Today’s workspace

My workspace is getting a little cluttered… May need to start thinking a little more seriously about a new desk with drawers.

(Posted with the iPhone WordPress app version 2.8 – with the Quick Photo feature. As a note, I had to come back and resize the photo since it posted the largest version originally.)

Simplify your family

Now for something slightly different….

Family Life Sale

Corey from Simple Marriage and Mandi from Life…Your Way have brought together a super sweet e-book package for those interested in simplifying your family (and your life).

When purchased separately, these ebooks are worth over $450, but for four days only, you can purchase the entire collection for just $47.

Corey’s become a great friend over the last few months as we’ve chatted both online and off-line about a variety of great things. I love his heart and posture and I’m proud to help promote his work (You can listen to his story over at the something beautiful podcast).

Beyond the great material, a portion of each sale will also be donated to Don Miller’s (Blue Like Jazz, Searching for God Knows What) The Mentoring Project, which seeks to rewrite the story of the fatherless generation. VERY COOL!

But as I mentioned above, there’s a catch… This collection is only available from 2 p.m. on March 21st to 2 p.m. on March 24th March 25th. There will be no late sales offered.

Click here to purchase your collection today!
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Destroying the Warehouse Mentality

Catch all drawer
Clutter drawer | Photo by Jonathan Blundell

I shared this on We Live Simply earlier this week and wanted to be sure I shared it here as well for those of you who may not read both sites.

I think it’s time to let the cat out of the bag and help push my motivation forward towards finishing my new book.

While writing posts for We Live Simply, I’ve also slowly been working on my next book, Destroying the Warehouse Mentality: Stop hoarding and declutter your life.

While I wrote my last book (a novel) in a month, this one is taking a bit longer to come together.

So I’m hoping that by putting this information out there, it will give me an even greater incentive to see it through.

But I’ve set a goal for its completion and hope to have it ready for publication by early Fall (hopefully before the twins arrive!).

So far I plan on tackling these areas of clutter:

  1. Buying into a $154 billion industry
  2. Decluttering your home
  3. Decluttering your office
  4. Decluttering your digital life
  5. Decluttering your time

But I’m definitely open to ideas and input — especially from those of you who have struggled with your own clutter, or the clutter of someone else.

I’m also interested in hearing some of your stories on how you’ve dealt with clutter as well.

If you’d like to share your story or offer input on the book, feel free to leave me a comment or e-mail me at editor @ welivesimply.info.

Declutter your soul

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Isn’t it amazing how complicated we can make things?

We’re always trying to find an easy solution to things and yet in the end we end up filling things with junk and clutter we don’t need and doing more damage than good

Diet fads, home exercise equipment, the latest electronic gadget that puts us further in debt.

Yet, things were pretty simple in the beginning.
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Finding motivation to de-clutter

Clearing out some clutter

Ay de mi!

I read some interesting stats from Becoming Minimalist:

  • the u.s. department of energy reports that one-quarter of people with two-car garages have so much stuff in there that they can’t park a car.
  • according to the national soap and detergent association, getting rid of clutter would eliminate 40 percent of housework in the average home.
  • the national association of professional organizers says we spend one year of our lives looking for lost items.
  • if you rent a storage facility to store your excess belongings, you’re contributing to a $154 billion industry — bigger than the hollywood film business!
  • it costs an average of $10/square foot to store items in your home.

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