. Yes, it was finally sinking in. I get them all down every year, but only use 1/4 of the items. It just didn't make any sense and I wasn't sure as to why I kept many of these things in the first place . Sure many of the items I kept were beautiful, or they were the perfect shiny colored red, green and gold that was hypnotic to me. Yet my biggest reason - I honestly think that many things reminded me of Christmas as a little girl. Life seemed so simple then.  

I could feel the attachment to each of the items, but when I asked myself when was the last time I had ever really used it, or would I, it was very easy to put things into the donation box. Now don't get me wrong, other items, there was no question, as soon as I picked it up I knew immediately I was keeping it, and that was that. But knowing I gave myself a set limit of how much I was going to keep made this task easier even if it did take longer than I wanted. All in all, I kept what was important to me and the rest is going to someone else's home to enjoy. I reached my goal and now have only 5 bins of decorations to put back into the attic. My husband will be so proud. So, yes I feel bad for not getting done when I projected, but on the flip, I met my goal of 5 bins and the rest of the unwanted items are boxed, loaded in my truck and ready for a trip to the donation center here in town. I can say, it feels like some of the weight has been lifted from my shoulders. What a difference in our family room after the mass amount of clutter that I had yesterday. (see yesterday's blog for before pictures). I am feeling motivated to keep moving forward.  I forget in this grand plan of mine, I still have wifely and motherly duties to complete as well.  Then to add to my test, I have a cold, but that's not stopping me. My next task is to organize my laundry room coat and linen closet. Until tomorrow. Have a great day.