Thursday, October 25, 2012

31 Days to a Minimalist Lifestyle Day 25

I am writing every day in October--taking on the challenge set forth by The Nester for bloggers to write a "31 Days to..." blog series. I'm tackling Minimalist Living and you can click here to read Day 24's post.

I felt so great purging all the papers and trinkets I'd been collecting hoarding in my scrapbook space that I decided to keep on that track. I have folder in my office filing cabinet for each of the kids' accrued paperwork from school. I save notes and schedules and papers and things with the intent of going through it at the end of the school year and then putting some of it in their school scrapbook and dumping the rest.

Intent--that is the key word here.

I have not gone through this paperwork in 2 years. It just keeps building and building in my file cabinet. I leave it there because I know it's a good spot for it, but honestly, with hanging file folders that are 2" or more thick, it's time to clean it out.


It's a mess just WAITING to be purged, right?

I started by pulling everything out and going through each file folder. I had a lot of stuff hiding in the bottom of the filing cabinet that needed re-homing, too. Like this Lego guy.


Piles waiting to be sorted:


I had a large pile of "shred" and a smallish pile of "deal with in the kids' scrapbooks."



I made a list of the files to be created and then put the remaining paperwork back in the filing cabinet:


Why yes, yes that IS the bottom of the filing cabinet. It holds no Legos or extra papers or ANYTHING! The kids' files and my files are thinned out and waiting to be filled back up with this year's papers. However, I will do a better job at PURGING them when school is done this year. That I didn't purge them for TWO years is a little ridiculous.

Purge some files today! Maybe just tackle one drawer in a filing cabinet or maybe just purge a few files.



Day 1 email

Day 2 magazines

Day 3 kitchen tools 

Day 4 junk drawer

Day 5 bathroom counter

Day 6 first aid & medicines

Day 7 kitchen sink

Day 8 plastic containers

Day 10 spices

Day 11 mail

Day 12 linen closet part 1

Day 13 linen closet part 2

Day 14 donate!!!









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2 comments:

  1. auntnettenetteOctober 27, 2012 at 1:12 AM

    I am loving your blog on 31 days...minimalist and organized is a pipe dream of mine too. I noticed that you commented about so much artwork and stuff from your children. I am also a scrapbooker. And I take artwork and scan it into my computer. Then I can print out a 4X6 photo and scrap or just organize the artwork. It works very well and then you can discard the actual artwork. You will have a more manageable sized item. HTH.

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