I taught a class last week in church on 'Simplifying'. Here is the flyer from that evening. Some of it will be self-explanatory but other items might need some explaining. But, I thought I'd put it here in case any of you could benefit from a few quick hints.
Simplify
If we want to have our homes in heaven, hereafter, we must have heaven in our homes here. Daryl Hoole
1. Simplify ……then Organize (3 bins; garbage, D.I., put-away, sell, return)
Do I love it?
Do I need it?
Do I want it?
Do I use it? (would something else do the job?) (scale from 1-10)
2. Paperwork; reduce first, simple planner, large familoy calendar, manila folders - labelled, 3-ring binders, binders for kids' schoolwork, tax sorter
3. Kitchen; reduce first (how many measuring cups do I need anyway) reduce gadgets, seasonal things in back or up high, keep only things you use, see-through containers, label everything, Ruffies (you don't need expensive garbage bags), clothes pins to seal bread/chips/cereal packages etc, plastic labelled water cups for kids, pizza cutter for pancakes, waffles etc., chore charts, Simplify Meals;
“To a great extent we are physically what we eat…….In most cases, the closer these can be (vegetables, fruits, and grains, particularly wheat) when eaten, to their most natural state -- without overrefinement and processing -- the healthier we will be. To a significant degree we are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth, and lacking the energy that could be ours because we overindulge in junk foods.” Pres. Benson
4. Closets; save favorites, modest, discard outdated or wrong sizes, neighbor who kept 5 sets of clothing for children
5. Laundry; 2 baskets for dirty (colored, whites). Fold as you take out; into labeled bins etc.
6. Kids; fewer toys, clothing, etc. (scale from 1-10), fewer ‘activities’ = less frantic parents/kids
Kids'; fill large box to donate to charity (give them $10.00 for doing so)
7. Cabinets; cleaning supplies- toxic, medicines etc. Clear out. Clean off countertops.
8. Books/Music; read (what to read), Lord’s library, sell, donate etc., A of F 13 – is it virtuous, lovely?
9. Healing (Scriptures, Prayer, Fasting, Temple Worship) “Let Go, Let God”
Feelings Buried Alive Never Die,
Dr. Fish (Healing the Inner Self – From Darkness into Light)
www.DrMFish.com10. Emotional Ties to ‘things’; take photos, ask for Lord’s help, free self from clutter, chaos, stress etc.
Let go of worldly things to put the Lord first -- preparedness; spiritual and temporal.
“Should the Lord decide at this time to cleanse the Church – and the need for that cleansing seems to be increasing – a famine in this land of one year’s duration could wipe out a large percentage of slothful members, including some ward and stake officers. Yet we cannot say we have not been warned”. -- Pres. Benson
“When we get into really hard times, where food is scarce or there is none at all, and so with clothing and shelter, money may be no good for there may be nothing to buy, and you cannot eat money, you cannot get enough of it to burn to keep warm, and you cannot wear it.” -- Pres. J. Reuben Clark
“By and by there will be a gulf between the righteous and the wicked so that they can not trade with each other, and national intercourse will cease…..are we not required to sustain ourselves and to manufacture that which we consume”. -- Brigham Young
“Lay up your stores, and take your fine silks and fine things, and exchange them for grain and such things as you need, and the time will come when we will be obliged to depend upon our own resources; for the time is not far distant when the curtain will be dropped between us and the United States. When that time comes, brethren and sisters, you will wish you can commenced sooner to make your own clothing. I tell you, God requires us to go into home manufacture; and prolong it as much as you like, you have got to do it.” -- Heber C. Kimball
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