The Great Declutter - 18 months on

wendywitch

I've been working my way through the living room "Flylady" style and have come to the conclusion that I'm a hoarder who may need therapy :rotfl:

I need to work out why I feel the need to rip recipes, that I'll probably never make and other "useful" information out of magazines

Why do I need to keep everything I've ever been given and feel guilty getting rid of anything??

Maybe I should get someone to come and "de-junk" my house and stop me keeping things :rolleyes: until I saw how much they charge :eek::eek::eek:
I brought the books on the art of de-cluttering, which I've read but can't seem to get into practise

Does anyone else feel the same?
What things do you keep that you really don't need to??

Penelope_Penguin

wendywitch wrote: »

What things do you keep that you really don't need to??

Plenty of people do the same - The Great Declutter

I'll merge this thread later.

Penny. x

wendywitch

Ok thank you PP

tattycath

Out:

15 items packed and posted out




In:

food from asda:
Salmon-reduced
fishcakes-reduced
chicken portions x 6-reduced
grapes
potatoes
yoghurts-reduced
organic cheese spread-reduced from 84p to 20p
apple juice
bacon bits
Easter egg for DD
4 x apple turnovers

Frugalista

OMG! I think we must be twins.... (except I am incapable of doing the Flylady bit!! )

Skint_Catt

I ask myself if I could live without it. The answer is usually yes - though it doesn't stop me making new piles of things I must read/file/digest at some point (which never comes)

C xx

zarazara

IN : Hero the Bear and other items from Help for Hero
OUT: nothing yet, but lots pending out.

fedupandskint

IN
Charles Worthington Hair stuff on a huge reduction in Wilkos - stocked up for next few months

OUT
Rubbish bin
4 ebay parcels posted
2 pan cupboards cleared and 3 things found out to ebay and not go back into cupboard
Drawer of skincare stash opened and reasessed what I will use, moved some items into the ebay photo pile for listing
Cardboard into recycling pile

Still lots more to do! Kitchen a bit more sorted now due to flying and sorting. Under the stairs still a mess and the cellar and spare room full of stuff to ebay which I haven't done yet. Keep plodding on with it!

On the brightside downstairs is almost decluttered and sorted. just a couple of small drawers and one small cupboard left to sort out and they're not stuffed full of things

Yorkielass

A couple of new bits of clothes in at the weekend, with some vouchers I'd been given, but one thing replaces something else so I'll move that to my charity shop pile.

Took something back to Boots I'd had a reaction to and swapped it for something I'll use straight away - money saving and clutter saving in one!

Other than that just usual recycling and stuff really, once we've decided our Easter plans I'll work out how much time I've got for decluttering then and make a plan :rolleyes:

Cheapskate

Like a previous poster I've not been decluttering at all, despite the house looking like a bombsite! I'm blaming it on being pg, mothers' day, anything other than the fact that I'm too tired to tackle it all! Anyhow, today was a new day & I've started in earnest - 10 wks pg now, so 1/4 of the way until new bean arrives so got to do something every day until then so house is done!

IN:
Food shopping

OUT:
Some of craft stash (lack of space)
Garden rubbish to tip

PENDING:
Craft mags to sort & freecycle (tonight's job)

My out list should outweigh the in list by about 100:1 - let's see what the next couple of months bring! You're all very inspiring - must keep reading you all! :T
A x