Leave a comment and let me know how you did this week.

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Hi all

On Sunday I challenged you to declare in the comments an area of your home that you’d be organising this week.

It’s not too late to join in – even if you do just one drawer, the top of your kitchen counters, etc.

I’ll be posting on Friday (so we all stay accountable) and I’d love to read your comments where you tell me what you’ve managed to get done.

I said that I’d be sorting out the gift wrap and whatnot (just means there’s such a lot and I’m too lazy to list it all ) which I’m still busy working through as I do my project-type stuff between the 11pm and 2am feeds!

Long story but I can stay up easier than I get up so this is my new routine.

BUT I have found a use for some of those gift bags…which have become one of my favourite organising tools.

In the post where I spoke about organising the babies’ clothes, Se7en commented and shared how she uses gift bags.

Well, I decided to try her suggestion and look…

and this shelf, which makes my heart go all aflutter – so neat and organised and PRETTY!!!

How else do you use gift bags for non-gift purposes in your home or office?

Please share in the comments and let’s get some good tips going. And Se7en, thanks again!

Hi all

I have a quick question for all of you:

Is anybody out there still doing the challenges on a regular basis?

I’m thinking of stopping it totally but I’d like your feedback first about the Friday Declutter Challenge.

1. what works for you?
2. what doesn’t work for you?
3. would you notice if I stopped?

I don’t mind honest feedback so go ahead and let me have it!

Today we’re decluttering and organising sweartshirts and jerseys.

If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, you’ve just finished with winter so this is an ideal time to go through your winter woolies.

But that doesn’t exclude those of us in the Southern Hemisphere – as you move your clothes around, ask yourself honestly if you’re going to wear ALL your old winter clothes.

And especially if you’ve bought some new clothes, use the one in – one out rule.

In South Africa, there are TONS of places who are desperately looking for winter clothes for homeless and underprivileged people.

If you work at a large organisation like I do, you probably have some CSI initiatives to collect clothes – use the opportunity to lighten your wardrobe AND bless those less fortunate.

Over to you! Let me know how you do in the comments.

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The Organise your Home ecourse is a step-by-step system delivered in bite-sized pieces so you will NEVER feel overwhelmed. You even get an audio of me teaching you how to organise your space.

Tons of people have been through this system; are you next?

Today we’re decluttering and organising our pants and jeans.

Don’t get cross with me when I say this to you… but if you’ve been saving a pair of jeans hoping that you’ll fit into them one day, don’t.

Release them and reward yourself when you get to your goal weight.

It’s much nicer to buy a sassy pair of jeans when you’re lighter than having to wear older, less fashionable jeans.

Over to you! Let me know how you do in the comments.

The Organise your Home ecourse is a step-by-step system delivered in bite-sized pieces so you will NEVER feel overwhelmed. You even get an audio of me teaching you how to organise your space.

Tons of people have been through this system; are you next?

Edited to add my decluttering pics

Today we’re decluttering and organising our shoes – takkies (trainers), sandals, closed shoes, slippers, the whole lot!

You don’t need to throw perfectly good shoes in the bin if they’re in good condition; rather donate them to a women’s shelter or another worthy cause.

These are the ones you want to get rid of:

• broken
• out of style
• doesn’t suit your lifestyle (if you’ve left the corporate world, then you probably don’t need all your fancy shoes you used to wear with your power suits )
• too many of the same kind
• hurts you when you do wear them
• haven’t worn them for a couple of years (they’re probably outdated by now)

I have at least two pairs to get rid of because I bought two pairs in Ireland and I have to stick to my one in- one out rule, so here we go.

Over to you! Let me know how you do in the comments.

The Organise your Home ecourse is a step-by-step system delivered in bite-sized pieces so you will NEVER feel overwhelmed. You even get an audio of me teaching you how to organise your space.

Tons of people have been through this system; are you next?

Usually when I do organising workshops, I make everybody organise their wallets since both men and women carry one.

It’s so fun to see all the rubbish that comes out of some people’s wallets; I think because they just add and add to it, and never take out the whole lot to see what’s actually there.

So today, when you declutter your wallet (and you will, won’t you?), please do me a favour and follow these steps:

• remove everything
• decide what you NEED and what you don’t
• throw away the stuff you don’t need
• think about the best way to store things for you (remember the organising process needs to be suited to your unique lifestyle)
• then please, please go through it weekly from now onwards. You’ll make me very, very happy if you do so

To help you out, read about how I organise my own wallet here. I bought this on 2 Nov 2006 and have not stopped loving it – isn’t it gorgeous?!

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our wallets

Get ready to post your before and after pics … and a comment on how your wallet declutter goes tomorrow.

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so this week’s Friday Declutter Challenge moves to Saturday.

Of course if you don’t celebrate Good Friday, go right ahead and get started on organising your taxes.

See you on Saturday!

Today we’re decluttering and organising receipts.

Which receipts?

• In your car
• In your handbag
• In your wallet
• Stashed on your entrance hall table
• On your desk

Here’s an article I wrote called 5 steps to organised receipts

This week, your challenge is to

• Gather the receipts all together in one place
• Make piles – those you need to keep (please check with your accountant for some retention guidelines as these differ from country to country and from state to state) and those you can toss
• For the ones you’re keeping, organise them either by month (which is what I do) or by category first and then by month (household – Jan, business – Jan)
  

Share in the comments how you did!

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