Wednesday, April 14, 2010

2010-0414 De-cluttering

I just finished reading this interesting article by Steve Pavlina on the 30-day trial to develop new habits.



I thought I'd give it a try because "30-days seems MUCH easier than a lifetime!" (Well said Stephanie!).  The nice part of this trial is that it is a low-commitment trial. I can pick a habit, put forth the effort to do it every day for 30 days, and then re-evaluate at the end of the trial. If I like the results, I can keep the habit my life. If I'm ok with the results, I can modify the habit for my daily routine. And if I don't like it, I can stop after 30 days! Steve Pavlina gives some good examples in his article.

For this first attempt the habit I am working on is to spend 15 min de-cluttering my apartment every day.  Why? Because I just moved and my apartment is a disaster. The idea of organizing the whole apartment is overwhelming! But, 15 min at a time, I can handle that. In order to make sure I keep this up, I will try to blog about my progress (but probably not daily! daily blogging is not the habit I'm working on this month). 

Today I worked on my spare bedroom. I put some items away in the closet and moved items to other rooms (the rooms where those items belong). Success for today!


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