Ah yes, January – the start of a new year, and all those stupid “new year, new me” posts on social media. The time of year when everyone is making resolutions about how to make themselves better – how often they’re going to take selfies of themselves at the gym (I’m fairly certain that’s about 75% of all people do there), what delicious foods they are going to eliminate from their lives – and it’s also the time of year when fast food locations put out great deals to entice everyone to break their new diet haha.

There’s zero point in me making a resolution to go to the gym more (not going to happen), or to eat healthier (you should see the stash of snacks I have in my makeup cabinet beside my bathtub….) – but I have decided that 2019 is the year I finally finish unpacking all the boxes from our move into our house (which, you know, happened back in 2015…) – and in the process, de-clutter all the unnecessary items laying around. I found a great website – Nourishing Minimalism  who has a great challenge to get rid of 2019 items from your home during 2019. I definitely do not see myself becoming a true minimalist, but it would be nice to not trip over things all the time, and live a slightly more simple life.

So, I signed up, and printed off my free chart. I also printed a second chart, and marked “Incoming” on the top of it. I figure it won’t make much of a difference if I do manage to rid my home of 2019 items, only to replace it with that many new things. So my goal is to come as close as possible to filling the outgoing chart, while keeping the incoming chart at a reasonable number – I haven’t decided on a hard number yet, but I’m sure I’ll figure that out as the year goes on. The only rules – food doesn’t count, and neither do prescriptions. However, I am counting items such as hand soap, shampoo, etc since we have an obscene amount stockpiled in our basement – my hope is to actually make a dent in our reserves…

I guess we’ll see how I actually make out on this challenge, but I am going to try and post regularly to keep myself focused.