Category Archives: Toys, mess and clutter

A 41 Year Old Jigsaw Gave us Three Hours of Family Time

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Sandra Madeira

In an attempt to get through the stack of jigsaws taking up space in my house (so that we can see which ones we want/don’t want to keep), I got out the second jigsaw so far this year. We started … Continue reading →

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Dreaming about a decluttered room

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Sandra Madeira

Just over 3 hours ago, I walked into the spare room to do some decluttering (again) and spotted an old CD on top of a pile off other stuff that had accumulated from the last time that I was decluttering … Continue reading →

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How do you motivate yourself to tidy up?

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Sandra Madeira

At first I didn’t think that I would be able to relate to the title of this blog. After all, who could possibly need to be motivated to tidy up? I used to think that I would always feel like … Continue reading →

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Waking up feeling energised

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Sandra Madeira

After a tiring day yesterday, I had a relaxing evening and then a perfect night’s sleep. I woke up thinking that it was a week day and had to go to work. When I realised that it was Saturday I … Continue reading →

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Exercising before cleaning

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Sandra Madeira

Christmas came and went, and my job before and after that seemed to take over my life in the evenings and weekends. So much so, that I’ve neglected the house. Today I am faced with 2-3 hours to myself (as … Continue reading →

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Desk Decluttering Achieved

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Sandra Madeira

Whilst my daughters have been at school today, I’ve decluttered the whole desk including drawers. Even though we were given the desk second hand, I’d forgotten what good condition it was in and how grand it looked. I was drawn … Continue reading →

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Almost tried to reorganise whilst decluttering

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Sandra Madeira

I forgot about my blog Decluttering vs. Organising when faced with my messy desk yesterday. I was trying to organise the layout of the room and then suddenly remembered that my focus should have been on decluttering. Shame on me. … Continue reading →

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Recharging Batteries before Getting Organised

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Sandra Madeira

Sometimes the best use of our time is doing nothing and sometimes we just need to get organised. Sometimes the former needs to be done before you are in the right fame of mind to do the latter. No one … Continue reading →

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Making Decisions about Clutter

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Sandra Madeira

I woke up in the early hours of this morning and when I couldn’t fall back to sleep, I thought about how much clutter I could be clearing in the spare room if I actually had the energy to get … Continue reading →

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Reading posts on clutter helps

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Sandra Madeira

If you are not sure about what to do with the clutter or you feel alone, try following anyone who has tagged their post with clutter, or add hashtag clutter to your reader in WordPress. I’ve learnt so much in … Continue reading →

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