3 New Books!!
Anna
Makeover, Help! Around the House, and the Encyclopedia of
Cleaning.....all by Don Aslett. I am SO in the mood to de-clutter.
I've gotten better from the past, but I tend to go back and forth from
cleaned to cluttered.
I have a 2 year old and a 5 month old, so it's not the easiest to
de-clutter during the day, but every little bit helps. I'm the inside
clutterer and my husband is the outside clutterer. I don't want our
kids to pick up our bad habits of clutter, so I NEED to get this under
control. I didn't get this bad habit from my mother - as she is
someone I look up to as far as cleanliness and uncluttered goes. I
hope to have as nice and clean of a home that I grew up in.
I get overwhelmed when the house is a mess, and it only gets messier
from there. That's when I read my Don Aslett books. They motivate me
the best. Hopefully these books will help me pull myself the rest of
the way towards clutter-free. I really want to be clutter free - just
am having a hard time actually doing it.
Anyway, I'm excited for this group and can't wait to post and read
more.
Don Aslett/Marsh Creek Press
I hope you find your new books helpful in curbing that cluttered
behavior. I'm positive that you have the strength to conquer your
fluctuating filth and get clean once and for all.
In addition, it is outstanding that you are trying so hard to impart
good cleaning behavior in your children, as they are the next
generation of cleaners and we need them to keep this world a clean and
beautiful place to live.
Thank you for joining our little group here and I look forward to your
active participation in it. Oh, and don't forget to tell your friends
about us!
Good Cleaning!
Don
joycoach
info about waiting too long to thin the plants. You said, "if you
waited too long to thin, it was too late."
This caused me to think that since it's taking me so long, and I'm
halfway through my lifetime, that I'll never reap full rewards from
de-cluttering. Could you clarify your perspective on the benefits to
be had even if you're still struggling, yet not completely overcoming
the clutter problem? I feel like people, with their infinite
potentials, will be forever better for continually working on the
problem even if they don't overcome it before they die, than just
giving in to the mess.
Thanks,
Shannon
Anna
share my opinion until he can reply. :)
I don't think he's saying that since someone has waited too long to
de-clutter, then it's too late to make a difference. I think it's more
along the lines of this - let's say you're 40 and have been cluttered
your whole life. It's too late to take back what you could have had
(from being de-cluttered) at that point. You can't change the past.
But there is always the future. Farmer and gardeners plant their
plants again the next year and learn from the past. They thin them out
while they can.
So it's too late to change what's happened, but never too late to learn
from the mistake in the future.
Don Aslett/Marsh Creek Press
Exactly! Anna is correct in her interpretation. It is most certainly
NEVER too late to begin to reap the rewards of living a clutter free
lifestyle. The truth is that whether you are 5, or 95 your life only
stands to improve by getting rid of the mental and physical clutter
that holds us back beginning with the very first item you junk. So
please don't get discouraged as if there were no light at the end of
the tunnel because as you continue to read and begin to implement the
advice into your own life you will immediately begin to feel the
blessings of cleanliness overcome you, and all doubt begin to leave
your soul. As long as you continue to fight the good fight you will
never be "giving in to the mess!"
Don