All of you are doing a great job decluttering! *\o/*
Nony at ASlobComesClean.com posted yesterday about decluttering 3 things before she drank her coffee. The main point was that she identified them as trash and threw them away immediately rather than waiting until she had the time to thoroughly clean the whole area.
I did a similar thing Monday morning. On Friday morning, I was rushing around trying to get out the door to sewing retreat. I reached up into the cupboard for a coffee cup and bumped one of my favorite mugs off the shelf. It hit the counter and the handle broke off. Of course I set it aside, thinking that I could easily glue the handle back on. After all, it was one of my favorite mugs for coffee -- the right size and kept the coffee hot a long time.
Then Monday morning as I was doing dishes, I looked at that mug and thought how dumb it was to keep it. I would have to buy superglue or epoxy to mend the handle, and make time to use the glue carefully enough not to make a mess. I have a duplicate mug and plenty of other cups on the shelves.
So I threw the broken mug away. And then I was trying to wash a plastic cup that I got free at a class and it's always been hard to clean. I checked for a recycle triangle on the plastic and didn't see one, so I threw away that cup, too.
Sometimes we just have to remember to use the baby steps. Finishing a major decluttering session is satisfying, but so is taking care of a job as soon as we see it needs to be done.