Happy New Year, friends! We’ve had a tough few years and starting a new year is in the spirit for all of us. My wish is that you enter this year with a good mind and a peaceful heart. I pray for the same. My biggest goal for 2022 is to simplify my life… I mean really simplify. I want to simplify my routine, my things, and the noise that distracts me from living a truly meaningful life. This challenge will help us all get there, as we tear down our homes.
YEAR 11
This is our 11th challenge and I am very happy to be joining us. The 2022 Home Organization Challenge will be a little different this year. The focus will be slightly different and so will my approach to sharing. As I simplify my life, the changes I have made will make it easier for me to manage, as my schedule is very busy with running the household and my French Mercantile store.
Goal: My main goal for this challenge, is not just to help you organize, but to help you get rid of things in your house that you don’t use or need. I don’t want you to organize everything, just so you can take Instagram-worthy photos of colorful things you don’t need anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I love an organized home and I want your home to be organized. But we need to dig deeper into the challenge and ask ourselves why we have all these things that we keep reorganizing year after year. Do we use everything or do we stick to it “just in case”? Do we keep it because we spent a lot of money on it or because it belonged to a loved family member who died? Things do not define us or control our memories. They are just inanimate objects. An open and free space and a peaceful mind is the goal, not rows of princess-colored t-shirts or boxes of memories we’ll never use or see. When we remove the unnecessary, we make room for what really matters.
Process: This year, I am not posting weekly challenges on the blog. I’ve posted everything I could about my process, on the blog over the past 10 years, so there’s a lot of information and inspiration you can refer to. I will be sharing weekly inspiration and my journey on Instagram and in our Challenge group on Facebook. This will happen every Saturday on Facebook and often on Instagram.
Join the Challenge: You do not need to “register” to join the challenge. It depends diligently take part in the challenge, here’s what you can do.
- Print out the 2022 challenge kit and prepare for the challenge using the checklist I gave you.
- Buy the challenging guide, The Complete Book of Home Organization. It contains a challenge plan, all the steps to complete each challenge, tips, tricks, motivational pictures, and much more. Take it one step further and purchase a Home Improvement Collection Gift Set. It includes both The Complete Book of Home Organization AND The Complete Book of Hygiene.
- Complete 14 weekly challenges with us or at your own pace.
- Share your progress on social media, using the hashtag #abfolchallenge, and tagging @abowlfulloflemons in your posts.
- Follow @abowlfulloflemons on Instagram and Facebook, to follow my weekly posts.
- Join the challenge group on Facebook, to ask questions and see how everyone is doing during the challenge.
- To see more about some of the products I use to keep my house clean, click here.
I can’t wait to see the outcome of this brand new challenge and the impact it will have on your lives. Are you ready to declutter? Let’s do this! Our first challenge starts on 1/8. Enjoy the New Year and get some rest, before work starts next Saturday.
~Toni
2022 Home Organization Kit
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