My dear friend abroad, Marcia, the Organising Queen is getting ready to launch her declutter challenge for the month of August.

This is a great motivator to get your spaces organized (or organised, if you are Marcia) plus, it's a lot of fun. With summer coming very quickly to a close, the kids are getting amped up for school to start... why not declutter your life?

For me, this is a great time to take stock and see what I can to to simplify my life!

In the DeClutter Challenge, the object is to declutter one thing each day for the entire month, but you can go here to see all the rules.

We are getting ready for another camping trip followed  by the "car rally" (I will be sharing about that later... my big weekend away with grown ups... how exciting for me), but I can guarantee that as soon as I get back, I will be right on board with decluttering and the challenge! Here are just a few things that I am planning on getting done:

1. Sorting through our items in storage to see if I can get rid of some of those things.
2. Getting rid of all broken toys before school starts.
3. Clean out my business files and sort through some research items.
4. (I know Marcia that this should be #1) Get my vision board done.

Here is what I like about this type of challenge... first, you can make a big job seem small by breaking it down into 31 little parts. Secondly, you don't have to do it everyday, but just by thinking about it and making small steps you are decluttering your life and making it better. Thirdly, it's just fun to see what we all see as "clutter."

There will be lots of sharing and prizes (if you like the freebie's) so jump in to the fun! What is your most challenging space?