I help busy moms who feel buried by “too much stuff” and “not enough time” create calmer homes with simple, realistic steps. No guilt, no perfection - just doable progress that brings peace back into your day.
💿 Be Kind. Rewind. Declutter.
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Hey Reader, Raise your hand if you still have a shelf, cabinet, or tote full of CDs and DVDs. 🙋♀️ Now let me ask you this… When was the last time you actually listened to a CD or watched a DVD? And by the way…do you even have something that still plays them? Before you start tossing everything, though, here’s the question I want you to ask yourself: Imagine all of your streaming services suddenly stopped working for a week... what DVDs would you actually pull out and watch? Those are the ones worth keeping. I’m never going to tell you to get rid of something you genuinely use. If you pop in your favorite Christmas movie every December, keep it. If your kids still watch a handful of movies in the car, keep those too. But if you have 300 DVDs, and being truly honest with yourself, you know you’d only ever watch 15 of them…why are you storing the other 285? The same goes for CDs. Maybe there’s one album that is your absolute favorite or that burned CD of mixed songs that takes you back in time (I still love my "roommate" CD of our favorite songs from freshman year of college!) Keep it! But if the rest haven’t been played in 10 years, they may just be taking up valuable space. This Week’s 5 ThingsFind any five items from your CD or DVD collection to let go of.
Five things. That’s it. Every little bit of space you reclaim makes your home a little easier to enjoy. See you next Friday, Nicole P.S. If you are one of the rare unicorns who doesn't have any DVDs or CDs left, tell me your story how and when you finally let go of them all, I'd love to hear from you! |
Nicole Rate
I help busy moms who feel buried by “too much stuff” and “not enough time” create calmer homes with simple, realistic steps. No guilt, no perfection - just doable progress that brings peace back into your day.
Hey Reader, We’re getting to that point in summer where you probably have a pretty good idea of which shoes you’ve actually worn all season. Those flip-flops you wore into the ground? The gardening shoes that are completely worn out? The sandals you bought but somehow never wear? They’re giving you some pretty useful information. And here’s another one: If you work from home, are there still shoes in the back of your closet that you used to wear to the office? Maybe you used to wear heels...
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