After inspiration from Steph Veza from Your Life Styled and then video blog from Sara Hall of Finer Details, I have been on a huge clean up in my office. It started with client docs, then moved on to my filing cabinets, on to other papers before hitting the kitchen and bedrooms in our home.
I attended the Your Life Styled workshop in December and took away a few great points from the de-cluttering presentation. Steph shared her philosophy which inspired me to take a look at what I have and why I am keeping it. Hitting the filing cabinet was a huge task. I love filing and having things where I need them, but I don’t unfile financial docs, therefore I realised I had every bank statement going back over 20 years, every home loan document, tax return and much more. Much ripping and shredding of paper was to follow! With bags and bags of trash!
Next I moved to boxes of letters from family and friends, including penfriends. I felt a need to keep every card and letter from people important to me – these have now been honoured and tossed, with just a few key items kept. I also kept every letter from penfriends, which were close to my heart, given at one point I had over a hundred penfriends and ran a penpal club for quite a few years. This was a passion of mine, before the internet, but I decided it was time to release these letters. I kept the first letter from penfriends I am still in touch with and photos.
Next to be hit is my box of penpal club newsletter originals. Correspondamania Penpal Club wasn’t run as a business, but as a service, feeding my passion ad that of the members. The newsletter was typed, glued and handwritten early on, so the hard copies were photocopied. I plan to scan these for storage and then tossed.
I also plan to hit a box f my artwork soon too. Like Sara I loved art and have kept my work for years, but I think it’s now time to have a look, possibly scan/photograph some and toss.
Hope this inspires you to have a clean-up and clear out, to make room for bigger and better things this year has to bring. I highly recommend it, the feeling is uplifting!
If you need any assistance with scanning documents or business support services please drop me a line.
For tips on getting de-cluttered and organised connect with theses Facebook pages; Your Life Styled (see upcoming workshops) or Finer Details and look into attending Sara’s workshop as part of UWA Extension - “A Tidy Solution” on Mon 14 & 21 Feb. Read Sara’s blog here.
Don’t forget your trash could be someone else’s treasure, especially at these times with people loosing homes to fire and flooding.
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Well done Jo! what a stirling job, so glad I could be part of the motivation
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