Day One: The Bathroom Purge

September 1, 2025

Well, friends, the 90-day clear-out has officially begun. I intentionally started with the smallest room I have in the house. The bathroom.

In my mind, it was easy. The first day, four walls, tiny space, done in no time. But I quickly realized, as I pulled dozens of sample skin care and three bottles of the same partially used Aussie hairspray out of the cabinet that I underestimated my ability to pile shit everywhere.

I yanked every single thing out, scrubbed the place from top to bottom, made my first listing on FB Marketplace for an auction-slyle six item “lot” for $10.

I did hit that fun panic moment, the How the hell am I actually going to do this? Of course I was over-thinking about the whole house, but I reminded myself that what is in front of me is the bathroom, and I pushed through and came up with a system:

-If I’m keeping it and actually using it, it goes in the cabinet.

-If not, it’s either getting sold, donated or set on fire, in my imagination.

Now everything fits into the built-in shelf and the medicine cabinet. The extra glass shelf unit is gone, which means the bathroom actually looks…nice. Almost peaceful, even.

Do I still have rogue piles of stuff to sell and donate? of course. Should I maybe toss them into bins and sell “grab bags of random crap” to strangers on socials? Probably will.

It took a few hours, but the first room is down. Sure it’s the smallest one, but hey, momentum is momentum. Only ten more rooms to go.

<3 Xtina