467: No Buy July
Part 2
With Tonya Kubo
Kathi is back with Tonya Kubo filling us in on the rest of the details for No Buy July! What do WWII and July 2021 have in common? Find out next month in Clutter Free Academy as we engage in a project called “No Buy July” together. Listen in to Part 2 to find out what the rules are and what kind of results may be possible for you, including:
- Getting rid of excess
- Being creative
- Finding out we are more capable than we think we are
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Let author Kathi Lipp (who once lived a life buried in clutter) walk you through each room of your house to create organizational zones that are not only functional and practical but create places of peace that reflect your personality. Kathi will help you tackle the four-step process of dedicate, decide, declutter and “do-your-thing” to reveal the home you’ve always dreamed of, and then transform it into a haven that reflects who you truly are meant to be.
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I’m joining in for no buy July. I’ve earmarked expenditures for our granddaughter’s birthday and a baby shower I’m hosting at month’s end. We are also having 2 neighborhood couples for dinner this coming week. Birthday gift purchased and delivered and picked up some darling party supplies in clearance at a local craft store last month. Since I’m not on Facebook I wanted to share ideas here to make it more fun for me if that’s alright and am also wondering if there will be an accumulated list of others ideas anywhere other than on Facebook. For the record, I don’t actually struggle with clutter too much because I’m a bit of a neat freak and organizing is in my DNA. But I find your podcast always helpful and enjoyable and listen every week. And I was brought up on “wear it out, use it up, do without” and “sides to middle-ing bed sheets”. Since COVID I’ve enjoyed really use my brain to come up with resources and creative ways to stretch instead of spend. I had a large fabric stash from decades of sewing and because my late mother in law was also a seamstress. Oddly I found that fabric yardage has been very scarce when trying to source material during the pandemic so I ended up using most of what I already had and tried some patterns never used, plus taught myself through You tube and sewing blogs to self draft patterns from well fitting items in my own closet.they weren’t necessarily fabrics I would have liked but worked fine for a pattern muslin (a practice fit of a new pattern) . I had developed hives and couldn’t wear anything touching my waist so I needed loose dresses to wear, hence the sewing frenzy. my tip this week Is that I always give myself a mani pedi when the new month rolls over and 2 of the nail polishes I got on line during the pandemic were not great on me, one being more bright orange than I like and the other more dull neutral that made my skin look ugh. Since they’re both the same brand I mixed them to come up with a lovely peachy shade that looks good with my skin tone. No spend, less clutter, win win.