40 Bags in 40 Days: Days 18, 19, 20 and 21

Yup.  You've probably noticed that I seem to be compressing more and more into each blog post.  I'll admit that I haven't been working on this project every single day, but I am still determined to do (at least!) 40 days total, and I'm already more than halfway there, so I really think I can see this through.

Days 18, 19 and 20 were all the same thing, which means that it actually makes sense to put them all in one blog post!  So there.  I have a VAST backlog of digital photographs on my computer that not only need extensive weeding (do I really need that blurry picture of my cats when there are four THOUSAND better ones??) but also need to be much better organized.  As I was going through them, I noticed that groups of pictures from various times in my life and places I've lived were all scattered throughout the big "My Pictures" file.  Even just creating meta-folders for "Life in Boston," "Life in Hawai'i" and "Life in Washington" made for a much more streamlined and less overwhelming collection.  There are some folders, obviously, that can stand alone, but that was a good place to start.  And because I only really have small windows of time when I can do any of this stuff (thank you, 6-month-old baby whose naps are a complete mystery right now) I just kept with it for a few days straight.  Momentum is a good thing.

Day 21, I undertook the small but satisfying job of decluttering the hall closet.  I tidied and came away with two bags to donate - scarves and hats I no longer wear, plus a nice suit jacket (doesn't fit anymore and the matching slacks are long gone), as well as three pairs of shoes.  I also hung up three baby carriers that had been living on the backs of chairs in the dining room.  Quick, but worth it!

Cluttered hall closet

         

Clean hall closet

                

Two bags to Goodwill!