January Cure 2018 - Set up an OutBox

Day 3 - Set up an Outbox

An OutBox? What's an OutBox?

Physically it's a box or a bag somewhere in your house that's not in the way. That is a half way station for items you are deciding whether or not to get rid of.

Items that go in the OutBox stay in there for a while, until a decision is made, and can be pulled out and kept, OR disposed of.

It's a HalfWay House for clutter that's on probation! Or as the Apartment Therapy site calls it - a clutter pergatory HERE

There's just ONE rule - anything that goes into the OutBox has to stay there for a week, before it can be taken out and a decision made of whether it's a stay or a go.

This is my OutBox - today. Poor thing, it's being misused! Not only that it's inaccessible!

My full OutBox

 Hmmm misused? Yup. I LOVE the idea of an OutBox, but it's easy to misuse.

January Cure 2018 - Make a List and my Utility Area Project

Day 2 - Make a list.
The idea is to wander around your house noting all the things that need something doing to them. And then pick just a few as priorities. You can find it on the Apartment Therapy website HERE

This is the newly installed utility area. Very cluttered. I need some quick wins.

This is my quick win! Two wire suction caddies - one rectangular one corner and ta da!
Far less cluttered and easier to keep clean

 Given this house is brand new to me, and I've not really unpacked, frankly my list could in one word be:

EVERYTHING!

January Cure 2018 - Clear a Drawer

You ever heard of the January Cure? It's a series of tasks in January that the website Apartment Therapy does. Takes just under a month and is designed to help you get a grip of your house and things that need changing, sorting or decluttering.

The first day HERE - yesterday - was to tidy out a drawer.

Because I thought it started on January 1, and I was just missing an email, I cleared out my adult colouring felt tips drawer on New Year's Day.

So yesterday, I thought I'd clear the top of the bedside drawers instead of an actual drawer, mostly because since the move, the bedside drawers are actually empty and I need to think about what goes where and then find where I last put them temporarily....

All well and good, except the unfinished christmas cards are on there.

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