![]() ![]() Homeless shelters, women’s shelters or teens in your life may love to have these and FULLY USE them! Don’t let them waste away until they’re no good, pass them on to someone who will appreciate them. If you cannot *realistically* use them in the next three months, pass them on to someone who can. And that is okay!! Part with these things now and free up bathroom space and mental space! It happens to ALL of us! And to complicate things more, as our hormones change over time, products that worked in the past (or work well for others) simply don’t work for us. Ditch the guilt! We all buy things that just don’t work for our skin and hair.*Remember: keeping it isn’t going to cause you to start using it, you’re just delaying the decision and will have to handle it again in the future. Also, use this as an opportunity to discard anything that is expired or that you don’t like using. Create groups for lotions, skin products, hair products, makeup, first aid products, and medicines. Pull everything out and group “like items with like items”.Clutter causes our brain to release stress hormones… that isn’t a great way to start or finish the day! Rather, have a clean slate where you can easily see what you’re using and put it away again quickly. At first, this may feel weird and bare, but after you adjust, I think you’ll find that you love how it feels. Not quite sure where to start? Here are a few ideas: Where do I start with simplifying my bathroom? They are also very reasonably priced, you can find them HERE on Amazon (they make great birthday and Christmas gifts!). They are perfect for all ages and never get moldy! They are easy to drain the water from and dry out quickly. We’ve also added these tub toys from Green Toys to the collection. Through careful observation, I’ve learned that the kids rarely need more than bubbles and a few cups to keep themselves occupied! ![]() We use them once…don’t love them…hardly use them…and yet they take up permanent residence.Īlong those lines, we’ve also simplified the tub toys that we keep. We carry this same philosophy into our shower storage: only keep things that we actually use. It seems simple, but it always amazes me how things accumulate in there. Life is full enough, we don’t need all of our drawers and cabinets to be overfull too. (And having all of my make up actually fit in that bag is weirder yet!)īut it also feels really, really good. At first, this felt VERY strange!! Opening a drawing that only holds my make-up bag feels weird. If you take a look inside our drawers you’ll find that they’re only 1/3 to half full. Rather, the products just wasted away until they expired or the cabinet got so full I couldn’t stand it anymore! This way, things don’t get lost at the back of the cabinet only to be found again once they’ve expired!Īnd our rule is that we only keep things that we ACTUALLY USE! In the past I was guilty of keeping hair and bath products that I didn’t really like, hoping that someday I would try them again and love them. It is nice, too, that you can pull the whole bin out when you need something. They are sturdy and the straight sides allow things to stand up nicely. I like that they are clear so it is easy to see what’s inside. It’s easy to see what we have and to move things around.Īnd while I usually try to make it work by organizing with dollar store bins, I did invest in acrylic bins for this space. Again, this took a little getting used to, but now I really like that our cabinet isn’t stuffed full. The best part? We’ve never had an instance where someone didn’t have a towel! Yes, it means we do more laundry more often, but it also means we rarely have huge piles of laundry to do… it’s almost physically impossible!Īnd, as you can imagine, we also have the same number(ish) of washcloths in our bathroom. Here is how I arrived at that for our family of 6:Ģ towels per adult + 1 towel per child = 8 bath towels This is probably one of the questions that I get asked the most! So let me tell you: ![]() Or watch this video on YouTube here! How many towels do you have? ![]()
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