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I love this idea! I think I'm jumping on board- I probably have like 20 bags of things for Goodwill.

@mrs. wagon: I feel like we declutter every year too and we also still have so much stuff. Like where does it all come from!? I blame the children.

I will half jump on board? hahaha my Dh is a bit of a pack rat and gets cranky when I want to toss things. So, I'm going to secretly do it.

@.twist.: haha I know... although as much as I hate the process of decluttering (so daunting!), it always feels SO GOOD when you're done!!

I just realized, we just photographed all the kids' daycare artwork, put aside a few gems, and put the rest in 2 garbage bags. We're not throwing them out until we go through all the pictures and make sure they all came out ok, but there's 2 more...!!! (they were all in an overflowing huge box in the kitchen, and WOW, so much more kitchen space now...!! and less mess from the kids going through their old artwork!)

I NEED to do this!! We are putting our house on the market soon and our realtor told me to get rid of the clutter

@.twist.: We are going to make photobooks! We took almost a thousand pictures...!!! But multiple views of two-sided things and 3D objects.

oh and YES the amount of paper and books that Wagon Sr. refuses to get rid of from school is ridiculous. I finally designated the bottom three shelves of a bookshelf to him, and whatever doesn't fit in there needs to go. The bookshelf has doors, thankfully, and sits in a corner in our upstairs hall. Someday it will go into a study that is ALL his and he can just fill it up until the whole thing collapses... haha.

That's a great idea! I love throwing crap away!

I started this yesterday as well! I found a free blank printable on Pinterest and mapped out a 40-day plan to declutter our house. I printed off an extra one and filled out a (much easier) list for my husband. He isn't one to suggest cleaning, but a list motivates him. We really need to get rid of clutter before Baby #2 arrives, and this seems like a great way to get started!

I started with our master bathroom yesterday during my LO's nap and set a timer. I've had really bad morning sickness so my goal is to do 30-60 minutes on each area a day. When I started feeling queasy, I took a break and finished later. I figure this is the only way I'm going to stick with it. Something is better than nothing!

This is a great idea! Last night we set aside 3 bags of DVD's and a box of random stuff, not even knowing about this. I think we'll try to do this.

@mrsjazz: this is awesome! thank you for posting it!

i'm in! so. much. crap. i don't even go in our spare room anymore because it's just a hoarder hell hole of homeless items. okay, maybe not quite hoarder status, but close enough where i close the door and try not to think about it. i would love for it to be nice enough for me to want to go in there again. i'm going to include my car as well, during the winter we put stuff in my trunk that normally gets left in the carport, but it's just about spring and i'd like to not be embarrassed about my car being a mess.

@mrsjazz: awesome I'm excited! so is today the first official day and we'll do it for 40 days? will be so interesting to hear what others are getting rid of!

@.twist.: LOL, in my house growing up, we referred to this as "selective editing." I say go for it

@mrs. wagon: photo books for artwork...genius!!! Please do a post about this when the book is done!

@Mrs. Blue: I most definitely shall!!! but might not be a while. Wagon Sr. has to edit and crop all the photos, then I need to organize them by child and school year, then make the photobooks. Sigh. Neverending... but it will be fun

@.twist.: @mrs. wagon: we are both graduate students, and the amount of books and paper we have is ridiculous! But, I just can't bring myself to get rid of it. I only ever sold back my books in college one semester, and that's the semester that I regret getting rid of!

#gradstudentproblems

I'ev never done this, but I'm for sure going too! GREAT way to declutter my house! I" a day behind, but will catch up wtih 2 rooms today

I started this last night. I actually made a list of 40 areas in my home to clean/declutter/organize. I divided some of the larger areas up (ex: my closet covers several days, divided the pantry up by shelves, etc.). Each day I hope to cross one item off my list. We'll see how it goes! Last night I cleaned out under the sink in the master bath...so much junk!

@Mrs. Blue: I feel like someone wrote about this a little while back, but I'll write one up for what I do! If I have time! ahhhh!!! basically for me it's a different method for different kinds of items... consignment store, consignment sale, ebay, craigslist, hellobee classifieds, local facebook groups! Oh and garage sale... but I'd NEVER do that again.

Going to join... So many areas I need to work on... I am much better about kids stuff but my bathroom needs work.. So many old expired toiletries and skin care samples coming out the wazoo (thanks sephora).. Gonna start there!

I am doing this! I got rid of a bunch of bags this weekend! I cleaned out my kitchen cabinets and drawers- there are 2 more left to be done in the kitchen- then I am moving to the downstairs bathroom!