Ok, so here is my super honest confession...I've lost track of the number of bags! I can't believe it, I can estimate it but unlike the first few days, I'm not 100% sure where I am. So I'm going to try and keep a rough count but I think the idea behind the 40 bags in 40 days is to get rid of my clutter & organize my life...which I feel like is happening very slowly, but it is happening!
This week I had a few bags of recycling & trash after cleaning out the kids craft area. There are a lot of craft projects at the recycling center now. I also cleaned out 2 cabinets in my kitchen. I threw out some old Chinese take-out condiments and old, expired food. I also decided that moving my seasonal plates (which I don't think I even used this past year) to the attic would free up some much needed space in my kitchen. If I don't use it in the next year, the pile will be gone in next years purge!
How is everyone else doing?
I'm doing really well here. I too have lost count (around 16 bags?) but what it has done for the clutter in my house & my brain is liberating. We are slowly but surely getting more organized around here and that is the point of the whole project. I know Lent is supposed to be about giving up something you really like but this has been the most gratifying lenten season of my life.
ReplyDeleteGreat job!!! I actually am not of the mind set that I hhave to give up something I like...I kind of feel like its is about doing something that takes me out of my comfort zone, makes me look at my actions (or in the case of the stuff I've never gotten around to getting rid of, my inaction) and trying to become a better person. I've given up candy, chocolate, etc and as soon as the 40 days are up, I go back to my old ways. I have a feeling this year is going to have a more lasting effect!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you're doing great! I am still keeping up as well, but I too am finding it hard to keep track anymore! I sent out 8 bags to Purple Heart the other day, had several bags of trash, and a lot of bags and tubs of stuff piled away in a corner for a yard sale I'm going to have in a few weeks to mark my end of 40 bags in 40 days! It's also making me evaluate each room in my house and what I can do to it to make it less cluttered. So sometimes I'm moving things and changing things around too! I'm so glad you started the post about it b/c without it, I wouldn't be doing this!
ReplyDeleteYeah Jamie!!! I have found my self organizing as I go, not just getting rid of things, but storing the things I keep in a better way. I'm glad I started it too, I feel like Easter is going to be a great day here!!! :)
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