NEW YEARS RESOLUTION #1
get all the holiday décor dealt with before February.
New Years Day. What does it mean to you? For me, it means cleaning and organizing. Putting away all the holiday décor and getting my house back in order. And for some reason that task seems to get harder and harder each year.
My goal is simple: get my home to a Christmas-decoration-free zone. Inevitably as I started going through things, I get side tracked and unmotivated. This year it occurred to me ‘why don’t I eliminate some of this holiday clutter and donate it to Goodwill’. BRILLANT!
Imagine being able to just load up your holiday stuff into your car, and not dealing with the organizing / reorganizing! Then, next year head to your local Goodwill store and load up on new holiday decorations. Seriously…I might be on to something here!
3 EASY STEPS
Here are some tips when considering eliminating your holiday clutter:
1. Before you start undoing all of your beautifully staged holiday decor, go through the storage totes and consider what you didn't use. Do you really NEED those things? Can they be donated? 2. Then, as you put things away, think about it's meaning. Of course you don't want to donate those sentimental ornament that your daughter made for you in 3rd grade, so before you repack your ornaments, have 2 piles "keep" and "donate". Put things in the 'donate' pile that you may not like, you haven't used or simply want to replace next year.
3. Keep a list of those things you've decided to completely replace next year. Nothing could be worse than next December, getting all into the holiday spirit and decorating and realizing you donated all of your garland and lights. ...and when next year comes, remember to start your holiday decor shopping at your local Goodwill store. You will be surprised what you find!
To find a list of Goodwill stores close to you, click HERE.
Stay tuned for other New Year's Resolution tips!
