10 Days to reclaim your home Days 5&6

Day 5 30th

Organising all the table paraphernalia . So today ( well tomorrow because I posted this so late) gather together ALL the stuff for the Christmas table. Anything you didn’t use this year decide if you want to keep it – if you hesitate half a second after you have asked the question, it needs to be gone. In the bin, in the charity shop, in the neighbours – who cares – just gone. With the stuff that is left, decide what goes back into the storage ( my case the loft) and what is general use. Clean and put away accordingly.

Was there anything missing this year that you wish had been on your table, ( the golden goose is already taken)? Put a note in November’s diary to make sure you beg, buy or borrow it for Christmas 2025.

Wish mine was this big.

Day 6 31st.

Two Jobs today.

1) Look in the decorations storage boxes and look at the decorations that you haven’t used. Does it bring you joy to have them? Are they “special” objects? If you have said “No” to these two questions – Let them go ( to misquote a rather famous song). Even sing it as you throw them into the “bin” or “give away” pile.

2) Timer on for 5 minutes only, and remove as many surface/stair/door/floor decorations as you can in that time. Once the timer goes – stop.