After reading about Don Aslett on a post over at The Lazy Organizer, I was intrigued by it enough to check out who he was. He has written several books on cleaning and clutter.

Having a ton of stuff that I feel is weighing me down, I wanted to buy one of his books. So, I found one on Amazon that looked promising and will hopefully help me kick the clutter habit. It’s Clutters Last Stand and while I’ve only read a few pages, I’m ready to de-junk my home.

Clutter affects me daily. I put off doing things because I have to clean a spot off to do it. It takes forever to clean because of the clutter and putting away everything. I’m so ready to make a change and live with less. Hopefully it will take less time to clean plus my mind will not be on the clutter and hopefully I can be more productive.

So far I have taken one load to the thrift store. It felt so good to not only sort through some things but to get rid of the stuff we’re not using anymore.

I live in a state of chaos. The older I get, the more it bothers me. So it’s getting to the point that if I don’t do something about the clutter, then I could lose all sanity.

To tackle the problem all at once would be a daunting task. In fact trying to do it all at once will literally drive me insane. Today I’ve decided to list everything that needs to be organized and then prioritize the list.

One of our problem areas is our board games and card games. My husband has a tone of Magic the Gathering cards which he is willing to sell a lot of them but will probably keep at least 25%-50% of his collection. I’m thinking that our games and cards will be the area I focus on this weekend. My solution involves buying a storage cabinet. I had thought a bookshelf would serve our needs well but like the idea of a cabinet better. That way I can just close it up, not looking at the clutter inside should it get messy. When a bookshelf is cluttered, it is on display. At least a cabinet can be closed, hiding the mess inside.

We’ll see how it goes. I might change my mind altogether once I see what cabinets are available locally.