Super Fling Boogie...

For those of you that are not familiar with this term, it is a FLYism, from the FlyLady herself. Each year FlyBabies around the world dig into their deepest clutter spots and FLING their unwanted STUFF. When we are done, we go to www.flylady.net to post how many pounds we have taken out of our homes. I have not had the honor of participating this year, but have in the past. And boy is it FUN! Not to mention, liberating!

Anyway, FlyLady sent out an email yesterday that got me to thinking. She says that in June 2002, there was a membership of around 80,000. Those 80,000 members decluttered over 3MILLION POUNDS out of their homes and lives...in only 2 weeks. What an amazing feat! I am proud to say that I was one of them!

This year's Super Fling Boogie has lasted 4 weeks, and there are now around 518,000 FlyBabies. In the past 4 weeks, only 639,000 pounds have been posted to the meter. She sounded so discouraged by this. But, I don't think she should be! The reason I haven't participated this year? I don't have any visible clutter left! Until I started writting this, I didn't "see" the clutter that still needs to be dealt with. As soon as things become unuseful/unloved/broken, I go ahead and fling it! I no longer stick it in a closet, thinking that I will use it later, or that I can fix it. The fact that the clutter meter doesn't go up as much as in the past is a testament to FlyLady and her teachings! I have NO VISIBLE CLUTTER!

I know there are still a few spots in my house that need to be gone through (all closet/storage areas). And I'm sure I will get to them eventually. Right now I am trying to focus on the visible aspects of my home. What people see when they walk in the door. And I have to tell ya...things are looking pretty darn good! I happen to have a LOT of storage space in this house, and more closets than any woman has a right to (LOL), and a few of them are full of things that have been there since we moved in. Some of these spaces contain totes that I just threw the contents of drawers, etc. in when we were moving, thinking to myself that I would go through it at the new house. We've now been in the "new" house for 2 years. And I haven't thought much about these things because I haven't needed them. And the fact that I haven't decluttered this stuff is only because I don't think about needing to, because I no longer have to hunt for storage space for the junk I used to store. I am sure that there are many FlyBabies out there that have this same problem.

Marla, it's not that we don't concider decluttering a priority anymore. It's the fact that you have gotten us to a place in our lives/homes that we don't think about the older stuff that has been stored. They are in closets and storage areas that we no longer NEED, so we don't go in them anymore to realize that they need decluttering too!

So FlyBabies, we have been challenged by the Decluttering Queen herself! She wants us to find, declutter, and post 10 pounds each today. Find a storage area that you have "forgotten" about and work on decluttering it!

My home is no where near perfect. I don't WANT it to be. But it has become so much more manageable! Writting this has given me the motivation to start working on at least ONE of my extra closets/storage areas each week until I can honestly say I HAVE NO CLUTTER TO FLING! LOL