2016 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Gem-gem · 1 January 2016 at 2:03PM

Hi Sa1sysoo,
I would like to join the challenge. 15 months ago Hubby and I bought a 4 bed house and all my stuff came out of storage. With putting both houses together we had 2 full size removal vans! I have already given away to friends' children and schools several hundred books but need to do a lot more. When we finally move again I do not want to have to use 2 vans again.

Seaotter · 1 January 2016 at 2:11PM

I have just been browsing the forums looking for motivation and I think this is the thread for me! In 2015 my health improved (thanks to major surgery) and I got motivated to lose 2.5 stone and get control of our finances again. This year I need to keep in with the weight loss and money saving, but decluttering is desperately needed!

Question for those people who count how much they've decluttered - how do you keep count of it all without starting another industry?! There must be a simple way?

Mumof2_2 · 1 January 2016 at 2:16PM

Hi, hope it's OK if I join in too. Yesterday I managed to get rid of 3 carrier bags full of rubbish/broken stuff/etc. It is hard as my husband is a hoarder but I'm hoping if I can do things too we can work on it together ..... at least that's the plan!

Skintmama · 1 January 2016 at 2:30PM

Thank you for the new thread. I have plenty still to do here so another year of decluttering is definitely in order!
This year I shall try to keep a proper account of the items; often I didn't record what I had disposed of so it was harder to acknowledge my own progress.
My goal is to declutter the whole house and to start tackling the garage.
Good luck to all the declutterbugs of 2016 and well done to those who got it all done in 2015 :-)

runswithpencils · 1 January 2016 at 2:45PM

I would love to join in if you will have me

Our house is over flowing with 'stuff'!

I'm hoping to clear most of the loft & garage and de-clutter the rest of the house over the next two years, so that we are ready to either move or renovate in 2018 :T

Walnut · 1 January 2016 at 3:13PM

Seaotter wrote: »

Question for those people who count how much they've decluttered - how do you keep count of it all without starting another industry?! There must be a simple way?

I'm new to this as well. I saw on an old thread that some people were listing and numbering items that they had disposed of, i.e..

1. trousers to charity shop
2. chipped plate in bin

Hope that makes sense:)

pacifica9 · 1 January 2016 at 3:14PM

Happy New Year all. This thread is just the inspiration I need. May I join you please?

JAMIEDODGER · 1 January 2016 at 4:35PM

Can I join? Made big decluttering headway last year with the minsgame, but want to up the ante this year...

Sa1sysoo · 1 January 2016 at 4:39PM

Welcome one and all!

Question for those people who count how much they've decluttered - how do you keep count of it all without starting another industry?! There must be a simple way?

Hiya Seaotter, I'm kinda new to this, but the jist from the previous thread was as Walnut said. I think I may occasionally batch things together as a single entry, so:

Trouser to CS
Selection of Stationary to Charity

We've got so many pens and rulers and stuff, to list them all would be soul destroying, but to acknowledge their leaving the house will be uplifting.

Hopefully.

It is hard as my husband is a hoarder but I'm hoping if I can do things too we can work on it together ..... at least that's the plan!

I know that feeling, Mumof2! My hubby collects [STRIKE]comics [/STRIKE] graphic novels which seems to slip into space I make on the book shelves :mad:
One of the tips I picked up from Marie Kondo's book was to declutter yourself and only yourself. When others see how much lighter you are, they'll want to follow suit.
It's kinda like the adage about surrounding yourself with like minded people, I guess. :wave: (here we are!) 'Be the light you need' and all that jazz :A

Clutterbug_Rosie · 1 January 2016 at 4:55PM

Thankyou for the welcome :-)

Seaotter wrote: »

Question for those people who count how much they've decluttered - how do you keep count of it all without starting another industry?! There must be a simple way?

It feels quite important to me to keep a count to stay motivated. I let things go pretty badly last year due to health problems so I am ashamed to say that today's efforts have been measured in bin bags :eek:
2 1/2 bin bags of junk, 2 bin bags of recycling, 1 bin bag for the charity shop... Part of me feels ashamed and guilty that things got so bad (though rationally I know it wasn't really my fault) but part of me is pleased and feels like I have achieved something! :T

Goodness knows where it all came from though, things still look like a bomb has hit lol

I like Walnut's idea of listing everything. I am a way off listing individual items yet, but once I have got the 'heavy work' out of the way I will start listing actual items, especially because I struggle with both emotional attachments and 'just in case' hoarding. I think it will be good to remind myself that the world doesn't end when you get rid of something!

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