Sorted it Saturday and the Last of August Decluttering

I sorted August's bills and receipts.

Organizing Queen's and My Simpler Life's August Declutter Challenge has come to an end. My last three items for the 30 days was #29 - baby food jars and lids, # 30 plastic bags that we can now take back to the store for recycling and #31 a leather jacket that I forgot to take a picture of before gifting it away today.

What did I learn from this challenge? I suppose the main thing was that even though I know I have too much stuff, it was sometimes (OK maybe more than sometimes) hard to find things to get rid of. I really enjoyed going to all of the sites and seeing what they were getting rid of, though I seldom left a comment (I should improve on that!). It was encouraging to see that I'm not the only one on the decluttering journey.

Maybe I should break down each room and work on one area at a time instead of looking for things from all of the rooms? Maybe a mind map would help.

Now that I've been thinking about it I think that I would prefer to work a bit on each room instead of concentrating on one room at a time. What comes first to mind in each room:
Hall - boxes
Kitchen - cold cupboard
Living room - desk
Son's bedroom - long sleeve top shelf
My bedroom - desk or something else

Thank you Marcia and Beth for having this challenge. Who knows if the 31 plus objects would still be in my home if I hadn't found your challenge.

Sort it Saturday

Well I didn't work on any papers today, but I did sort through my socks to come up with 6 pairs without holes that I could wear to work. I don't wear shoes at work as I'm working with children and they are usually on the floor and I haven't found something soft enough and airy enough. I'm usually barefoot at home so I don't want to wear shoes or slippers all day.

Sort it Saturday

My son has a box of lego instructions and other lego papers that I want to put into a binder. I've worked on it as far as I can on my own. My son has a friend for the night and his part will have to be done next week.

Sort it Saturday

Cull July's receipts and bills - done
- I was suppose to sort something else but I didn't feel like it and seeing that July was over I worked on July's banking stuff.

Sort it Saturday

Cull May and June receipts and bills - done
- I don't like doing this so I usually do 2 or 3 months at a time. It's basically deciding which receipts I should keep and putting them with any bills into that month's bank statement and putting them away.