Today I spent the morning with Belle and Missy at Belle’s place. She is doing a big purge of 28 years worth of ‘stuff’. Most was achieved yesterday but we did help with a few things today. She has come to the realisation that she cannot hang onto every single ornament, photo etc that she has so the time has come to be a bit ruthless.
Belle is finding that she now has not only has her own things accumulating but also the girls’ stuff. One item which prompted some discussion today was the childrens’ artwork from daycare. What do you keep and what do you toss? Do you let the artist see the disposal? Challenging questions and I would love some feedback on this conundrum.
I understand the struggle to offload ‘things’ only too well and am still waging a battle with various piles of stuff in my spare room.
I think that the most important thing is that once you have decluttered not to simply refill the space with other stuff.
I will never truly live a minimalist lifestyle but I do aspire to have an uncluttered, orderly house that contains only things that I actually use. Aahhh, one day!!
My motto is, “Live simply so that others may simply live”.
organised castle 
Fairy as you know I am only just now sorting all of DS photos and artwork and he will be 18 in October. Time has been my biggest enemy so my advice is to determine a plan and start early. Make it a once a year thing. Haven’t got to the artwork yet but I have purchased a large A5 display folder at Officeworks to keep the best in. I am also going to scan them or photograph them if they are too big for the scanner and make a disc of them to add to the photos.
Fairy – as far as artwork goes, I have a friend who encourages her little ones to wrap gifts to Grandma’s and Grandpa’s in their artwork – they are just so proud to have their own original art wrapping up the gift, but also Grandma/Grandpa also get an extra special gift!