Category Archives: Inspiration

Day 208 – Great Progress in the Garage, and Some Thoughts on Being Stuck Behind a Wall of Clutter

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

I struggled to sleep last night and I was tempted to just get up and get on with the decluttering. I think that the words of last night’s blog were still lingering in my mind about feeling overwhelmed with the … Continue reading →

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Day 207: Inexpensive way to Keep Bathroom Cleaning Products Tidy

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

I heard about these Wham plastic trays recently and bought a few for the bathrooms to make it easier to clean around the bottles and sprays that sit around. They come in all different sizes but this one is narrow … Continue reading →

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Day 206: The Cleaning Bug is Catching

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

My daughters are teenagers and they won’t mind me saying that they go through mood swings. One minute everything is my fault and the next I’m the loveliest mum in the world. Like all children, they also get bored easily … Continue reading →

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Day 205: Going With the Flow and Keeping Things Moving

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

My husband offered to cook this evening and then asked for mine and my daughter’s help (which sort of didn’t feel like much help to me at first, but there you go). My task was to cut up the chicken … Continue reading →

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Day 204: Out Goes Some Returned Items and in Comes a Beautiful New Chair

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

I popped out today to return some items from Amazon that have been sitting around the house for a few weeks. It will not only be good to get a refund as soon as possible, but I’ll also no longer … Continue reading →

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Day 203: Making Good Progress on the Habit of Eliminating Clutter, Instead of Moving it From Room to Room

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

I have had a habit for many years of moving things from one room to another and tricking myself into thinking that I’ve decluttered. I would tidy the area that I was working on, having hidden or used the items … Continue reading →

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Day 202: A Lazy Morning Energised me to Declutter Like Crazy in the Afternoon

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

Don’t you just love it when you have a day booked off and you can actually have a lazy morning and not worry about doing anything or going anywhere? My girls are on school holidays now so my eldest daughter … Continue reading →

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Day 201: An Unused Bathroom Gets a Freshen Up, and Starting to Box Up the Spare Room

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

Today I got up earlier than usual and went for a 30 minute brisk walk to clear the cobwebs in my head. Whilst I was eating my breakfast, I thought through the plan for the day which was to work … Continue reading →

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Day 200: By Identifying That Decluttering has Different Levels of Difficulty, it Motivated me to Move Forward

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

When I’m feeling stressed and headachy, my body and mind still want to declutter; however, it has to be something that doesn’t require decision making. What I’m finding is that there are different levels of decluttering and the ones that … Continue reading →

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Day 199: Give Yourself an Awareness Break… but Maybe Clean one Window First

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

Doing is not always the way to get results. Give yourself an awareness break Mo Gawdat, Solve for Happy Mo Gawdat, in his book Solve For Happy, says that in order to be fully aware, we must do nothing. Today … Continue reading →

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