Testimonials

I was not prepared for the emotional relief that would come from decluttering. I had no idea how much brain space the stress associated with clutter took up. I feel like I have more hours in the day and more energy now that I’m finally free.

There are several blessings of this process that I’d like to share.
1. I have a clean house. Everything has an assigned space. And it takes two minutes to put it all back. My pile of weekly papers I go through on Fridays and it’s dealt with. No carrying over to the next week.
2. In clearing out some of my closets, boxes, Christmas decor, etc. I was able to bless others. I gave away items that didn’t mean much to me but became a treasure to someone else. Families who had multiple children were thrilled to receive “hand me ups” from my kids. A young married couple with two littles loved that I gave their sons a Christmas stuffed animal each; they felt so loved. Even strangers on my local neighborhood Facebook page were so grateful the deep discounted prices on items I was listing on items they were saving up for. One lady lost her husband a year ago and I gave her something that reminded me of him. She was beyond moved. Not only at what it represented but that she knew I loved her and thought of her during this difficult time.
3. My family is happier. I’ve always believed that your home should be the resort oasis you want to come to every day. It’s no fun for the family to be nagged to do all the chores/cleaning all the time. Yes, there are the weekly responsibilities that we do every Thursday (so we don’t spend our weekend together cleaning) but our home seems so much more tidy that there is a weight limed. (See the vision of opening a closet door and all the stuff come piling down. No one wants to go to the game closet to get the games).
4. I no longer have the excuse “I have to clean my house” and I’m at the gym 3 days a week with the neighbor. Yesterday at our Sunday Bible Class, one lady shared that the week following the Clutter Free event the storage rafters in her garage collapsed on top of their car. (This was a sign!! Lol!) luckily the insurance paid for the car, and now they are motivated to be clutter free. And then she brought in a case of extra dishes to share with anyone in the class who could use them. (That spirit of generosity again!) Then a lady at my table said “I pay for a storage unit every month for all my stuff.” And I was able to gently present the question, “I wonder how many people you could love on with that money, in the name of Jesus?” Which was what we were talking about in our class based on Frances Chan’s book Crazy Love. It paused her to wonder. Now I can easily find My Husband is a Hottie tshirt to wear on Valentine’s Day.
I just wanted to say Thank You. Thank you for inspiration to change families one closet at a time, family dinner time with your meal planning, marriages with encouragement to pray and to have fun with your spouse. Thank you for your humor, your big laugh and your authenticity about your life journey. You are being all God made you to be and it gives freedom to women to do the same in a world that is so critical of us as a gender, especially in the Christian world (go figure!).