Full Moon got me thinking it’s Spring - cleaning and purging and feeling the urging to get the house in order!! I have had several inspiring folks come my ways over the years who are mastermind minimalists and cleaning queens in the field of decluttering and I want to share them with you in case you need a little downsizing and deep cleaning inspiration!
The first Lady to motivate me to actually even clean my house LOL was the Fly Lady!! She made it sound so simple with breaking down your house into sections and just doing a little bit each day. Today, she’d say, we are doing this section and she had it on a rotating schedule so your whole house is always getting at least a little bit of attention. She was also really big on feeling good about yourself so I instantly took to her… Over a decade ago!! I wonder if she still has her email newsletter to remind you!? I see a few apps in the App Store that you might want to download.
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The next super influential lady to make an appearance in my life was Marie Kondo with the Kon Mari method and her philosophy was very simple: if it sparks joy keep it. If it doesn’t, thank it For being in your life and then, donate it. Or get rid of it somehow. Everything in your life should make you happy or inspired or be useful. Now it’s crazy about her method is how she has you go at your house to organize it!! She’ll have you do all the books and whole house at once and then she’ll have you do all the clothes in the whole house – at once! it’s rather intense but, it works!
Even if you just wanted to follow the questioning: does this spark joy? It will be a very helpful guideline for deciphering whether or not you want to keep an item in your home. I mean seriously, why keep crap around that you don’t like?? Only keep the crap that you DO like lol
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Now the final thing that found me was… Minimalism!! Like, it romanced me! The idea of only owning the minimal amount of stuff sounded so good once I started my decluttering process. And it’s true! At least for me personally, the less stuff I have in the house, the better I feel! I just got so tired of looking at stuff everywhere!!
Minimalistic houses look fantastic and if you’re sold on this idea and want another bonus – they will be so much easier to clean when you pair down and only have exactly what you need.
Well, that’s about it! It’s still a challenge for me to get my house cleaned but it’s good to know there are resources out there to inspire and motivate us!
We don’t always have to wait until it’s crazy to get cleaning… But sometimes it does have to get to that tipping point to see for yourself that it’s gone too far!
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