The 11th Minimize Minute

Challenge #11 Bug Be Gone

Pick something that bugs you every time you see it and resolve it.

How’d it go:

My goal with this challenge was to tackle a low-priority task that, while not critical, still bugs me every time I see it or use it. That was my only criteria, and honestly, as I looked around my home, I realized I could tackle one of these every single day and they’d still pile up. The wobbly stool, the squeaky door, the stained carpet, the dirty windows, the unpacked moving box, the unhung pictures, the loose pan handle, etc.

I decided it didn’t matter if the choice was based on the ease of the solution or the severity of the “bug”, but I ended up finding one that was both easy and had been creating a lot of mind clutter. In our sun room, which functions as my daily workout space and our craft, sewing, and jewelry-making room, there was one big box of miscellaneous stuff that needed to be gone through. I had moved it from place to place over the last year and every time I looked it, it bugged me.

I put it on the dining room table, and then gathered a garbage bag and a bin for whatever needed to be kept. Digging in, I found old mail, ancient file folders or odd paperwork, kid artwork, Christmas decorations, toys, Ange Days and Edge Riders materials, and a ton else. I sorted it, kept only what needed to be kept, put everything away that had a legit home, and then recycled the box.

It was a quick and satisfying chore. And, I had one less annoying thing to look at the next morning during my workout.

Now, if I could just kill one “bug” a day, that would be ideal.

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