I’m all #minsgame-d out – for now!
The challenge
My husband and I ended up completing two rounds of the #minsgame at our place between August and October. We breezed through the August round and went, gung-ho, straight into another round. However, by mid-September, we gave other things priority and couldn’t keep up the pace. Plus, documenting all the decluttering was becoming a drag.

The garage, bookshelves in the office, wardrobe and misc. craft stuff were the main targets.
I hate leaving a challenge unfinished; it was playing on my mind, plus I had a few problem areas I still wanted to attack when I saw Brooke McAlary was doing the #minsgame in October. That settled it – I decided to pick up from where we’d left off. (If you haven’t heard of Brooke, you really must check out her blog and podcast).

The office, kitchen and garage feature again. A whole bag of receipts!
Mission accomplished – mostly
Early on, I set myself some goals for the #minsgame. I wanted to make the following activities around my home a non-event:
- finding baking ingredients in my pantry (accomplished)
- having someone to stay in the spare bedroom (accomplished)
- finding something to wear (getting there, although there’s still room for improvement)
- using my desk (repeatedly accomplished, but only fleetingly!).
The great thing is that, besides my desk, re-cluttering hasn’t been an issue. The space I created hasn’t been re-colonised with new clutter. This is my biggest success of all. I’m determined not to let sneaky Christmas clutter ruin my progress.
I am much more aware of clutter now, and much more inclined to simply deal with it. And, I haven’t missed a thing! I can’t think of a single thing I decluttered in the last 18 months that I regret parting ways with.
All my previous posts on the #minsgsame are archived under the tag #minsgame.
Have you played the #minsgame or attempted a big decluttering exercise? What did you learn? What lasting changes (if any) did you make?
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Jen@SavedbytheKale
November 10, 2016 at 12:53 pmI love Brooke McAlary’s Slow Home Podcast! I’ve been listening to her for several months now! I truly get such a high from decluttering and making my life simpler. The best part is seeing how I’ve realized I really don’t need all the “stuff” to be happy!
jenlast
November 10, 2016 at 12:58 pmAmy are you on Instagram?
Amy
November 10, 2016 at 5:28 pmNo, not yet.I find it a bit hard to keep up with social media!
jenlast
November 10, 2016 at 12:59 pmI love Brooke McAlary’s Slow Home Podcast! I’ve been listening to her for several months now! I truly get such a high from decluttering and making my life simpler. The best part is seeing how I’ve realized I really don’t need all the “stuff” to be happy!
MrsKirstyHoll
November 10, 2016 at 11:51 pmIve played this 🙂 its good. I tend to find i buy a lot less tat then i used to. Im also much better at getting rid of stuff normally.
Erin
November 22, 2016 at 3:47 amI love the idea of having goals for the challenge! Finding the baking ingredients is a great one – I feel like I’m forever trying to better organise my pantry for this same reason!
purpleslobinrecovery
December 8, 2016 at 2:21 amAmy, I’m so happy for your lessons learned, and progress! I feel like my desk is a lost cause! But, I keep after it!
Thanks for the follow!