So, summer is here and I have a desire to clean out, purge and streamline the house. In my imaginary world, there are hours and hours that I can spend on this project, but in my real world, I have about 10 minutes between sending the kids off to camp and sitting down to work with my first client of the day.

So, rather than tackling this all at once, I made a goal of cleaning out and getting rid of 2 bags of unwanted items each week. If I'm in my closet and I see a sweater or pair of pants I am ready to part with, I put it in the bag. When I am looking for a story to read my daughter and see a book we havn't ever read and never will, I throw it in the bag. Believe me, I get my two bags filled pronto!

And the kids are helping too. If you have children you know that they collect lots and lots of very tiny little things and then wrap them carefully in other tiny things and put them in places where they are never thought of again until they are found and cannot be thrown out because (who knew?) they absolutely "adore" that particular item that they havn't looked at since the summer of 2005. Oy! Give them some incentive. I pay my 5-year old $1 per bag. Believe me, she is working!

Often we tell ourselves that it is best to wait until we can do the whole job, but when will we ever have that kind of time? If you are like me, never. But I do have many small windows of time that can be utilized for outstanding results!