30 Day Declutter Challenge

Hello my dear friend!

HOW ARE YOU? Wow, what a doozy of a year we’ve had so far. Some of you joined us WAY back in March when we all went into shelter-in-place and started a quarantine lifestyle for the health of ourselves and our community with the onset of COVID-19. During those first 30 days, I invited my Instagram family to join me in a 30 Day Declutter Challenge where we did one *mini* declutter challenge each day for 30 days (we took Sundays off), so it took about a full month-ish. I wanted to recap that 30 day experience with you all here, and if you missed any days, or wanted to get started here on your own time, I have it all mapped out below for you.

The nature of these challenges, as I mentioned, is that they are indeed intended to be*mini* declutter challenges, meaning that they should likely only take you between 5-15 minutes each. Consider it a quick declutter session where you stay focus only on the task at hand, and then you move along with your day!

Did you know that I did all of the challenges right along side everyone and showed each day my progress and how I approached each mini challenge?

Yes, I sure did! See all of the details in my Instagram highlights, click HERE.

[ NOTE: you’ll need to scroll through the Instagram highlight bubbles and look for these highlights: 1Mini Declutter | 2Mini Declutter | 3Mini Declutter. There’s three different highlights to capture our full month+ because we went through a lot of awesomeness together! Also, I mislabeled a few days on IG, but if you follow them in order, they correspond with the full list below. I blame the errors on the foggy quarantine brain… you know…]

Let’s dive into the list + then I’ll share some final notes on the experience + TOP TIPS I shared with my IG family during that time.

DAY 1: SOCK DRAWER

DAY 10: LAUNDRY ESSENTIALS

30 DAY DECLUTTER *MINI* CHALLENGE

DAY 1: SOCK DRAWER

DAY 2: CLEAR OUT A BAG/BACKPACK/PURSE

DAY 3: REUSABLE BAGS

DAY 4: UNDER KITCHEN SINK

DAY 5: WRITING UTENSILS

DAY 6: BOOKS (choose a shelf or a category if needed)

DAY 7: KITCHEN SPICES

DAY 8: JUNK DRAWER

DAY 9: TOP OF THE REFRIDGERATOR

DAY 10: LAUNDRY ESSENTIALS

DAY 11: SHEETS + BEDDING

DAY 12: TOWELS (NON-KITCHEN)

DAY 13: JEWELRY

DAY 14: BATH/SHOWER AREA

DAY 15: DISH/KITCHEN TOWELS

DAY 16: FIRST AID KIT/SUPPLIES

DAY 17: GIFT WRAP + SUPPLIES

DAY 18: BIZARRE PAPERS (MANUALS, REFERENCE PAPERS, WARRANTIES, ETC.)

DAY 19: MUGS

DAY 20: REFRIGERATOR

DAY 21: PICK A PILE

DAY 22: MAKE UP BAG (OR TOILETRIES OF CHOICE)

DAY 23: SMELL + SCENTED ITEMS (CANDLES, OILS, DIFFUSERS, STICKS, ETC.)

DAY 24: HAIR ACCESSORIES

DAY 25: DIGITAL DECLUTTER/PHONE CONTACTS

DAY 26: BAKE WARE

DAY 27: LIGHT BULBS + BATTERIES

DAY 28: KITCHEN UTENSILS

DAY 29: PANTRY + DRY GOODS

DAY 30: HOUSEHOLD TOOLS

SEE ALL OF THE INSTAGRAM HIGHLIGHTS ON OUR 30 DAYS TOGETHER WITH ALL OF MY EXTRA NOTES + PROGRESS IN MY HOME [ HERE ]

NOTE: Highlight names are 1Mini Declutter, 2Mini Declutter + 3Mini Declutter. You’ll have to scroll over in the highlights to find them!

30 DAY DECLUTTER *MINI* CHALLENGE top tips + notes:

For those of you who maybe starting your decluttering journey now, are continuing one, or might want to start in the future, I wanted to share my TOP 5 TIPS to encourage you and get you started in a positive and highly successful way with results that are visible, helpful and inspire you to do more in the areas of your home you feel need the work. Focus on mini tasks, take breaks, drink water and remember to rest often!

1. FOCUS ON KEEPING ONLY THE ESSENTIALS.

Do you use the items frequently and do they add efficiency and value to your daily routines? Keep only what is consistently adding value and streaming your day to day. This is also true particularly on visible surfaces throughout our home. The less we have to look at in each room, the less visual fatigue we experience and more calming a space feels.

2. IS IT WORTH THE SPACE IT TAKES UP?

Do you have items that take up a lot of space but add little value to your life? Reconsider keeping them. The items in your home should be worth every square inch of space they take up.

3. LOOK OUT FOR DUPLICATES.

Stay on the look out for multiples of items doing the same task/job. We all know you have a favorite spatula…so why do you have 5 of them you never use that take up almost the entire drawer? Keep the one (or ones in some cases) that help streamline your life and help improve your daily routines and that you enjoy using.

4. SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY.

When decluttering and editing, it is also important to consider HOW you do things in your home. Could you do them in fewer steps? Could it be done simpler? Does it even need to be done at all? Could you reduce the items you own in an area and create space for something you value more? Think about your daily patterns and see where you can streamline and simplify to remove things that take up excessive time or are overly complicated.

5. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CREATE SPACE FOR?

If you’re more of a tea drinker and you have 10 coffee gadgets, consider creating more space for the tea ritual you love by parting ways with most of your coffee gear. You’d like your bathroom to feel more relaxing and more spa-like; the first place to start is by editing the space and reducing what you see. Create space for relaxation and then consider design updates. Always edit first. Let go of items you truly don’t need to focus on creating more space for what you value right now, today.

[ Check out all the results from my Instagram stories in my highlights HERE ] They can be found under these highlight bubbles: 1Mini Decluter | 2Mini Declutter | 3Mini Declutter

Remember to recycle and donate as much as possible. Call your local charities and donation sites to see if they are doing drop offs and/or pick ups during this pandemic. I’ve recently had success with a contact-less pick up from Salvation Army.

I also have some recycling and donation resources for you HERE.

[ Are you wanting to continue your decluttering efforts but want to dig in deeper with more direction and resources? ]

My DECLUTTER YOUR HOME MASTERCLASS is HERE!

It is life-changing + self-paced with amazing resources and guides that actually work to blast you past decluttering roadblocks we all encounter with step by step support to help you declutter any spot in your home with greater ease.

I truly believe it is the only home decluttering support you’ll ever need the rest of your life and I stand behind this. I want you to live lighter and create your best life + home right now where you + your family can thrive

Looking forward to seeing you insider the MC…

Happy decluttering + editing my friends. Your life deserves it. You deserve it. Your home deserves it.

xo

Kristin