Are you making  a New Year’s Resolution?

Exactly one year ago, as my New Year’s resolution,  I started my other blog,  Cluttercast.

Every day I posted an item from my clutter, and gave it away to someone who wanted it.

It was a big success—-most of all, for me.   This was the first time in my entire life I successfully kept my New Year’s resolution.

At least for 6  months.

That’s about when I went from cluttercasting daily……to sporadically…..to rarely.

A year later, I wish I could say I’m out of clutter.   I am out of the habit of cluttercasting it.

And unlike other projects I haven’t finished, this isn’t something I can  hide in a closet or stick in a drawer.   Cluttercast is out there.

And there it sits.  Like the elephant in the living room.  (In fact, I actually cluttercast some elephants!)

Even elephants probably follow Newton’s basic law— an object in motion will stay in motion.

More to the point, an object at rest will stay at rest.

I hate making decisions;   I’ve been struggling over what to do.   New Year’s seems like the perfect deadline to decide:

Cluttercast?

Clarity?

Closure?

All of the above?

None of the above?

Or  my friend Myra’s brilliant suggestion—-that I cluttercast Cluttercast.

Meanwhile it’s almost New Year’s—–and I finally made a decision:   This year I’m not making a New Year’s resolution.

The problem is clutter….not the clutter in my house, but the clutter in my brain—which is filled with too many other projects, all going on simultaneously.

Lots of people have the same problem;  they handle the overload by being organized.  Then again, if I were organized, I wouldn’t have all this clutter in the first place.

In the meantime, thanks for your patience!

So I haven’t  abandoned Cluttercast ; I’ve just procrastinated.   And I’ve just gotten into a really great exercise routine –so hopefully it’s contagious.

But I’m thinking about it—and just blogged about clutter on my personal blog.   (click to check it out)

Be back soon.

Even though it’s pretty easy to do—and fun.  As proof, click here to check out what Kim Moldofsky just cluttercast on her own blog. 

Then check out the proud winner who just posted his cluttercatch on Twitter. 

And then let me know if you’re ready to try cluttercasting too.

I”m heading out of town and I can’t promise Cluttercast will be as reliable as usual over the next couple weeks.    I do promise  I’ll be thinking about Cluttercast and I hope you will too.

I’ll be thinking about expanding— to clutter beyond mine—and I’d love any input.   Part of that change will involve starting to use the Cluttercast forum — and I hope you’ll check it out and  join the community. There’s also a Cluttercast fan page on Facebook—another way to be first to hear news about the latest happening with Cluttercast.

Of course, the usual clutter will be posted here.

Hope you are having a wonderful summer!!

Cluttercast is 6 months old this week!

Birthdays are especially  important to me since I had cancer—so I’ll make any excuse to eat cake celebrate Cluttercast along with our country’s independence.

Another thing slipped by me this week:  the first Cluttercast by Kim Moldofsky, who has been a big supporter of Cluttercast.  Click here to check out Kim’s Cluttercast .   I hope she’ll do another one soon.

While you enjoy Independence Day— remember our brave soldiers who are serving US all over the world — as we are lucky enough to celebrate our freedom. 

Even if you don’t give your mom a book or a gift or even a card, I hope everyone will find some way to wish your mom a Happy Mother’s Day, and let her know you love her. 

If you would like this item,  please  let me know in a comment.   If you know someone else who might like it, I hope you’ll share this and let them know.

This item will close at 9 p.m. PST Friday May 1.

Please check Cluttercast Saturday May 2 for list of winners so items can be shipped in time for Mother’s Day.

Ebay guru Marsha Collier, author of 15 for Dummies books on Ebay, just featured Cluttercast on her weekly radio show. Click hear to listen to our interview.

Lots of bloggers are writing about Cluttercast, and several people have picked up the idea of Cluttercast Fridays, thanks to Krista Colvin. Recently I learned about a new Cluttercaster: Shopping Out Loud, who just listed her first item. And most Fridays, you can find new items at Bunch of Scrap, Organize in Style, and Runako Designs.

I love seeing the Cluttercatchers who end up with my own clutter. There is nothing like seeing the faces of kids when they get something new.

Here is Steve’s son Brendan with his new Matt Christopher books.   

I also loved seeing the reaction of another kid who is Headless Mom’s latest Cluttercatcher–whose mom  wrote a beautiful post about their experience.  Headless Mom was the first person to Cluttercast aside from me.     And I’m excited that my first guest Cluttercast will be posted here tomorrow.

So Cluttercast is looking for Guest Cluttercasters who want to send out some positivity– along with some clutter.    Don’t worry that I’m running out of clutter—NOT EVEN CLOSE.  I’m planning to continue posting as long as people want my stuff.    But I want to expand the concept. 

There is SO MUCH stuff out there,  sitting around in so many homes besides mine.    Cluttercasting is  good for the economy, the environment, good for the soul.

So let me know if you have an item to cluttercast and you don’t have a blog.  Please email me at Cluttercast@gmail.com to list it here. It’s easy to do—and it feels even better to give than to receive.