KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

MMF007 · 26 August 2016 at 10:57AM

DH has left something in the CS bag for me to take in today! He let go of 3 mugs last week. Baby steps!

The item is a truly useless Christmas pressie he was given last year by his Brother (brother works in retail so he always gives everyone something he bought from his employer!).

I have to nip into town on a couple of errands so am rounding up a few more bits of random komono to go too!

I shall start on the drawer swapping when I get back. I am certain there be more to be released by me!:rotfl:
I am slightly hopeful that DH may find time this weekend to release some other Stuff... over
optimistic? You never know :eek:

Frogletina · 26 August 2016 at 11:29AM

It's been a while since I posted on here but have decided that the decluttering has to be a priority again.

3 bags to charity shops this week, clothes, books, videos and DVDs

2 bags ready to go to my eldest daughter - mostly things to return and some leggings I no longer fit into! I need to kondo some weight!

1 bag of footwear for my youngest daughter to check is hopefully the next to leave.

I also have electrical bits and pieces that I feel should not go in the bin - old plugs, modems, light bulbs. But with no transport they will probably be here for a while still.

I still have an old piece of worktop and two other large items which I need to get rid of. I think they will eventually have to go to the tip and I need to find someone with a van and pay them to take them.

Now, where to start next on the decluttering journey...

frogletina

Charly27 · 26 August 2016 at 1:22PM

Phew! Hard not to get dispirited today with the sheer volume of stuff to do and Kondo! Especially in this heat. DH and I had quite a lazy morning until . . . We remembered that Sis and BIL are calling in tomorrow and the house needed cleaning. As I'm dusting I'm carrying stuff into the old dining room, now part therapy room/part sewing room to add to the pile for CS:eek:
Chenille throw (really dark burgundy complete with holes), a set of 6 mini milk bottles I thought I wanted for flowers (flowers I grow don't look great in these), a wooden puzzle, a pack of mini playing cards ....can't even remember what else! I remembered moving into this house in 2005 and thinking how the h**l I am I going to fill this? Well we did, and some and I swear I AM NOT A HOARDER! I have gift aid cards for 4 CSs and I take stuff there regularly. In addition to recycling and occasionally selling stuff on the Bay of E and FB. And this is even worse, if you recall before my BD I took the books to a CS. When DH and I were in town following day and we parked outside and the entire window display was my stuff. That was weird seeing the things that had passed through my hands and meant so much to me just gathered together. I actually felt quite exposed although that is faintly ridiculous as no one except myself would know they were mine. DH wanted me to go and see how much they were going for in case I wanted to buy them back but I couldn't bear to. I think I'm tired and a bit woo-woo ed out. :embarasse:sad::embarasse_pale_

Serendipitious · 26 August 2016 at 1:24PM

Frogletina, have you tried freecycle for the big things? DD got rid of loads when she had a perspex roof replaced - someone came and took all the old sheets of perspex for their allotment, and someone else had a pile of horrible wood, and so it went on and she only had to do one run to the tip - much better than paying the builders extra to remove it all. I've put loads on freecycle myself, but never to that degree of rubbish (!) and I was mesmerised by the way it got snapped up.

greenbee · 26 August 2016 at 1:36PM

I got rid of all my patio slabs and the rubble from the concrete base on freegle. My neighbours disposed of a collapsing concrete panel garage in response to a 'wanted'. So well worth it. Sadly it isn't as good where I am now as it was in my old location.

I have to finish taking down a rotten fence panel, which I plan to replace over the weekend using the stack of old pallets blocking part of the log store...

I hope the weather holds, as i have a LOT of outside stuff planned!

MMF007 · 26 August 2016 at 3:05PM

Just coming up for air!
I went to get a few bits to take to CS this morning, got completely carried away, have pulled all clothes out and done the joy test. LOTS going :T Some are too big

, some I simply don't like the fit and will never be right, some I hate the fabric. All in massive holdall ready for DH to carry (too heavy for me to lug far).

Have now got piles sorted and kondo folded. Am about to do a 'putting away' plan to make sure each category goes in a suitable drawer to encourage regular use, neatness and ease of finding!!
I have a pile to put ready for when they fit......suspect that will be about 2 months's time but am OK with that. My inventory this morning has revealed that I shall have plenty of tops and underwear for a slimmer me but no trousers or joggers :eek:

I had prev sorted scarves into a bag but realised that it is not easy to see what's there and
extract the desired one. I had found kondo rolling did not work too well for me either. Then I remembered someone on here suggested using a scarf hanger but glueing it to the side of COD
or other useful surface. I have one in my present stash so I shall do this later. Thanks, whoever it was (sorry, I have forgotten).

Karmacat · 26 August 2016 at 3:42PM

Charly27 wrote: »

Phew! Hard not to get dispirited today with the sheer volume of stuff to do and Kondo! Especially in this heat.
.....
I think I'm tired and a bit woo-woo ed out. :embarasse:sad::embarasse_pale_

Take it easy, Charly, as you say this heat is a *lot* - it's easy to get overwhelmed between the heat and the house. Since you've got visitors tomorrow, just make one room presentable, maybe? A couple of members of my family have to be reminded "we've come to see you, not your house!", I like that

Teddies from the counselling room have gone to live in the charity shop for a while.

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GoingToDoIt · 26 August 2016 at 11:21PM

MMF007 I repurposed my scarf hanger on to COD to hold the hairdryer! However I kondo'ed my scarves into a large flat box which sits in the wardrobe.
Its been working well for me having them rolled up in there, maybe give that a go first?
Otherwise the secret to my glueing is "no m@re n@ils"

PollyWollyDoodle · 27 August 2016 at 8:12AM

I find big scarves, pashmina types, work best rolled in a drawer. They used to be on hangers in the wardrobe and I could never see what was there, so Kondoing them worked wonders. Smaller scarves live on one of those scarf hangers in the wardrobe, now I only have half a dozen they are also easy to see. Scarves are a big thing for me!

Does anyone else find themselves doing a mini-Kondo when they put things away? I went to put some shoes away yesterday and saw a pair that I know are not comfortable (and haven't been worn all summer) - into the CS bag with them! I obviously thought they were joyful last year as they made it through the first cull but time has refined my views.

MMF007 · 27 August 2016 at 8:54AM

Thanks GoingtoDoIt, I am not sure I have room for flat box in wardrobe, at least not atm!
PWD, I agree that bulky scarves / wraps are better rolled. Yes, doing random kondo happens more now. As you say, you become more attuned to what sparķs joy and what needs releasing

ETA - changed my mind on rolling bulky scarves. Works best for me if I kondo fold and file!

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