Welcome! In this thread we encourage each other in our decluttering efforts. You'll find a lot of understanding here, no matter how early a stage you find yourself in your decluttering plan, no matter if your plan's been underway but has suffered a setback or two! We hope you'll join us.
Here we are at December and our year's attention to clearing, neatening and organizing our Lovely Homes may well be appreciated more now than any other month, as we offer hospitality. So often we who fight the ongoing Battle of Clutter are just grateful for a clear space (which is beautiful!). But creativity DOES makes the world go 'round and without clutter we can enjoy it!
Decor (and the appreciation of our cleared surfaces) becomes important now.
Hanukkah arrives this month beginning Dec. 16, ending Dec. 24th. And of course there will be the Saturday before Christmas (considered the most likely day of the year for visitors/hospitality).
For example, the Focus (cleaning) schedule reads this way for this final month of the year:
12/1/2014 holiday décor
12/8/2014 finish-up week
12/15/2014 maintenance
12/22/2014 celebrate
12/29/2014 getting ready for 2015
So, this month, let us know... ... what previously cluttered area of your home can you now think about DECOR? Have you been able to decorate a formerly cluttered corner or piece of furniture? Has decluttering inspired you to consider new curtains/furnishings, to hang pictures, display treasures, etc?
Do you have hopes of opening, this holiday season, that door that you've always rushed to close in the past ( ) because it's become a pleasant view to enjoy, and the decor has been uncovered?
The end of this month will find us in a 2015 Plan of Action , so be thinking whether 2015 will work best for you with everyday regular declutter appointments, or maybe weekly focuses on rotating rooms, or even a marathon Session of Dumpster Proportions. You'll be supported and cheered here!