The Great Declutter Part 2

kezlou

Hi all, well slowly but sure;y getting there.
If i could count my 100 things with just paperwork alone then cracked it, but if i do that it won't look any better.

5. One full black bag of paperwork (recycling on Wednesday next week)
6. One jacket
7. one pair of beloved broken beyond repair flip flops
8. one same as above purple trainers
9. wall chart
10. 2 soap sets (ebay)
11. one manicure set (ebay)
12 3 xbox games (ebay)
13. One set of fairy wings (ebay)
14. another gift set (ebay)
15. 9 dvd / cases from around the house (freecycle)
16. a carrier bag of crap / paperwork form kitchen
17. plastic tubs - recycling
18. another 1/4 of a bag of paper recycling
19. random crap i.e cards, tops of pens etc from my draw - binned and gone
20. a plastic tub of sawdust that i found on the shelf :think: yes i'm thinking the same thing, why oh why would it be in the house. hmmm me think its leftover from sawing the shelves but still why the shelf!

While 20 things so far so its going well by my standards anyway :rotfl:

Going to see what that odd looking box is on the top shelf, please be chocolate x, fingers crossed.

the box above :- more sawdust arghhhhh
also more paoer blurgh

21. argos catalogue
22. 2 x windscreen wipers + boxes
23. another empty dvd box
24. filled another black bag with paper
25. about 5 broken toys

yay another achievement:T

mineallmine

mineallmine wrote: »

Day 5 (so should be up to about 50 items by now)
43. Magazine (recycling)
44. Toiletry used up, finally (bin)
:A

Day 5 (continued)
45. Furniture (freecycle)
46. Work stuff (back to work)

Right off to walk the dog and then think about where to target next. The really bad cluttered spare room (did I tell you there was 2 of these??) is my current main target. :A

allchange

Hey there,

As a lifetime clutterer am not really sure how to pace myself here, but am convinced that all steps must be good so here goes:

1) finished bubble bath and shampoo (recycling bin)
2) papers (recycling)
3) plastic containers (gave to my Mum who is very pleased)
4) compost to outside
5) turned baby clothes with stains into rags (does this actually count?)
6) magazines (set aside to pass onto friends)
7) old baby clothes (boxful in attic to pass on to a friend of the family)

Wow, if I can keep this up it might make a difference!

mineallmine

mineallmine wrote: »

Day 5 (continued)
45. Furniture (freecycle)
46. Work stuff (back to work)

Right off to walk the dog and then think about where to target next. The really bad cluttered spare room (did I tell you there was 2 of these??) is my current main target. :A

Day 6 (so need to up to about 60 items now)
47. Bag of rubbish from car (bin)
48. Loads of plastic bottles from car (recycling)
49. Furniture (freecycle)
50. More furniture (freecycle)

:A

MsHalffull

Hi All - I haven't posted for a few weeks - been mad busy at work & have embarked on a "get fit" programme so not too much energy left over for decluttering.

Main highlights:

OUT

Managed to do my first bootsale of the year last week. Got rid of quite a bit but there was still a fair bit left. Have bundled a lot of stuff up to take to charity shop but I am holding on to most of it to do another bootsale in September (currently sitting in the corner of my living room) - after that everything left over will go to Charity Shop.

Whenever I do a bootsale it has a positive knock on effect of stopping me buying things from charity shops for a while.

Listed a few bits on Ebay - most of them have bids & one already sold.

IN

Lots of clothes from a very generous friend (I "repay" her by selling stuff for her on Ebay)

Backpack on wheels & pair of trainers for my new "fitness" programme ( I really hope I stay focussed & that these items are not in the out category soon)

Mineallmine: I can't believe how you've stayed so motivated - I'm so impressed. :T

oceanspirit

A bit of a slow week for me, but the general total has gone up by 2 to 28 due to a couple of things being taken away by a friend. No change to paperwork pile at 22.

I should be able to get cracking again in the next couple of days.

Callisto

MsHalffull wrote: »

Backpack on wheels & pair of trainers for my new "fitness" programme ( I really hope I stay focussed & that these items are not in the out category soon)

Mineallmine: I can't believe how you've stayed so motivated - I'm so impressed. :T

MsHalffull - Well done on the fitness programme, you can do it! I've had to take a break from jogging due to an injury, but physiotherapist has now said I can restart, I'm also going to be doing walking and strength training. If you need a motivator/general chat, feel free to PM me.

I'm also very impressed mineallmine - you keep the thread going with your determination - all clutter should be worried when you're around!

Today I've put one top into the charity bag - I found it lurking at the back of the airing cupboard, so obviously hadn't missed it for the weeks (months?) it's been in there.

mineallmine

MsHalffull wrote: »

Mineallmine: I can't believe how you've stayed so motivated - I'm so impressed. :T

Callisto wrote: »

I'm also very impressed mineallmine - you keep the thread going with your determination - all clutter should be worried when you're around!

Awww thanks guys . I cannot quite believe how bad things got/still are. A combination of lots of studying and sadly lots of illness meant things were put on hold. I now firmly have the bit between my teeth. It's thanks to LoopyChriss who posted on some of the early pages and spoke about her challenge to get rid of 100 things in 10 days that really inspired me.

Plus i lost a really dear friend to the dreaded C. And so when I think do I need this or could a charity shop sell it, the charity shop is winning lots! It really focuses the mind on what is important. All my stuff goes to a local hospice charity shop. One of my dear friend's dying words was material possessions aren't important, so that is ringing in my ears. :A

Plus Freecycle has changed so much too. I've used them to get rid of so much stuff. I've got rid of broken things through Freecycle, things that a charity shop would not take and would normally end up on landfill.:A

So if anyone is reading this and thinking crikey my place is bad, it's so cluttered. Just get going. Dont have any method or anything, just crack on. And you'll feel better, promise :A

mineallmine

mineallmine wrote: »

Day 6 (so need to up to about 60 items now)
47. to 50.:A

51. Toiletry, small sample of eye cream, used up (bin)
52. Bottle of wine, shared with a friend, hey life's too short to store wine (recycling)
53. Fan (to a friend)

:A:T:A

mineallmine

mineallmine wrote: »

51. to 53.
:A:T:A

Day 7
54. Soft toy (charity)
55.56. Magazines (friend)
57. Magazine (recycling)
58. 59. Ornaments (charity)
60. Cellophane packaging laying around, used to pack ornaments (charity)
61. Rubbish/gubbins from desk (bin)
62. Bag of stuff to return to friend (friend)

More to come. :T