/post/2016/01/21/decluttering/ Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 /post/2016/01/21/decluttering/#comment-1800 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:55:00 +0000 /?p=6233#comment-1800 Hahahaha YAY for stock images! I haven’t been feeling as inspired with my camera lately – booooo.

]]> /post/2016/01/21/decluttering/#comment-1798 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:54:00 +0000 /?p=6233#comment-1798 Ohhhh if it’s in the garage just move it to Goodwill! That seems like an easy enough transition, but I totally understand the guilt. It’s hard when you’re dealing with people whose love language is gift giving. Just remember that they felt the joy and love when giving the gift and you felt it when receiving the gift… but that doesn’t mean you need to hold onto it!

]]> /post/2016/01/21/decluttering/#comment-1799 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:54:00 +0000 /?p=6233#comment-1799 Ohhhhh I hear ya! I’m getting better about it though, now I think ‘OK, honestly, if I wouldn’t buy it again right this second, it’s going out the door.’

]]> /post/2016/01/21/decluttering/#comment-1797 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:53:00 +0000 /?p=6233#comment-1797 Hahahaha I’m pretty sure my job IS taking care of my kid and making my house more awesome and somehow I still don’t have the time/energy to do it all! It’s a slow process, but it’s coming together!

]]> /post/2016/01/21/decluttering/#comment-1795 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:52:00 +0000 /?p=6233#comment-1795 Ohhhh I hope it’s going well for you! I find that it can be kind of difficult to get started but then in the middle of it I get way less picky about things I’m willing to get rid of.

]]> /post/2016/01/21/decluttering/#comment-1796 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:52:00 +0000 /?p=6233#comment-1796 ME TOO! But I’m finally letting it go (both the guilt and the gift)!

]]> /post/2016/01/21/decluttering/#comment-1793 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:27:00 +0000 /?p=6233#comment-1793 Such great tips! Btw, I finally posted about my 100 Things Challenge yesterday and I used the same stock image as you did here! 🙂

]]> /post/2016/01/21/decluttering/#comment-1791 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:11:00 +0000 /?p=6233#comment-1791 This is great! And these questions are SO true– I often have that internal struggle with myself and will try to justify things for the weirdest reasons 🙂

]]> /post/2016/01/21/decluttering/#comment-1787 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 03:34:00 +0000 /?p=6233#comment-1787 Ugh the gift guilt…my mother in law, bless her. She works at K-Mart and purchases things when they go super on sale. She buys year round and stocks up for Christmas so we’re always getting way too many things. In the 8 years that I’ve been getting gifts from her, I’ve used maybe 15 things out of probably 100 individual items. I’ve got boxes of stuff she’s given just sitting in the garage because I have no use for it but feel bad getting rid of it. We’ve tried telling her that we don’t need so much stuff and that we’d rather her spend the same amount of money on something more substantial, but it hasn’t worked yet. I hope I’m not coming off as ungrateful, but I just wish she’d listen because the clutter stresses me out sometimes.

]]> /post/2016/01/21/decluttering/#comment-1784 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:02:00 +0000 /?p=6233#comment-1784 YES, gift guilt and sunk cost are my biggest downfalls. these posts of yours make me itchy to declutter EVERY TIME. this whole working outside the home thing is cramping my style. can my job be taking care of my kid and making my house awesome and simplified? I feel like I’d be better at that anyway.

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