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Week 36 | Conference Swag | 52 Weeks to Downsize & Minimalize

Conference Swag like T-shirts, tote bags, mugs, pens, writing pads, stickers and magnet calendars. It all add up to too much stuff!

Swag Everywhere

If you can’t help but accept the free tote of goodies at the door, this is for you? Only YOU can prevent conference swag from cluttering up your home by choosing not to take it with you. BE STRONG.

If you have taken it home already, it’s not to late to let it go. Simply gather everything and donate it to a local charity. There’s always someone else who can use what you have to offer and they will appreciate it so much more!

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Week 35 | Vases | 52 Weeks to Downsize & Minimalize

Calling all collectors of vases large and small! Can you count on one or both hands how many you have and actually USE? Do you need more hands? Ya, we thought so.

Flowers are pretty!

Are you putting the vases you own to good use around the house? If not, take them out of their hiding places, stand them up together on a table and choose which can stay and which must go. Next, fill the ones you keep with the beauty and nature they are meant to behold!

Vases can be like coffee mugs… they can be hard to part from! But if you have too many, you’re wasting space that could be better used for other items!

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Week 34 | Business Cards | 52 Weeks to Downsize & Minimalize

Business cards here, there, and EVERYWHERE! How many business cards have you collected over the years? Are they all cluttering up your space?
It’s time to toss them (um, recycle), or enter that information digitally. Get rid of that paper clutter for good. Here’s a link to quick ways to load business card information into your phone contacts. Now and forever, you’re going to not lose another card!

Added Bonus

Knowing they are in your phone contacts gives you the extra bonus of knowing they won’t get lost. It makes it much easier to not lose those important numbers that you may not need today, but will inevitably need soon!
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Week 33 | Digital Clutter | 52 Weeks to Downsize & Minimalize

Whether it’s on your desktop, laptop, iPad, or smart phone, Digital Clutter accumulates. It slows you down unless you make the time to keep it in check. Make sure you stay in front of what can quickly get overwhelming!

What To Do to Accomplish Reducing Digital Clutter

This week, delete unnecessary files, photos, and videos from all these devices, organize them in appropriate folders, and back up what you keep to an external hard drive and/or the cloud.

You’ll be surprised how much lighter you feel when you suddenly have extra space on all of your digital items. And you will have room for all of those new items that will come up!

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Week 32 | Car Clutter | 52 Weeks to Downsize & Minimalize

The weekend is a good time to clean up the Car Clutter, inside and out. Toss out the trash and recycling, and take back into the house things that have accumulated.

Clear out the glove compartment, center console, side doors, seat pockets, and trunk of things that don’t belong. Then treat your car to a interior/exterior wash and vacuum. You will both look and feel better for it and you’ll soon have a car that looks like new!

And believe it or not, it’s much easier and less time consuming than you may think!

Don’t take the clutter with you.