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Time to Declutter!

Hey Everyone!


Some may know that about a year and a half ago, we moved our family of 7 into a much smaller house. A lot of decluttering happened at that point, and then again at the beginning of this year we cleaned out the garage which had been choc full of boxes. This was only meant to be a temporary house while we looked for a bigger house that suits our needs more. This has not happened and we are pretty happy with where we are now.  However, once again we have found ourselves dealing with a bunch of clutter. I don't exactly feel like my best self when there is a lot of clutter around me which makes it hard to keep things clean and tidy. 

So here is my idea: Decluttering one area every weekday and posting it on here, not only to keep me accountable, but also for you to follow along at home!

I don't particularly want to have a set area to delutter every day as this will not go well with my ADHD, so the plan is to pick one SMALL area per day. This could be one drawer in the dresser, one shelf on a bookshelf, one cupboard shelf in the kitchen etc. It could also be cleaning out your email account of old emails. I have done this today with an old email account of mine that had THOUSANDS of unread emails. I only use this email for one or two things so I am about to change the email address for those things and delete the email altogether. 

I have recently created an Instagram account for the blog, so head on over to IG @myraisinfamily and share in the decluttering fun!

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