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As you can clearly see, the process of cleaning up an 'office gone wild' can be physically and mentally exhausting as well as frustrating.

Here is a bit about the process of the clean up and how I overcame resistance...

(no, it doesn't always look this way! This is the after shot when I had pulled most everything out of the closet :0)

I got what I could get done for the day and…

I like the idea of Fresh Start and think it will work well for my decluttering goals. I've mapped out six big areas to declutter over the six months:

• Home office/hallway/basement--six weeks. All three are connected so if one gets decluttered, the others benefit. And if one of them doesn't get cleaned out, then all three areas are stuck.
• Bedroom--four weeks. This bedroom somehow became the dumping ground for all the extra clothes and sports stuff.
• Kitchen--four…

I was trying to decide what to pick up next that would be fairly quick and easy and I tripped over them!

A pile of books that I had meant to give away.

In the give away box they go, I'm one more eyesore and nagging to do out of the way and finished!

Today I cleared a bunch of jam jars that I had left over from doing some canning from the counter - along with the lids they total more than 12 and a big cluttery eyesore off of the counter in under 5 minutes to boot!

I'm starting to see that there is a major goal or result that I am looking for at the end of the 12 days - to take down the level of disorganization around here so that it is easier to function when I am busy.

How about you?

Up bright and early and did my 12 for 12 in my closet sorting old bedding etc.

I had planned to do papers but it was there and I was there and next thing I knew I was sorting and getting rid of a pile.

Now I want to paint my shelves!

That will be great added incentive to keep clearing them.

Something else I'm noticing is that I am being more mindful around the house and getting back to doing my…

Today I started a new program called 12 for 12.

Put away, throw away or give away 12 things every day for the next 12 days.

I decided to work on my desk because that has been causing me the most problems lately.

The best news is that it inspired me to do a lot more than 12 items, I cleared it off!

One more pile to go and my desk will be finished.

I can't wait. After that I am going to continue in my office.

I'm finding now that I'm working I am too…

I have spent a huge amount of time in the last 3 weeks.



I have also launched into the garden.



My biggest achievements have been to make a start on removing the ivy in the garden which has been choking some of the trees and had begun to cover the garage roof with a thick soggy green mass of moss ivy and soil.



I manage to remove all of this yesterday by climbing onto the garage roof, a great feat for an ageing and overweight lady.



The garage is clear and I…

My washer has been broken down for the last 2 weeks. The 2nd repair guy who was called told me he would be here today, so I spent a good part of my BOOST time (double day!) and today's BOOST fine tuning the bathroom - it's one of those bathrooms that grows clutter all by itself I'm sure. It is more like a utility/bathroom I guess.

Anyway, it looks great!

Since I…

I was very busy with elections up until May, so my spring cleaning was rather delayed. I have now begun to do my proper spring cleaning. I started by drawing up 31 jobs in the bathroom. I was amazed that I actually found so many - usually I just whizz round in about 5 minutes.

But these are deep clean jobs. I started with the windows - they looked so much better once they were cleaned. Today I took down the blind and detached it from the roller. Put it through the washing…

Boy have I realized in the past week or so how clutter and disorganization stresses me out and steals my energy.

I had to clear my entire work area for my soap business so that we could lay a new floor. This meant having to pile a lot of it around, making my downstairs area a huge mess and pretty much disfunctional until I could get it sorted and put away - which was a challenge because I wanted to change it around to create a much nicer working area rather than storage/work…

Today I threw out quite a lot of old magazines and papers. We now have a new kerbside bin, where we can throw out paper - it goes into a caddy at the top of the wheelie bin. This is collected every 2 weeks. So my new resolution is to fill that every week. So once a fortnight I can put it out, then the other week I can go to the recycle dump myself to empty it.

On Friday the piano tuner arrived - I had totally forgotten he was coming. The whole area was junked…

Since being away for 2 days and the changes we've been making in the house (redecorating my bedroom and putting a new floor down in my workroom) I am finding myself behind with piles cropping out of the woodwork (funny how that seems to be where the come from!)

So I'm playing the double day game today - doing all of my boost areas twice.

Also I am going to be more mindful of picking up after myself AND doing a little bit more - if I walk by a pile I am hereby…

Just wanted to give a quick hello and welcome to our new/old No KAOS Zone Community.

I haven't decided whether we should change the header/name to the No KAOS Zone or leave it as it is.

Any votes?

btw, don't be shy to go hop on your blogs and say hello!

I am going to be out of town until Sunday evening with no internet (just found out, sometimes I can access through the bell stick but it is not in the…

Spring is in the Air!

One funny thing that I'm always hearing about is Spring Cleaning. I have to confess that I don't Spring Clean at all.

Most people's idea of Spring Cleaning is an entire day spent cleaning house. Couldn't think of anything worse.

No thanks! That's not for me! I prefer to use the Spring into Spring Challenge, and tackle it bit-by -bit.

Our home is looking better because of this. Now, don't get me wrong! I'm not saying that I do it each and…