March 2011 Challenge of the Month: Give It Up
March 1, 2011 | Filed in: Challenge of the Month

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This month’s challenge is all about uncluttering your life.  It’s good for just about every part of you, including your soul.

My challenge to you this month is based on the concept of 40 Bags in 40 Days.  The idea is that, during Lent, you will get rid of 40 bags of clutter, trash, stuff you’re not using, etc, one day at a time.

I’m not sure who started this, but I know it made the rounds last year on lots of blogs.  We’re going to start it a little early and only do it for 31 days. 

I’m not even asking for a bag per day.  You can toss one item per day.  It just has to be one item that you normally wouldn’t have tossed (you know, regular trash and such doesn’t count.) 

I want you to start clearing out your clutter, because studies have shown that it can affect you in so many ways:  physically, mentally, socially.

So GIVE IT UP!

The Rules:

1.  Leave your comment on this post to announce your intent to commit to the challenge.  If you can’t commit to this one, don’t worry – there are 9 more coming!

2.  If you have a blog, it would be great if you could do a weekly summary of what you did for the challenge.

3.  If you don’t have a blog, I would love to receive a weekly summary via email of what you did for the challenge.  OR, you can always do a guest post for me (meaning you write it and I post it here) about what you did.

4.  On March 31, I will enter all of the participant names into a drawing.  The winner receives:

  • One (1) $25.00 gift certificate to Amazon.com AND
  • Gets to choose a charity to which I will donate $25 in her/his name.

Okay?

Ready, set, GO!

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  • Tyly

    This is right up my alley! I’m so anti clutter!

  • munchesmom

    I am SO in on this one! I did the 40 Bags in 40 Days last year & it’s amazing how much we STILL have in our home!

  • Kim (Russell) Davison

    I’m in! I just got married and need to make more room for my guy, so this is perfect timing!! :)

  • http://theradioactivegan.blogspot.com radioactivegan

    Oh, I desperately need to declutter my wardrobe. This is perfect timing for me!

  • http://www.imanokie.com Lisa @ I’m an Okie

    This is exactly up my alley! I’m in! :)

  • http://www.thrive-style.com Lisakthrives

    Ok, I’m totally in on this one. I need to do it. Now I have to go figure out what to pitch today….hmmmmmm.

  • http://absolutlyfit.blogspot.com Laura

    I can’t commit to this one since I will only be home for six days in March (and many of those are getting in late evening and leaving early morning). However, there’s a book that may help you all that I read a few months ago: http://www.amazon.com/Throw-Out-Fifty-Things-Clutter/dp/044650579X

  • http://www.houndsinthekitchen.com Rachel Tayse

    I’m in! We may be moving and I *need* to de-clutter. As luck would have it I started the challenge before I even knew it was happening and took a box of donations to the thrift store today. I would be happy to guest post next week if you want.

    • http://www.facebook.com/ruthhill74 Ruth Mayer Hill

      This will go along with my 52 weeks of organizing challenge. Consider me in!

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