Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Decluttering

I love the blog A Slob Comes Clean, and I'm starting out on Flylady with some friends. I love being able to find tons of ideas on the internet and then mix them all together to find what works for me.

I have a reminder over my sink to make sure all my dishes are done every night.


I've been working on decluttering (again!) and I've found a way to cut back on all the paper clutter. I have always saved tickets and programs from every play, movie, etc. I've seen. They fade and I have an awful lot of them by now. I finally realized I don't need the actual ticket for the memory - I can take a picture! So now as I find piles of tickets, I take a picture and toss them.


It works for invitations too...

...and old cassette tapes! I used to love singles, because they were affordable and I could get the song I loved plus a couple more. I finally convinced myself to toss tons of tapes, because I already had the full album on CD or the computer, or I can find the song on the internet if I really want to hear it again.
That bottom one is one of my home-recorded mixes. Remember when you were a teenager and had tons of time to sit by your boombox with your hand poised on the record button, waiting for a song to come on the radio that you wanted to record? I had them labeled by mix # (they were indexed somewhere) and a rating code so I'd know if the entire tape was completely acceptable to play where a parent could hear, or if there was a song that might have slightly questionable lyrics. HA! Those "questionable" lyrics are nothing like what's out there now. I feel old.

Anyway, those are some of my current projects.

4 comments:

Amy said...

Ha ha, it's fun to go back and look at and listen to those mix tapes. But then it's great to toss them too. Adam had a ton of them that I 'helped' him get rid of. Congrats on all the decluttering. I get such a feeling of accomplishment after a clean out day.

Amy Snell said...

Thats awesome!! I need to declutter again :P It happens every few months in this house!! I love when the house is clutter free :)

Danna said...

I have actually taken a couple tapes to my mom's radio shack and they have put them on CD for me!! It is nice to put them on the computer and know I can have them "forever"!! :)

Jaime said...

That's awesome!! Check you out with your rating system, such a rebel. ;)