10-Day Decluttering Challenge – Purse Reset (Day 1)

Published: by Crystal Paine on September 1, 2025  |  This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.

It’s Day 1 of the FREE 10-Day Decluttering Challenge and we’re starting with our purses! When you join, you’ll get a quick, 15-minutes project to do each day to build momentum and create a calmer, more peaceful home without adding more stress to your plate.

I Decluttered My Purse LIVE!

I actually got brave and didn’t even look at my purse and decluttering it live on Facebook. Go watch the video here if you want to see me declutter it in real-time!

Before I show you pictures, here are more details on the challenge…

How To Participate in the 10-Day Decluttering Challenge 

Go sign up for the 10-Day Decluttering Challenge to get your free printable plan.

Every week day of the challenge, I’ll be posting on Instagram, Facebook, and here on the blog as I work through the challenge myself.

I will invite you to do the daily challenges with me and to share your successes! Every day that you complete the challenge and submit it, you’ll be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card we’re giving away randomly at the end.

You can participate every day or just some of the days — whatever works for you! But every day that you participate and fill out the simple form, you are entered to win!

Day 1 Challenge: Your Purse, Diaper Bag, or Tote Bag

Dump everything out on a table.

Toss all trash, old receipts, snack crumbs, broken pens, etc.

Create 3 piles: Keep, Relocate, Trash/Donate.

Wipe down your bag and the essentials you keep in it (hello, phone and keys!).

Only put back what you actually use on a daily basis.

See if you can simplify your bag to just 10 items or fewer for the week — you might be surprisedhow freeing it feels!

Here’s everything I cleaned out of my purse! The LEGO instructions and trash were from my trip to Kansas this weekend (Micah and I put together a LEGO set).

Here’s everything I always keep in my purse (by the way, this is the purse I have!)

EOS lotion – I love this stuff!

Wallet – This is an RFID wallet. Highly recommend if you travel.

Keys

Poo-pourri – Need I say more? This stuff works!! Also great if you travel often!

Pens

Sun glasses

Lip gloss

Mints – I always have these handy! (Or these Listerine strips.)

Mini hair bands – These work so well to have for fixing Kierstyn’s hair or my hair in a pinch!

Enter to Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card

Go sign up for the challenge here! And just for fun — and to motivate you to join us for the challenge — if you do today’s challenge and fill out the form linked here, you will be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card I’m giving away at the end of the challenge!

Note: We may possibly share a few of the best entries over the course of the challenge, so by submitting the form, you are giving us permission to possibly post your entry. If you’d rather we don’t post it, please note that on your entry.

Click here to sign up for the challenge now — it’s completely FREE!