'Tis The Season To Declutter

With the huge gift giving season on the horizon, now is an excellent time to put on your decluttering goggles and look over the things around your home. Clearing out items that are unused, unloved, unwanted or unneeded (the real kind, not the guilt-provoking one) will allow you to prepare your home to have a spot available for the new stuff.

For inspiration, I've listed several excellent resources from around the web over on Taking Care of You that will give you new insight or just a swift kick of motivation. Decluttering is a worthwhile and freeing exercise so have fun!

Suzanne Is Unplugged (At Her Weekend Home)

Hello, this is Suzanne. If you have reached this message, I am away at the moment. Any messages left for me will be returned, once I have returned, in the order they were received. Hope you make it a great day and, as always, thank you for your interest in the 365 Days of Decluttering Challenge.

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At my regular day job, I love when it comes time to change my extension's voicemail to a vacation message. In the days preceeding it, the anticipation builds as I eagerly count down until it's time to go like an excited child. Recording the message just sends me that much higher because I know that tomorrow is the day when I get to get away. And, now, as I'm writing this a few days before I leave for 6 days on vacation, I'm feeling that old familiar feeling. It's almost time to go, yay!

Until July 11th, I can be found around our weekend home or on my weekend couch.



As there is no internet access where we go, I'm going to enjoy my unplugged time! I'll be back soon. :-)

Follow Me Over to Inspired to Write

Today, I’m excited to be a guest blogger at Inspired to Write. While Julie is away for two weeks on a mission trip in Croatia, please enjoy the guest posts she has lined up to inspire you.

My guest post is about adapting the 27-17-7 method of decluttering to free yourself to write. You didn't realize the method could be adapted? Oh, yes indeed, it can. Take a look over at Inspired to Write and see for yourself. Please leave a comment and let me know how I did on my very first guest post! I’d greatly appreciate it.

To those arriving here via Inspired to Write, please take a look around the 365 Days of Decluttering Challenge blog. I'm sure you will find inspiration for taking babysteps towards clearing the clutter from your life, in all its forms.

Below are posts especially chosen for my new visitors. They will let you know more about the 365 Days of Decluttering Challenge and provide motivation for you to accept your own 365 Days of Decluttering Challenge!

Introducing the 365 Days of Decluttering Challenge
How I Define Clutter
Congratulations Challengers!
I'd Rather Stay Home From Work and De-junk
Ever felt afraid to declutter?
Focus Challenge - Month 10

Again, thanks so much to Julie at Inspired to Write for allowing me to be a guest blogger and for providing much needed inspiration to us all!