So, I’ve kind of left you all hanging the past few days regarding our current focus in the house, but we’ll get back to it, I promise. Right now, I’m busy cutting out snowflakes and making sugar cookies and generally going overboard for my daughter’s first birthday. And who’s to blame me?
But I will share a bit of inspiration I found today. It’s the concept of the “out-box” (found in an August 2006 edition of Real Simple).
If you have difficulty letting go of household items, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan suggests creating what he calls an “out-box,” a bin that acts as a kind of halfway house for things you’re considering getting rid of.
Many of us become paralyzed when faced with the chore of editing our belongings and end up doing nothing. The out-box lets you begin to clear the clutter without a commitment. Once an item sits in the box for a week, it usually becomes easier to part with.
‘It allows you to figure out if you really need something,’ Gillingham-Ryan says, ‘without the anxiety of an immediate decision.’
Stumble it!
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