This is a charming book by Margaret Magnusson, a senior whose age is “somewhere between 80 and 100.” Her cleaning advice is pretty standard, but she includes end-of-life reflections and her own adorable drawings which make you smile as you turn the pages.
Two-in One: Eliminate Clutter and Increase Kindness
Do you have “extras” that can be donated - toiletries, reusable bags, cans of foods? Your local homeless shelter, food pantry, foster care program or other charity could benefit.
Online Consignment
It can be as easy as filling up a bag and putting it in the mail. You will receive cash or credit for accepted items. Try ThredUp.com or Swap.com or others that “suit” your fancy.
More Space Means More Stuff
Think again before you expand your house or desire a bigger house with walk-in closets. What are your motives? What impact will having more space have on your health and happiness?
Keep Only the Things that Spark Joy
Check out books written by Marie Kondo. They are very inspirational.
Home Should Be a Refuge, a Place to Escape the Noise
Noise can come from too much – information, email, social media, promotions, apps, clothes. Living in a noisy environment can take a psychological toll. Is your home a refuge? What do you need to do to make it one?
Seek Serenity From Simplicity
Difficult Decisions, How to Begin
Separate like items into three categories: Keep, Don’t Keep, and Marinate. The “keeps” will be a gifted to someone else or kept for you. The “don’t keeps” will be sold, donated, or tossed. If you can’t decide, box it up for six months. When you open up the box, you will have your answer.
If You Love It, Keep It
It doesn’t matter what the reason is. Think hard on whether you absolutely love an item, just like it, or could do without it.
Someone Else May Need It Today
If you find yourself using the word “might” as in - I might need it, fix it, read it, use it, fit into it – consider that “someone else.”