Clutter Busting Challenge January 2017

This month marks 6 years of my project of purging unneeded possessions from my home in a larger volume. I started with purging 7 things per day for multiple months, moved onto multiple rounds of 40 bags in 40 days for a couple years, played the minimalist game for 2 years, and purged 2015 items in 2015 and 2016 items in 2016. My goal this year will be to purge 365 things by the end of the year. I don't have as much stuff anymore, 365 items feels like it will be a challenge for me at this point in my rational minimalist journey. I'm comfortable with the amount of stuff that I own. I have limited the amount of things I have brought into my home over these 6 years. I estimate I have purchased 5-10 items each year beside food, kitchen disposables, toiletries, and heath and beauty aide type items.

We will probably be buying more stuff over the next year that we have in 6 years combined. My husband and I are celebrating our 25th Anniversary in June with a vow renewal and a 3 week trip in the camper we bought in November. We are renovating an old 1984 Prowler camper, buying stuff to repair and furnish it, preparing for the long trip, along with buying stuff for our big day.  It will be a challenge to not purchase too much stuff but we are confident we can do it. We will be on the lookout for things around the house that we can use in the camper too. We plan to stock it to be able to go anytime with out much notice or extra packing. I'll share more on the camper later.


My purge pile for January:

I'm purging 28 items.