Comments on: The Best Housecleaning Tip

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:03:00 +0000

ugh! but i wish it wasn’t so hard to do…..;)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:58:04 +0000

Sounds silly, but I sometimes felt guilty about dropping off my questionably useful stuff at Goodwill. I started shopping there, and feel that I’ve “completed the cycle,”, so to speak.

By: Pam T.

Pam T. — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:22:07 +0000

Agree with the posts on clutter but sometimes (often) have a hard time parting with my things. To make it easier on me I have a donation box for AmVets always in process. That way anything I put in the box stays in the house for about a month until the next pick-up. Very seldom have I taken something out of the box during that month and the giving away seems to be much easier on me. As for the DH he has no problem giving things away but it is usually something of mine!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:57:52 +0000

So true! Today I finally “bit the bullet” and gave away the excesses in my cupboard #1. It was such a freeing moment which can occur only when we let go of the stuff that has bound us in its slavery for so long. I am hoping to reduce even more *stuff* from my house as I am back to my home keeping mode.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:20:54 +0000

Awesome quote and so very true. Decluttering seems to be ongoing at our house, but I figure that we’ll get there at some point and progress is being made!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:53:06 +0000

My best recommendation would be to pray about it. Take your desire before the Lord and you will be amazed to see how He can graciously change your husband’s heart. Secondly, don’t nag him. It will not bring about any good fruit. Lead by your example of not holding on to things too tightly and see what happens.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:14:29 +0000

I agree completely! Now, how do you get your husband to let go of things? My husband has hundreds of old, dusty books and they are taking over our basement! He says he doesn’t have much stuff to get rid of, I completely disagree. I can always do more de-cluttering myself, and I am. My dh just hates to get rid of anything.
HELP!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:12:15 +0000

We are in the process of waiting on the arrival of our third precious gift from God and a few months ago I began the process of ridding our home of extra stuff. I have been sick with this sweet baby, so I feel discouraged to be half way through the process and only making small steps. But I know that we are headed in the right direction. I also love finding a new home for our things, it is so much fun to pass on things to others in need, when God has blessed us so richly! Thank you for this encouraging post, it gives me much needed incentive to keep persevering!

By: Marcy

Marcy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:31:46 +0000

My fiance and I just went through our three spare rooms and threw away / recycled / donated everything we could. I have pack-rat tendencies (I might need that for something some day…) so I had to be ruthless and we are down to one little file box of junk. It is so liberating. We regained so much space! If I do end up missing any of the things we tossed and have to go out and buy something, the money will be worth it not have had it taking up space all this time!

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:16:07 +0000

Lindsay,

Thank you so much for sharing this! My husband and I were both raised to be frugal, but sometimes I think that habit can lead to hoarding more things than we actually need, “because we might need it someday.” I definitely believe in reusing and recycling, but there comes a time when it’s time to pass extra stuff on to someone else who has need of it right now – not at some hypothetical future point! You’ve inspired me to clean out our closet and start setting things aside for donation to Goodwill. I read your blog faithfully and feel so encouraged by your thoughts – thanks!!