I’m Halfway Through ‘The Minimalism Game’ and I’m Worried

I have to do this for 30 days?

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It’s been 15 days so far.

On Day One, I discarded one item.

On Day Two, I discarded two items.

Now it’s Day Fifteen. According to my calculations, as of today I have discarded 120 items total.

And it’s barely made a dent.

I have come to the difficult (and somewhat embarrassing) conclusion that I may need to do this whole 30-Day Minimalism Game more than once.

Yeah…nobody else was quite as thrilled with the idea as I was.

I first heard about The Minimalism Game through The Minimalists podcast. I listened to the podcast on and off for over a year before I considered doing The Minimalism Game. I’ve never had any desire to be an actual minimalist– I am a nester by nature, and I like to have my stuff around me.

Unfortunately, I’m also easily distracted, and so my “nest” can get a bit overcrowded if I’m not careful.

Still, I’d done the whole KonMari thing a few years ago and so I was pretty sure I was doing okay. I was definitely better off than I’d been before Marie Kondo’s wisdom had helped me get my head straight about the role…