Challenge Time: 40 Bags in 40 Days

In order for me to be successful in activities, whether it's cleaning house, doing errands or meal planning, I must have routines and very pointed goals. Even with those, I'm still really bad about getting things accomplished because I get distracted really easily. One way I attempt to make progress on the hard things is to find every challenge I can find in blogs and on social media. So far this year, I've already attempted 2 challenges with only a 50-60% success rate. Luckily, neither of them are done yet, so hopefully, I can catch up.

Anyway, in addition to various challenges, I use Lent and Advent to attempt to meet challenges and prepare for the upcoming celebrations. Today, I will share a Lent challenge I have tried a few times and am doing again this year.

 Lent, to me, is a time of renewal (just like spring), commitment, ..... and preparation. As part of lent, I like to get the house cleaner. After the winter of hibernating as much as possible and just not having motivation, the house needs  a lot of help. The challenge I use is "40 Bags in 40 Days".

40 Bags in 40 days means just getting rid of a bag of stuff out of the house each day for 40 days. I started March 1st and so far, just going around the house and gathering trash and pop cans has garnered my 3 bags. With 8 people, the house gets so trashed so I'm sure I'll have more bags before the challenge is over.

Ann Marie, of White House Black Shutters, started this challenge seven years ago and now has printables and groups to help us with the motivation. She has been a huge motivator to me even though I've never completed the challenge. Maybe this year will be the year.

Be sure to check out her blog post: http://www.whitehouseblackshutters.com/40-bags-in-40-days/ and learn from her like I did.

I will be posting updates periodically throughout the challenge.

Finally, I challenge you to declutter your house for Lent! Even though, we are three days into this, you can still do it. Start from now, do a little extra to catch up or even just do a couple bags a week. Anything is better than nothing. Comment  below if you are going to try this to prepare for Easter, and let's keep each other motivated.