My Lenten Commitment: 40 bags in 40 days

One of the things that I have recently spent lots of time thinking about is how much I would love to simplify and clean out clutter from my life.  So, for lent this year I have decided to do "40 bags in 40 days".  This is an idea that I actually learned about from another blog, and I love it!  Basically, what you do is clean out 40 bags of "stuff" that you don't use or have not used in the last year and probably have no intention of using again. Be brutally honest with yourself here...one room at at time, one bag at a time.  I am currently working on bag number 10 and it is amazing how great this is starting to feel!  The trick here is to try to put your hands on every item in whatever room you are working on before you move on to the next room.  At first this seemed like a huge undertaking and I really thought it would take forever, but if you remember this is about tossing and not getting overly involved in reorganizing it actually goes quite quickly...the reorganizing comes after the 40 days!  Goodwill, Vietnam Vets, Salvation Army and local shelters are more than happy to accept your items, all for a good cause.   More on my first room tomorrow.