Just in Case January Does Not Make Clutter Disappear

Clutter here. Clutter there. Clutter everywhere. And you have tried for years setting New Year’s resolutions to start the year by cleaning up the house. You even have our OC Junk Hauling phone number on speed dial. But you never call because you never get motivated enough to start cleaning. Maybe it’s not you, but the time of year.

January is the traditional start of the year. But perhaps you might be inclined and in tune with a different month.

Take a Lesson from School Year

For 8 years of elementary grades, 4 years of high school and possibly an additional 2 or 4 years of college, SEPTEMBER has functioned as the catalyst to the beginning of the new year in your life.

What if you have been so ingrained to “get it in gear” for school in September that you have a bias against beginning something new in January (which normally started off being winter vacation time)?

Let’s test it out. This is September. Come up with a plan to clean up just one or two problem areas in your house.

Books, Magazines and more

What better item to reflect on during this “school year” concept than books. In September you would have been purchasing new books for new classes. But, if you were on a tight budget, you would have been thankful that an upper-class student was selling price-reduced classroom required assignment books. Remember that feeling of relief? Use that to motivate you to go into the study or closet or living room— wherever you keep old newspapers magazines, and books that you have read once — but never did again.

Then call OC Junk Hauling to get the reading material off your hands.

Shirts, skirts and even shoes

New threads dude. Looking good lady.

September was always a time to buy new clothing and to put away apparel that was too old or too out of style. Go into your closet now and just try EVERYTHING on. You will find a few items that are a bit tight around your waist. Multiple washings of a shirt or skirt coupled with multiple slices of pizza and you will find more than one item that is no longer worth keeping.

Finding new homes for gently-used clothing is a skill we have developed using several local agencies that assist people in need.

The OC Guarantees

If this “September system” works for you with one of these examples, you may find it hard to stop. You will turn into a declutter machine as you clear your way through the house.

We guarantee to offer same day junk removal, a free no obligation estimate, a specific 2-hour arrival time window, and a “heads up we are on the way” phone call, one half hour before arrival.

Big or small haul, we are a phone call away 24/7 at 949-424-9265.

 

While “All the leaves are brown…And the sky is grey” and the rest of America is California dreamin’, we in Orange County are living that dream. It is filled with the water, the sun, the sand and especially acres of beautiful trails & creeks. But, volunteers and vigilance are needed to keep them beautiful.

At OC Junk Hauling, we know how important it is to preserve natural resources, which is why we strive to recycle over 85% of our pickups.
Our environmentally friendly practices focus on salvaging unwanted items and materials that can be reused by someone else. To that end, we make a concerted effort to sort through all collected unwanted items for what can be donated, recycled or upcycled.

We are extremely eco-friendly and take great pride in creating a clean and environmentally friendly California.

Therefore, we are particularly interested in sharing with you the news about the upcoming annual Aliso Viejo Trails and Creek Clean-up event set for 8-11 a.m. on Saturday, September 15! Approximately 3.5 miles of trails within Aliso and Wood Canyon Park are the target area for volunteers to clean up trash and debris that has built up since last year’s clean up.

Moy Yahya, Environmental Programs Manager for the City of Aliso Viejo tells us this project first began in 2006.

Yahya shared with us, “City of Aliso Viejo encourages residents and businesses to participate in this event and to do their part in keeping local trails and the creeks clean so we all can enjoy better and beautiful and accessible trails and natural habitat areas.”

This would also be an excellent opportunity for teens looking to earn additional volunteer hours.

Volunteers should come prepared with appropriate attire and closed-toed shoes or hiking boots. Gardening or work gloves would be advisable as you most likely will be pushing thicket, brush and bushes to get to the target debris.

It also wouldn’t hurt to bring sunscreen and a hat.

Free refreshments will be provided to the volunteers.

Volunteers will meet at the Aliso Viejo Ranch, 100 Park Avenue. On-site registration will be held the day of the clean up. A required liability waiver also will need to be completed by each volunteer or guardian.

For additional info and to sign up, contact Moy Yahya at  myahya@cityofalisoviejo.com or call 949-425-2538.

By volunteering to clean up our environment, you can make a difference in your community. At OC Junk Hauling, we do it every day with our policy of recycling and upcycling unwanted items to keep them from landfills. This is your chance to donate three hours to keep what makes California, the OC and Alisa Viejo the kind of place that people elsewhere continue dreamin’ about.

(OC Junk Hauling is a family-owned and locally operated, licensed junk hauling business, serving the communities of Orange County for over a decade. For a no obligation, free estimate of your removal job, please call 949-424-9265.)