I like these ideas - a painting a day, a haiku a week, a novel in a month etc. I think it's because they focus the mind so forcefully. Instead of 'One day maybe I'll....whatever' an approach like this makes it seem do-able. After all everyone can get rid of one thing a day, whereas if I decided to blitz the whole house I'd be so overwhelmed at the size of the task I'd be more inclined to not even make a start.
I remembered my Throw Ten Things period (see 11th May). It was very effective. Maybe I'll try it for the rest of November, before the influx of stuff that happens in December.
Am reading The Comfort of Things as a counterbalance.....