GO MONTH Bag Toss Challenge!
What a better way to start off the New Year and celebrate Get Organized (GO) Month than by shedding unused and unwanted items in your home, then passing them on to others who will use and love them. I call this The Bag Toss Challenge!
It’s simple and fun for the entire family. The challenge starts today and ends January 31 @ midnight. Let’s see who can fill and toss the most bags by midnight on January 31st. The winner gets a signed copy of my 
book ~ ‘Mom, Can I Help Around the House? A Simple Step-by-step System for Teaching Your Children Life-long Skills for Pitching in and Picking up’
Here’s how it works:
1. Grab a trash bag, grocery or shopping bag (size doesn’t matter ~ the action of doing this does). Make it even more fun and productive ~ get the whole family involved in the challenge. Have a contest between family members for a prize.
2. Purposefully roam your home, room-by-room, and fill the bag with unused /unwanted items that are just taking up space, not being used in your home that need a new home to be appreciated again. Criteria to consider:
- Outgrown (i.e., clothes, toys, textbooks, etc.)
- Broken
- Stained or torn
- Outdated or no longer relevant (i.e., magazines, newspaper, owner’s manuals for no longer owned items, etc.)
- Requires too much maintenance
- No longer loved or meaningful – you feel no emotion toward the item
- Was never loved or you never liked it
- No longer being used
- Duplicate item ~ you have more of the item than needed (i.e., unused kitchen utensils)
- Serves no useful purpose
- Too expensive to repair
3. Remove the filled bags from your home ~ this is the most important step. Here are several options:
- Take the bag to your favorite charity
- Give the bag(s) to a friend or neighbor
- Give the bag to your church or local clothing, household item drive
- Recycle the bag
- Dispose of the bag
It doesn’t matter which option you choose ~ the bag(s) leaving your home is what counts
After EACH bag you fill and toss, post a comment below with your tally. I’d love to hear how you feel as you lighten up and simplify your surroundings. You can do this in your office too!
The highest count at midnight January 31st wins a signed copy of my book ‘Mom, Can I Help Around the House?’
Originally posted 2009-01-12 13:05:18. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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