Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

gunsandbanjos · 6 January 2012 at 1:40PM

Well hubby is helping massively in the decluttering by renting a garage! Most of the clutter is his work stuff - big boxes of stuff taking up loads of space. I can't wait til it's gone. I literally can't get into stuff in the bedroom as these boxes are in the way.

Catslovelycats · 6 January 2012 at 1:42PM

OH DEAR!
Here's another challenge I REALLY NEED to do!

I only moved 2 years ago but I've regathered the clutter already. Am going to grab a glass of Lucozade (yes, I know how to party) and read through all the posts - with both excitement and trepidation! Please count me in!

aligerdie · 6 January 2012 at 1:57PM

gsdloopy wrote: »

A bit late finding this thread but this year is a decluttering year for us too. I give up with trying to get in our garage or shed etc as that is OH's domain but I'm going to try with the house. It's ridiculous. I can't even get to open the curtains in our room and I'm getting really fed with it. Every room is overflowing and its a very small house. To be honest it's hard to know where to start but I'm going to try to concentrate on sorting one area out completely before starting another. Even if I only clear half a shelf a month, I want to actually get rid of stuff not just relocate it!. OH just wants to get a skip and throw everything out but most of the stuff we have is good, we just have too much and its so wasteful to throw it away.

I know since being pregnant with baby number 4 it's been really hard for me to get anything done with a bad pregnancy and her being so demanding and clingy but I have got to do something and it should be easier now she's 18 months old!

So far I've got 7 items on ebay, not much but hey it's a start. Next week I'm going to see how to recycle clothes at cash for clothes as I don't seem to have much luck selling them on ebay.

I could have written that myself

I had baby number 4 in February this year, and have really struggled to stay on top of everything since (I was rubbish before baby too!).

We have got so much 'stuff' in a 3 bed semi,and it feels so claustrophobic. In our bedroom we have to lean over things to get to the curtains to open & shut them, so sometimes I don't bother!
This year I am determined to get rid of stuff, and figure that if I do it'll be easier to stay on top of things. OH wants a skip, but doesn't realise that I've sold tons of stuff on our local facebook selling site (clothes especially), and I'm working my way through it all.

I took a load of stuff to cash for clothes not long back, and it was such a relief to get rid of them even though I didn't get much for them.

OH just dumps things in the garage out of the way, but I'd rather sort through them and try and get rid- this is where we clash!
This week so far though I'm on a mission. I've got rid of a load of stuff, can't really see the difference yet, but if I can keep it up, I'll be sorted in no time.

Catslovelycats · 6 January 2012 at 2:00PM

Please count me in for the Ditch 100 in January Challenge!
Will come back later when I've found some things to ditch.
This might be the push I need to clear the kitchen (which was spotless before I made sweets for Christmas pressies and hasn't quite recovered full sparkle ever since....

aligerdie · 6 January 2012 at 2:01PM

SavingJane wrote: »

Thanks I went onto it scanned in the barcodes and for 37 think it was dvd some like double films came just under 20 was a bit sad seeing 30p come up so many times, thou did have 1 dvd which had 3 films on 1 disc come up just over £4 so might see if I can sell that else where lol

Have found a very small under 20 ppl facebay page for local area so just listed a load of items on there but don't hold out much hope when so few ppl are on it. Where are all these busy groups people talk of they sell loads on

Certainly in our area there's a few local selling pages on facebook, you may need to tweak your search a bit, or go on a site in an area not far away? Some people will travel to collect if it's worth it x

Catslovelycats · 6 January 2012 at 2:04PM

ruby_eskimo wrote: »

I haven't done any decluttering yet (but I can think of things that need to go!) but I have printed off the 2011 and 2012 declutter and organize calenders from mysimplerlife.

Sounds interesting! Am going to look at that! Have you found it helpful yet?

lilac_lady · 6 January 2012 at 2:20PM

My house isn't messy until you open drawers and cupboards! Too much stuff even though most of it is unseen.

I'm going to aim for the 100 ditched items this month and started last night with 22 CD's ready to be sent to Music Magpie. £25.07 offered and accepted.

I've started using my filofax (thanks to another post) so will be logging the hundred items.

I'm getting quite excited about this project. Sad or what?

SavingJane · 6 January 2012 at 2:30PM

Nah nothing i would say worth traveling for and it's local i say but nearest town ive joined as we only a small place....will keep hunting

Possession · 6 January 2012 at 3:16PM

Ditch 100 in January Challenge

well I've managed to clear the contents of half the boxes in the living room, but since they only arrived yesterday I can't count that as part of decluttering really!
I'd like to take advantage of the free ebay listing but I bet it will be really busy with everyone selling unwanted xmas presents so there might be a lot of competition.

365days · 6 January 2012 at 3:28PM

6. Broken lunchbox...bin
7. 10x books to CS
8. 2x tops to CS
9. Kids over the head towel thing CS
10. Coat hooks CS

And an afternoon's worth of frustration and anger over the phone at quotemehappy.com don't go near them!!

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