Minimalist Monday (1)

(I realize it's Thursday)

Why minimalism?
Very honestly I am not sure what attracts me to this way of thinking. I suppose I like the feeling I get whenever I have gotten rid of the old and that general sense of less clutter.

I suppose I also realize that moving is always been handled better with less 'stuff'.

Not to mention kids need not be so dependent on their things so much as their relationships.

Therefore, I started in the kids rooms. And it went well.

Wesson's was first and will be the easiest of all my rooms because his is relatively less pact. We came out with a trash bag of toys and a medium sized box of books.

I had them narrow down the stuff that was multiple by half. We had 8 'trucks' and we now have four.
Really though, did we need more then one??

Shawn was surprisingly willing to give up his extra stuff. He did give me a hard time about stuffed animals and my heart didn't let me fight that one. He got to keep all of 'em.

I got half a trash bag out of his as well as random storage boxes and a dry erase board. Suddenly those toys he never played with are rediscovered.  
Go figure!
I suppose my goals with all of this is to be able to better manage our 'stuff'.
To not feel overwhelmed with a mess.
To actually USE the stuff we still have.
To put more value into relationship with people instead of things.

I have pictures and have decided to post them at a latter time so that I have a good collection of "before" and "after".

Stay tuned.