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Clearing Clutter to Clear My Mind

My focus this week I’ve decided is going to be on clearing clutter.

Cleaning is actually the focus for the third week in my self-care journal.

Want a funny story about that? I share lots of photos of our cute little gray cat. Chelsey is a tiny little Russian blue cat with a big bossy attitude.

 

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She’s also a puking kind of cat. I’m sure you cat people know what I mean. She usually does better in the winter but sometimes she’ll get those hairballs or get into the wrong thing outside and then, blech. Puking cat.

Guess I should probably add being thankful for hardwood floors to my current thankful Thursday list. However, they didn’t save me yesterday.

I keep my self-care journal on the table by the couch. And since cats aren’t always particular about where they puke, she chose right on top of my brand-new self-care journal. SIGH. Glad it’s a hardbound book. Cleaned it up, wiped it off with a Clorox wipe.

And then, opened it up to see what the focus for this week was going to be about.  clearing clutter

What are the odds?

My plans for clearing clutter this week:

  1. Clear off my nightstand (easy since it’s one of the flylady missions anyway)
  2. Sort through and declutter the holiday tubs as I switch them out (had some Christmas to officially put away still. Got out some Valentine’s Day stuff)
  3. Make a casual plan for clearing the rest of the clutter especially in the basement

So far this week, I’ve already managed to clear off the kitchen table (it was bad) and clean out our make-shift mailboxes in the kitchen as well. I was also happy to finally get the Christmas books sorted and put away (it’s a weird deal but they’re stored in J’s closet and he’s been home sick so…). Now, I have 2 empty boxes to fill with donation things since I’d boxed the books up and put them in our bedroom until I could put them away.

Sometimes it really is the little things. Do you find clearing clutter helps clear your mind?

 

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