Declutter Strategy Meeting, March 2017
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:04 am
Please join us as we keep the spaces we care about clear and non-stressing! There are lots of good strategies that help.
What do you think of the ~~~ Stash and Dash~~~ ? (I know, I started the month off with a bad word!) Is it always a "no-no" last resort, or have you ever used it well?
Did you know that CEO discussed the method and called it the "Box and Banish"? She said it could be one helpful strategy, and could jumpstart decluttering and spark ENTHUSIASM and MOTIVATION. Within a very short time we see results that may inspire us to plan more and more success. (yay) But we have to avoid the drawbacks of completing only the first part - we stash it but we don't get back to it, causing more confusion of clutter in new hiding places. PLUS we mustn't see cleared spaces as a "finish", because then we won't keep up the personal work of improving our own habits, either.
So, what to do - is it ever a tool in our clutter fighting kit? If we go ahead and stash from a cluttered space, but make sure our stashing is easy to undo, like boxing it (not throwing it far into a corner room and slamming the door!), so far we're not in trouble. Then if we make that decluttering appointment with the stash - calendar/plan a time to go around the house SOON and put each item into it's proper place BEFORE ever stashing again maybe even the embarrassing Stash and Dash can become a handy strategy. What do you think?
What do you think of the ~~~ Stash and Dash~~~ ? (I know, I started the month off with a bad word!) Is it always a "no-no" last resort, or have you ever used it well?
Did you know that CEO discussed the method and called it the "Box and Banish"? She said it could be one helpful strategy, and could jumpstart decluttering and spark ENTHUSIASM and MOTIVATION. Within a very short time we see results that may inspire us to plan more and more success. (yay) But we have to avoid the drawbacks of completing only the first part - we stash it but we don't get back to it, causing more confusion of clutter in new hiding places. PLUS we mustn't see cleared spaces as a "finish", because then we won't keep up the personal work of improving our own habits, either.
So, what to do - is it ever a tool in our clutter fighting kit? If we go ahead and stash from a cluttered space, but make sure our stashing is easy to undo, like boxing it (not throwing it far into a corner room and slamming the door!), so far we're not in trouble. Then if we make that decluttering appointment with the stash - calendar/plan a time to go around the house SOON and put each item into it's proper place BEFORE ever stashing again maybe even the embarrassing Stash and Dash can become a handy strategy. What do you think?