Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Home is where the Heart is 🏡

Environment is the invisible hand
that shapes our behavior.

James Clear


The way you select the things you own represent
the criteria by which you make choices in
every aspect of your life, including your
relationships with people and your job.

Marie Kondo


The problem for most people isn't a lack
of organization. The problem is having
too much stuff to manage.

Julianna Poplin


1. Create a plan.

2. Create a sorting system. Sell, donate and trash. 

3. Ask the right decisions:
Have I used it in the past month?
Do I use it regularly?
Is it broken, expired, never used, empty?
Is there a duplicate?
Do I have the space to store it?
What's the worst that could happen if I get rid of it?
Does it spark joy? Does it make my life easier?

4. Ask yourself what you want to keep.

5. Find a home for all the items.


Day 1: Living room
1.1 Decor items
1.2 Books
1.3 Photos and albums
1.4 DVDs
1.5 Furniture

Day 2: Bedroom
2.1 Clothes
2.2 Shoes and accessories
2.3 Skincare and makeup
2.4 Wallets and bags

Day 3: Kitchen
3.1 Pots and pans
3.2 Pantry items
3.3 Expired food and empty condiments
3.4 Junk drawer

Day 4: Bathroom
4.1 Bedsheets and linen
4.2 Towels
4.3 Empty bottles, samples, old medicine

Day 5: Office room
5.1 Old tech gadgets
5.2 Charging cables, batteries, wires
5.3 Paper clutter
5.4 Old hobbies and art supplies
5.5 Sentimental items

Day 6: Digital
6.1 Digital media
6.2 Contacts
6.3 Unsubscribe
6.4 Data management
6.5 Desktop

Day 7: Outside
7.1 Car
7.2 Balcony


- Always use it up, donate or recycle.

1. Photo frames.
2. Vases.
3. Dead plants.
4. Od or scented candles.
5. Essential oils or incense you don¨t use.
6. Old magazines.
7. DVDs.
8. Extra notebooks.
9. Books you don't read.
10. Outdated textbooks.
11. Extra earphones.
12. Misc charges & cords.
13. Originals packaging.
14. Camera & laptop accessories.
15. Warranties and instruction manuals.
16. Insurance policies shred.
17. Old credit cards
18. Receips.
19. Blurry photos.
20. Board games.
21. Craft supplies and old hobbies.
22. Random keys.
23. Foreign currency.
24. Neglected exercise equipment.
25. Outdoor toys.
26. Old gadgets and toys.
27. Pet toys.
28. Repair parts for things you don't have.
29. Cheap hangers.
30. Old sheets.
31. Extra blankets.
32. Watch & accessories you don't wear.
33. Clothes that don't fit.
34. Fancy outfits for specifik events.
35. Uncomfortable shoes.
36. Free shirts.
37. Swag gifts.
38. Unwanted gifts.
39. Totes & backpacks.
40. Empty bottles.
41. Travel size toiletries.
42. Old makeup.
43. Expired medicine or supplements.
44. Cooking tools and appliances.
45. Duplicates.
46. Expired foods.
47. Jars & containers without lids.
48. Extra plates, mugs, cups.
49. Old spices.
50. Food containers.


- Am I still getting value out of this item? (the living room)
- When was the last time I used this item? (the kitchen)
- Do I have duplicates? (the bathroom)
- How does this fit into my lifestyle? (the closet)
- What does it mean to you?


- Take your time to declutter.
- It's not always about being practical.
- Don't feel guilty. Life happens.
- Letting go give us freedom.
- Decluttering is a lifestyle and a habit.

Clutter is the enemy of clarity.
Geralin Thomas


Putting your house in order, if you can do it,
is one of the most comforting activites,
and the benefits are incalculable.

Leonard Cohen


1. Figure out what kind of closet you need.
2. Play around with the layout.
3. Choose a light colour.
4. Include a light carpet.
5. Lights!
6. Clear shelving.
7. Clear storage.
8. Make your every day items take priority.
9. Use the same hangers.
10. Colour cordinate.
11. Group items per category.
12. Buy a foot stool.
13. Have identical storage.
14. Seasonal organisation.
15. Store clothes away.
16. Do not hang knitwear.
17. Do not stack.
18. Label your drawers.
19. Pay attention to gaps in your wardrobe.
20. Invest in a hanger sliding system.



1. 20 minute daily cleaning.
2. Schedule a deep clean.
3. Clean the fridge every time you grocery shop.
4. Clean as you cook.
5. Fold the KonMari way.
6. Make a home for every item.
7. Create a declutter box.
8. Scan important documents.


Your home should tell the story of who you are,
and be a collection of what you love.

Nate Berkus

Monday, March 3, 2025

Walk in Boldness and Courage

Give me the courage to follow my intuition with
trust even when I can't see the whole path.
Ignite my passion and show me the way
to serve others with my calling.

Mastin Kipp


To begin is the most important part of any quest
and by far the most courageous.

Plato


The way to change your mental and physical
state, is to take the action first, not wait
for your emotional state to change first.

Rich Roll


A ship is always safe at the shore,
but that is not what it is built for.

Albert Einstein


Iron rusts from disuse: water loses its purity
from stagnation... even so does inaction
sap the vigor of the mind.

Leonardo da Vinci


A man who fears suffering is already
suffering from what he fears.

Michel de Montaigne


1. Give your obstacles a score.
2. Keep asking yourself why until you get to the bottom of it.
3. Start small.
4. Set yourself up for success. Attach your new habit to an already existing habit.

You don't have to be great to start,
but you have to start to be great.

Zig Ziglar


Take the first step in faith.
You don't have to see the whole staircase,
just take the first step.

Martin Luther King, Jr.


Whatever you're meant to do, do it now.
The conditions are always impossible.

Doris Lessing


We have to continually be jumping off cliffs
and developing our wings on the way down.

Kurt Vonnegut


But he, who dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.

Anne Brontë


Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter.
Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Samuel Beckett


Culture eats strategy for breakfast.
Peter Drucker


It is not knowledge, but the act of learning,
not possession but the act of getting there,
which grants the greatest enjoyment.

Carl Friedrich Gauss


The sated day is never first.
The best day is a day of thirst.
Yes - there is goal and meaning in our path -
but it's the way that is the labour's worth.

Karin Boye


As you start to walk on the way,
the way appears.

Rumi


Do what you can, with what you have,
where you are.

Theodore Roosevelt


Doing what needs to be done may not
make you happy, but it will make you great.

George Bernard Shaw


Courage is the commitment to begin
without any guarantee of success.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Courage is the most important of all the virtues
because without courage, you can't practice
any other virtue consistently.

Maya Angelou


Life shrinks or expands
in proportion to one's courage.

Anaïs Nin


You are in danger of living a life so comfortable
and soft, that you will die without ever
realizing your true potential.

David Goggins