Catholic Minimalism Challenge

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I got brave and putzed around in my bedroom a bit. Not brave enough for the closet.

Here are my baby-steps from today:

Got all the newborn baby stuff out of there. The baby is 8 months old…piles of scratch mittens insult her.

Took all the old issues of Magnificat and dumped them in the recycling bin.

Returned 7 books to the library, but came back with 4. Progress.
 
I have read her book, and a few other books on minimalism, like Kondo’s and Sasaki’s. It was when I read the Kondo manga [released in 2017] that I really felt it in me to remove more stuff, although I have been doing it even before reading it.
 
Yesterday I did go into my closet and start some real work. I found a hundred dollar bill! 😮 I also found a terrible clump of old blessed palms I need to find time to burn.

Later that night the baby pooped all over herself with awful dramatic flair such as in all 4 children I have never seen. While I gave her a bath my husband/partner in poo disasters put the wreck of a diaper and shirt in a nearby trashbag. It was the bag I had been decluttering into. That oughta help me not to keep any of it!
 
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This before you begin video is SO GOOD! If I had watched it first like I was supposed to I would have parted with WAY more things yesterday. Time for another pass through the room I guess.

 
I don’t know if this link will work if you had to join the group, but I’ll try. This week is bathrooms or other small spaces such as utility rooms or hall closets. It is less structured than the master bedroom week as people’s houses vary pretty widely in how many bathrooms.

 
Highlights from the video incase the link didn’t work:

The challenge isn’t a cleaning challenge or an organizing challenge but for bathrooms, it sort of can be.

Empty everything out of the drawers and lay it out to gaze upon the sheer magnitude of what you were keeping in there.

Throw away anything thats gross or expired. In bathrooms we tend to keep things that get slowly grosser over time.

On vanity/cosmetics
Consider wether our motivations are pure and we are being good stewards of our bodies.

True beauty comes from God. When you see a beautiful woman appreciate her. God made her with a gift of shining joy into the world. Holiness is like that too. How can be become so holy that people want to be around us so we can lead them to Christ?
 
I might try that next. Thanks!

I’m hooked on this getting things out of here and not bringing much back in.

Every trashbag or donate bag my kids are being weird about I point out is about the size and shape they are. We just made one more “you space” in the house. (Which is really kind of silly because these things have been pulled out of drawer and cabinets, not carved out of scary hoarder mountains.)
 
This week is the kitchen. Looking forward to putting more thought into kid cups.(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
 
Last week I did none of those things in my kitchen. I rationalize that away in that I am rarely stressed by the state of my kitchen, so maybe it was fine? 🤷‍♀️

Also, one of my kids stepped on the back of my flipflop and the shoe exploded. I became instantly upset that I previously minimized my shoes down to that one pair of flipflops. The stores have started to pack away the flipflops other than giant sized ones left on clearance. I want to run through the streets yelling “This is Texas! We never stop wearing flipflops! You should never stop selling them!”
 
This week is kid’s rooms. (Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
 
Peter Walsh was great on a show called “Clean Sweep.” Really good at helping people part with sentimental items. Said to honor it by displaying, using or upcycling otherwise it is not worth keeping. Can’t throw stuff in the closet or basement. He can be a bit too minimalist sometimes, but his philosophy is very helpful.
 
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