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Where does it all come from? All the random stuff which has accumulated in the house over the past 5 years? When we moved in it was lovely, all minimalist, hardly anything at all. And then, in what seemed like the blink of an eye, there was clutter and junk everywhere!!!!

So I have been on a mission to clear out and streamline our lives, in part so I can enjoy a lovely new workspace (instead of sitting working part time at the kitchen table, and part time on the sofa).

The entrepreneur in me went for a money-making approach. Either money for charity or money towards more random clutter at Christmas. So there were three groups; “hardly used so sell”, “good enough for charity shop” and “only good for the bin”.

So far I have made £100 on Ebay from good quality clothes and toys which we weren’t using. This is extremely satisfying and a welcome addition to the present fund (adverts with baby or Barbie toys should be banned in my opinion).

It’s been harder work than I thought though. At first I was enthusiastic. But now I am only about half way through all the stuff I need to stick online, and after eight hours solid in front of the computer doing my day to day as a working mother, I don’t often feel like a further hour posting stuff up whilst simultaneously trying to do the ‘letter learning’ with baba whilst coaxing her into bed. And the parcel-packing. There have been evenings where I have groaned and moaned and got tangled up in brown paper and sticky tape. But, hey, it’s all worth it in the end for a few extra pennies and less clutter.

As for charity – well some of the stuff has already been displayed and sold in our local shop. Walked in there the other day though and the dear little one piped up… “Oh mummy – look - I’ve got one of those at home”. Am I just evil? I don’t think so. Just trying to take some control over our household, which is also now my place of work!