{"id":1155,"date":"2019-01-08T20:40:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T01:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momlifehappylife.com\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2019-01-08T21:19:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T02:19:39","slug":"5-step-system-to-decluttering-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momlifehappylife.com\/5-step-system-to-decluttering-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Step System to Decluttering Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Are you feeling stressed? Or overwhelmed? Or just like you’re trying to survive every day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And even more so now that you’re a mom? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I used to have it all together before kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why now am I constantly feeling a sense of anxiety? Is it the kids? Did it get worse going from two to three kids? What is going on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I finally figured it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s not the kids. Yes, they are a lot of work, but they are also a lot of joy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s the stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My battle wasn’t trying to control my kids, it was trying to control the clutter. The mess. The dishes. The laundry. The million little toys, stuffed animals and plastic cups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was a mess because my house was a mess.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I took it out on my kids. Because I couldn’t yell at the cups to go wash themselves, I would yell at the kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would feel frustrated, overwhelmed and just unhappy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All the stuff was suffocating my motherhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it finally clicked that I wasn’t mad at my kids, but mad at all the cleaning I had to do, the stuff had to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baby number three changed everything. Hubby and I were now outnumbered, so we had to put in place systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’re both Industrial Engineers and thought, heck, if these systems work for Fortune 100 companies,<\/strong> I bet they can work for a family of five too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n