100 Thing Challenge

Recently in Time Magazine they featured a guy named Dave who is doing what he is calling the 100 Thing challenge. His challenge is to live with only 100 personal items. Family items such as sofa, pots, pans are not in on the count. We are talking things that belong to one person like for example a belt, purse, ipod etc.

I have decided to take up the 100 thing Challenge and am encouraging Roo to do the same. Maybe if we get rid of the clutter there will be room for the blessings to come in. For some things we will do groupings.

WE are going with 3oo items for the house

100 for Roo

100 for Mom

100 shared

In the 100 shares we have the major household stuff of which there are several groups that will count as one each.

Here is what I am thinking of for household groups:

• cutlery-enough for eight
• cooking utensils( one of each that we need)
• pots and pans( 4 pots, a good skillet, a roasting pan, 9×13 pan, 2 cookie sheets, a square pan)
• plastic storage containers( limit 12)
• water bottles(4)
• dishes( set of 6)
• towels-eight
• dish towels-eight
• hairbrushes/combs
• books
• family pictures
• files
• candles
• scrapbooks
• christmas ornaments( limit of 1 box)
• fish stuff (we have a beta)
• books
• craft supplies (limited to a rubbermaid container)

That is my list so far but I am sure there will be more as I begin to purge this apartment. I think the first area I am going to attack is my closet. What do you think of the 100 Thing challenge? Could you do it?

Is this frugal? Minimualist? Will it help me to be more organized? Time will tell.