Do you have any scary drawers? You know, the ones so loaded with junk you wouldn’t even venture to stick your hand too far in there because you’re really not sure what you might touch?
We have several of those, but I decided to start small — I focused on the two drawers in our “game cupboard.” Our junk cupboard, really, if you went by these…
BEFORE:
A few years ago, in another place (in a galaxy far, far away), my two youngest children discovered these drawers and decided their purpose in life was to empty them of all their contents and strew the items to the farthest reaches of our home. At first I attempted to clean up after them and reorganize. But after several repeat performances, I gave up and just threw things back into the drawers, willy-nilly.
Funny, it wasn’t quite so much for them to empty them out after that.
I started by dumping all of the contents from the two drawers into a container.
I then went through every. little. piece.
I put together puzzles to check for missing pieces. 
I counted out every deck of cards to make sure you could still play 52-card pickup. I redistributed items to better homes. I threw away senseless junk, recycling when possible. (The Hubs is “supervising.”)
Three hours later, the fruits of my labor.
AFTER:
Almost immediately, a card-game marathon commenced: Go Fish; Old Maid; Crazy Eights. Good times.
Shirts are optional. Picking up? No longer.
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Isn't that the best feeling ever? To be all organized? Ah, so great.
Well congrats for you. And looks like you had fun playing those games also.
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Nice work! And I agree, just doing bits and pieces here and there is a GREAT way to accomplish decluttering tasks without getting burnt out or overwhelmed. I only did one drawer this week, and while it was a relatively small project it will have a big impact on my day to day life. Keep it up!
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I am impressed! I like that you can start small. Sometimes it's overwhelming to take on a whole room. And how fun that your kids suddenly wanted to play with this stuff!
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