{ Assignment #10: The 10-minute task to keep you on track }
Exhilarated. Excited. Accomplished. Strong emotions that I feel right now after completing this task. I’m not even kidding. We are nearly half-way to the end of the January Cure. My house, especially the kitchen (thanks to the pantry reorganization), is in a bit of disarray, but I’m working towards the goal of getting my home improved. Improved, not perfect.
{ Assignment #8: Set a timer for a quick closet cleanout }
If you’ve been following along, or if you’re new to the January Cure, you’ll notice that by far a majority of the tasks are bite-sized chunks that make a direct and significant improvement to the form and function of my home.
{ Assignment #7: Quiet Observation }
This January Cure assignment comes after a weekend of improving the kitchen. It’s a two-part 10-minute exercise, and as such I’m going to make this a pithy post.
The objective is to sit quietly for 10-minutes in an area of your home that you are rarely in.
{ Assignment #5: Drawer Clearout }
When organizing is in bite-sized chunks we want to do more of it, says the Cure. And they’re right. Assignment #5 was to choose one drawer and clean it.
{ Assignment #4: The Outbox! }
The Outbox has helped me immensely with my behavior towards material goods, and has helped me with detachment. I need to detach from things. That’s for certain. Detaching from things is good for me, good for my relationship with my husband, good for our small home, and good to keep greed and consumerism at bay.
{ Assignment #3: Purge the Pantry }
I knew it was coming. Tuesday. I saw it on the January Cure calendar. I was excited and dreaded it at the same time. PANTRY day. This is one major trouble spot in my house. It looks worse than it is. The pantry is like a game of Jenga, items are not packed in but placed haphazardly throughout and tossed-in, and last week something presumably from the top came crashing down.