Dealing with clutter is every mom’s worst nightmare. Dealing with clutter as a homeschool mom brings it to an entirely different level. Why is that? Because we are in our homes a lot. And we also need to keep a lot of things. If you have more than one kid, that means you have more than one age range for curriculum. You can’t get rid of all the readers your oldest has already gone through … [Read more...] about Dealing with Clutter – 31 Days
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31 Bags in 31 Days – Day 1
It is here! The first day of the 31 Bags in 31 Days challenge! Are you ready? I certainly am. This is how the challenge will work. Each day throughout the month of March your goal is to get rid of one bag of “stuff.” Now, that bag can be any size you would like. Some days it may be the size of a grocery store plastic bag, or it could be as big as … [Read more...] about 31 Bags in 31 Days – Day 1
31 Bags in 31 Days
Years ago I did a challenge called 31 Bags in 31 Days. The premise was a simple one, get rid of one bag of junk from my home each day for the month of March. The challenge worked out great for me, and I was able to get rid of a lot of stuff that we no longer needed, clothes that could be donated or handed to a friend, toys that were either broken or were no longer age appropriate for … [Read more...] about 31 Bags in 31 Days
31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Decluttering Resources
This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! Does decluttering come easy to you? I used to think that it did for me. I knew how to get rid of things like the best of them, but I didn’t make the progress I expected I would make. I went from organizing (moving my stuff around and around until it *fit*), to decluttering, but allowing that … [Read more...] about 31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Decluttering Resources
31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Toy Clutter
Kids’ clutter. It is something that we all deal with, and probably deal with multiple times a day. It is the one area that seems to give me more trouble than anything else, and for a long time I couldn’t figure out why that was. When I heard about de-owning vs. de-cluttering I knew that was my biggest issue – not letting stuff back into the house once we got rid of it. Yet, it … [Read more...] about 31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Toy Clutter
31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Paper Clutter
There are affiliate links in this post. Thank you for supporting Townsend House Paper clutter is something that is difficult to get a handle on. Between bills to pay, what you need to keep for your business, what you need to keep for your kids’ school/activities/memories, important documents that you should always have, calendars, schedules, chore charts, magazines, lists; there can … [Read more...] about 31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Paper Clutter