KonMari 2017 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Early rain gone and looks like another beautiful day in Norfolk. Yesterday we KM'd another two trailers of Laurel to the green waste at the recycling centre. That's 5 in total! We started out with the intention of 'pruning' then DH actually said "Does it spark joy in you?". Nearly wet myself:rotfl:I don't like digging up living things but we never planted it and my goodness the light and space in our small garden we have created is unbelievable :j I'm almost busier in the summer holiday than at work but with different things. Slowly redoing books and clothes but to be honest they have never been a problem sine I first did them. My 'spark joy' receptors have been honed. :A I either get books from library or CS then return them or pass them on. Clothes I'm making myself to reduce fabric stash and making cards and presents as I go. I actually find it harder to part with ££££ as someone said a couple of days ago on here. I feel more in control of my choices. Weird stuff does happen. My therapy room is almost completely decluttered now just needs a good clean before I start doing massages part time alongside my pt teaching. I moved all my sewing stuff upstairs which makes more sense as it is now near the fabric. Right next stop paperwork. Enjoy your day all. Looking forward to more adventures on the thread. Enjoy red arrows.

Managed to have a go at the cupboard under the stairs over the weekend, got rid of 3 boxes of stuff, mostly paperwork bits that were filed but I did have about a binbag of stuff to throw/recycle, still have another box of stuff to go through and all my sewing supplies are in there but we can now access both the filing cabinet and my husbands gun cabinet without having to drag all sorts of stuff out into the living room which is good

Everyone's doing so well!

Great idea about photographing clothes (would be good for other things, too) going into storage for a while as out of sight is so easily out of mind, too.

I don't have a loft (flat dweller) but I have had some much-loved clothes end up too small and I'm dieting my way back into them. I have reversed hangers of things which don't fit atm, with a cardboard swing tag on the hanger with the size and the date last tried on. So I can try again every 3 months or so and see if they now fit.

I also have one end of the drawer where I keep casual trousers for the too-smalls, so I know the left isn't ready to be worn yet, but the pairs on the right are good to go. Simple system but working well for me.

Have now worn two more pencils down to stubs and discarded and was amazed to discover that there are only another couple in left from the big bundle of part-used pencils brought from the parental home. Am also using 40 year old letterheaded paper from my pal's business. He was storing two brand-new reams of it, so old that there have been two amendments to the phone number since, anyone remember them adding a 1 after the 0 on the area code, then adding another digit to your number to make it have six digits instead of five...........?:rotfl:

Completely useless to man or beast. I am also sorting out some of his paperwork, which involves a whole drawer of Stuff from the early nineties, which is taking up badly needed space. I went thru A-D last Saturday, which was quite a lot to vet and decided to shred or recycle, I'll see about doing another few letters' worth this coming weekend.

We just spent a long weekend at my parents' and had a great time! I managed to get schoolbags for dds at a decent price, my parents cleared out their linen cupboard and gave me three sets of lightly used king size duvet covers (mine are getting threadbare, so these are very welcome), some ovenware (which I will try out and then decide to keep or pass on) and about 30 cotton hankies (yay! I had to send quite a few of mine to the ragbag, so am really happy with the new lot. I prefer cotton to paper, and mine last about twenty years each).

My aunt and uncle are clearing out their 5-bed house of forty years, ready to move to a one-bed serviced apartment and gave us some drinking glasses and a pile of towels.

Lots of stuff accumulated, but I'll sort through it, and only keep what I really like. The rest can go in theattic 'for Africa' or 'for charity' and will leave within the next year.

I'm spreading the word! DS1 has been the recipient of some surplus items of mine and he decided to have a clear out of a cupboard. Cue one bag to the CS with various kipple including an unused jigsaw, game controller and a large knitted toy that was used in the Johnny Vegas tea advert (why? - DS is 49!!!)
Will be Kondoing some jobs, paperwork and dust today.