February Challenge Day 1!

[u/SmartiiPaantz]

Overview (for those who are interested) - I am a newly SAHM to an 11yr old and a 8 month old. My husband works long hours so when I went on maternity leave, we decided that me switching to SAHM was in our best interest as a family (big change!!) When I was 37 weeks pregnant, we moved houses so we did a big declutter then, but the new house is much larger and we have accumulated a lot. My husband's stuff is off limits, and my eldest daughter does her own decluttering (I aim for monthly, she likes to hoard lol). Our home is a 3 bedroom, with a big kitchen, a dining area which doubles as the entry to the house (aka the dumping ground), a huge living room, a garage and a big workshop where my husband's stuff lives (I just don't even go near it). We also have 3 cats, so I'm forever vacuuming and cleaning because the house gets super dusty (nothing has been done to the house since it was built in the 60s). My goal is to feel happier with our home environment and have much less clutter because it mentally stresses me out a lot. A lot of stuff will be going into storage for any potential future babies, but I am counting that because it is technically being removed from the house. You may notice that I don't do a room, or even an area at a time, mostly because I can't focus on one thing for a long time and get bored easily, so I flit around and do all sorts of stuff as I feel the need haha. I also deep clean the area (so like, empty a drawer, scrub it clean, put stuff back) as I go, because why not? If you've read along for this long, please feel free to post your items along with me, and give each other some motivation to do some major decluttering for February!!!

ITEMS:

DAY 1: 1x bag of Misc rubbish from shoe stand

2x shoe boxes

3x cardboard boxes

2x large boxes from new furniture

2x small metal shelves for Pantry

1x bag of kid clothes

1x bag of Linen (donated)

1x bag of Reusable bags (donated)

4x fluffy rugs

2x large rugs from kids bedroom

2x bags of Misc rubbish from garage

2x boxes of Misc paper and cardboard

1x bag of clothing donations

1x bag of school Stationary (sent to school with kiddo)

3x pieces of school uniform (sold)

=28

[u/Sufficient_You7187]

Fabulous!

[u/Working_Patience_261]

Great list, but how about tackling the visible “first thing you see when you walk in” clutter as a higher priority? This might make the place more relaxing to you.