Whew! Fifty out of 79 areas are now cleared. I'm almost two-thirds de-cluttered!

( Progress! )

Spring is coming to Stumptown, and nothing cheers us up around here like a few days of bright sunshine. I've been in the best mood!

( Productive, too. )

This is harder than it looks, and it looked pretty hard to begin with.

I've managed to empty and take down two of the shelves behind my bedroom door. The porch is piling up with giveaways for the Vietnam Veterans of America. I had to take a break.

( God, this is hard today! )

Today I decided that Project Empty would focus on some of the worst remaining hoards o' crap in my house, to wit, those in my bedroom--the ones involving photographic slides, supplies and tools from several beloved but dropped hobbies (including about a zillion dollars' worth of beads), books, CDs, paintings needing frames, unfinished sewing and ( Read more... )

OMFG.

I just posted about some of the effects of clutter, according to feng shui. Then I puttered around, starting my final weekend load of laundry and putting away a few things I'd left out after clearing Area 2.10a, Bedroom, Little Shelf Next To Closet.

This was when I discovered one of the truly--I mean, really, truly--unexpected benefits of ( Read more... )