Hello and Welcome to Our New Followers

As the 365 Days of Decluttering Challenge blog has received a few new followers as of late, I thought I should post a little "Hello and welcome!" to all our new friends.

Please enjoy past posts and future ones that come out infrequently on the 22nd of the month. My blogging is primarily done over at my other blog (Taking Care Of You), however, decluttering is still near and dear in my heart so I simply can't stop sharing decluttering perspective and tips over here with you all!

If you're not familiar with the introduction of Taking Care Of You over here on the 365 Days of Decluttering Challenge blog, here is a snippet:

The 365 Days of Decluttering Challenge is key in Taking Care Of You. Simply put, any area of our life where we focus our awareness will grow us from the inside out.

To that end, decluttering is a form of taking care of ourselves, believe it or not. By accepting your own 365 Days of Decluttering Challenge, you began a journey towards improving the quality of your life from the outside in. Removing a single piece of clutter each day doesn't completely clear an entire life's worth of clutter, especially mental clutter. However, it does begin to grow an awareness inside you about self-worth, creating a life of abundance versus scarcity, etc.

Developing an enhanced awareness of yourself is what the Taking Care Of You blog (affectionately known as TCOY) is all about. Putting yourself in the line of priority, and right in front, is not selfish thinking but rather just thinking proactively.There is no better person to know, understand or believe in than you.

I hope you'll stop by Taking Care Of You to say hello now and again. A great place to start right now is to check out posts on the topic of Life Clutter. I certainly do miss hearing great feedback from you all about your decluttering efforts and willingness to share a comment to help inspire others!

Top 5 Posts:
How I Define Clutter
Decluttering: A How-To
I'd Rather Stay Home From Work and De-junk
Decluttering Made Simple (27-17-7)
Ever Felt Afraid to Declutter?

'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. :-)