Me... after cleaning out my refrigerator today!!

These cute people are my motivation to continue making small changes daily. I love the good mood I'm in after dejunking. The positivity carries over into other aspects of my life and onto this family that I love so much. 

I feel that making small daily changes of decluttering and being more organized has carried over into other aspects of my life, such as food. I feel more motivated to organize dinners and I find that I am craving and cooking healthier meals. It's a very interesting and welcomed effect of dejunking. 

This is a picture that my thirteen year old daughter drew. It reminds me of how I feel anytime I open a closet door in my house. I just never know what kind of scary mess I'm going to find inside. I have discovered through this process, however, that decluttering a small bit at a time truly adds up and isn't overwhelming.

This quote is a beautiful way of stating how I feel after having dejunked parts of my home over the last few weeks. What a wonderful experience so far and I plan on continuing this journey.
 Soooo.........Junk beware!!!!!

Motivation.

I have a ridiculously large book collection and typically the shelves they are on are a crazy, unorganized mess. I spent a half hour two days ago straightening this sucker up and I'm super happy with the way it turned out. I then went on to plan out dinner and get prepared to make it. I really think the dejunking process is helping me think in a more organized way in general. I love making these fun connections!!

My mantel used to feel a little busy and cluttered. I had a few moments to myself the other day and instead of watching tv or playing on my phone; I dejunked my mantel and it felt amazing! I could stare at it all day but I won't...I'll declutter something else!

This is a picture I took while camping last summer. I love to camp and I'm starting to think the part of my affection for it is how simple everything has to be. I usually only bring the necessities and it makes life refreshing!!

I have found that I think more clearly on the days I organize something, no matter how small. 

I found a few boxes of old photos last week and organized them by dates. I loved the accomplished feeling afterward and I found a few fun pictures while I was at it!

                                                           She's cute but she adds clutter.
                                                              I think I'll keep her, though.

I haven't physically decluttered something everyday. Sometimes I make cookies instead but I do think to myself, "Gee, I should really clean out this baking cabinet. I'm going to do that SO soon!" That's called making a plan and that's step number 2. Step number 1 is eating the cookies I was baking, of course. 

Right? 

Home is the nicest word there is. ~Laura Ingalls Wilder

I love this quote so much and I want my children to grow up and feel that way about our home. I use this as motivation to keep on dejunking!

I came across this quote today and it really spoke to me. I feel that reminding myself the "why" of this project can help keep me on track. 

There's nothing like a good chalkboard drawing to motivate me to clean a room. I find that doing something artistic that I enjoy can really give me energy to declutter my space. 

Happy Valentine's Day! This quote is my gift to myself as it is so true. I can be annoyingly indecisive and procrastination is my bff. Realizing the reason for your behavior is step one to changing it, right? 

I have another child down with the dreaded flu. (And we were so happy for her thinking she had dodged it.) So yesterday as I looked through my medicine tub, I noticed the utter chaos and I had the organizing itch. I scratched it and proceeded to throw out empty bandaid boxes and Children's Motrin that had expired in 2016. I'm ready for anything now. 

This is the only positive thing to come from our family flu epidemic. I'm grateful.

I did two things in one day, y'all!!

On my first official day of dejunking, I dejunked double. However, I didn't document it because that is how laser focused I was. So, I am blogging about it today.

My first order of business was to conquer the junk drawer. Duh, right? I dumped out the contents, threw one third of it away (mostly Godiva chocolate wrappers) and proceeded to line the drawer with a plastic apple container from Costco. I then filled the circular compartments with all of the necessities, such as pens, chapstick, paper clips, elastic ties, more Godiva chocolates, ect. Anyways, it's beautiful. I want to take a picture of it, frame it and hang it on the wall; that's how much I love it.

Secondly, my husband's Christmas gift to me (which I picked out and bought myself) has been sitting on the kitchen counter for nearly two months now. It's a lovely new set of dishes and mugs. I've been meaning to give them a proper, comfy home but it just hadn't happened yet. I finally packed up our old ones to give away and tucked my new babies in. It didn't take nearly as long as I had been envisioning and I felt a surge of productive energy afterwards.

Happy sigh.

(Photos coming soon.)

I like my junk. I need my junk.

                         It makes me miserable.

I am a hoarder in the infancy stage of hoarderdom. When I post my first photos you will get it. So, that's that.

I will now attempt to declutter my space by purging through a specific spot in my home everyday. Boom.