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We did it! Jaida and I completed the 30 day Minimalism Game. I am shocked that I had that many things in my house that I no longer used but I most certainly did. Our home feels so good lately, you can’t really see the…
We are in the final week of our 30 day minimalism challenge. Jaida and I had another busy week going through all of our belongings and considering the value of each thing. Jaida spent most of her time still in her…
We are 8 days into our 30 day minimialism challenge. We’ve lost Blake along the way but Jaida and I are still going strong. Here is what happened. Blake has never been a collector of things. His room is usually under…
We are at it again. On my parental quest to declutter and bring space into our home, I decided to talk to the kids about the idea of doing the 30-Day Minimalism Game. I explained to them that it is a challenge where we…
One month without the kids toys, games, action figures, lego, books and craft materials (ie. clutter) has gone by very quickly. We moved all of their belongings into the shed to see what it would be like to live without…
Now it has been 3 weeks since we removed all of the toys and crafts and clutter from our home as part of a ClutterLESS Social Experiment There really hasn’t been any change in the kids’ attitude towards this experiment.…
It has been 2 weeks since we removed all of the toys and crafts and clutter from our home as part of a ClutterLESS Social Experiment Now it is time to check in with the kids on the 4 questions of the experiment to see…
It had been 12 days since we started Social Experiment #1 – where we removed all of the clutter and toys and crafts from our kids rooms. It was interesting to see what happened when some neighbourhood kids came over on…
Things are going really well. I still feel really good about our ClutterLESS Social Experiment – my toys and belongings have been removed from my room. I haven’t really missed anything yet. Here are my answers to the…
We removed all of the toys, games, collections and clutter from our kids rooms (Jaida is 10 and Blake is 8). They are thrilled, I am thrilled we all love having empty space. They have been finding other things to do,…
Blake has been really enjoying his time without his belongings. We wrote on the calendar the date that they kids can go through all of their boxes and pick what they want to keep. Blake wanted to move that date further…
It is possible to have fun decluttering with kids! Living with children can get cluttered. Kids love stuff. They want things and are constantly given things to bring home. It can be stressful to have so much stuff but…
Blake is 8 years old. He had a typical suburban bedroom with lego and cars and hexbugs and blocks living on the floor because the drawers were filled with other trinkety stuff. He often hurt himself stepping on little…
Decluttering – The New Drug OK, so obviously I have an issue with clutter. I’ve been trying to let the kids keep their rooms however they want as long as their stuff doesn’t enter into family space. That worked out for…
Whoa! My room is so clean. My mom spent 3.5 hours packing boxes full of my stuff while I was at school. I’m Jaida, I am 10 years old and I am doing the social experiment #1. It was my mom’s idea to try this…
Social Experiment # 1 – What would happen if we remove all toys and collectables from our house? Here is the idea. We are going to box up all of the toys, collections, books, art supplies, knick knacks, old school…