Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

ziggy2407

Hi everyone

Can I sneak back in please? April was a really "down" month for me so I need to declare I failed, lol, only managed to declutter 49 items. Really need to make a start for May now. Everyone is doing fab:T

iQueen

[Sneaking in, while everyone's busy chatting!]

I will have a go this month - providing we get a few days rain, when I'm not de-cluttering the garden weeds and cultivating my fruit n veg. Can't promise to match some people on here - their homes must be utterly Minimalist! :rotfl:

Anyone ever managed to clear all their clutter? Presumably not, because, with only necessities in the home, there is only ordinary household refuse.

cat04

I need to declare for April!

58. Jigsaw sold via Facebook
59. Birthday present from stash
60. Wrapping paper and tag from stash
61. 3x old/OOD aftershaves of OH's binned
62. 3x ornaments sold via FB
63. Old insect repellant/sun cream stuff
64. Packaging from toiletries etc in wardrobe recycled
65. Large stack of blu-rays sold and posted
66. Packaging for above
67. Box of OH's brother's stuff stored in garage returned
68. Another dead pen taken apart and recycled/binned
69. Used up air freshener spray from bathroom recycled
70. Old edition Xbox 360 traded in
71. Large stack of surplus games traded in
72. Stack of vouchers taken into school & nursery

April 72/100

Now for May!

1. Pile of receipts recorded, shreaded, recycled
2. Pile of kids unwanted pictures - recycled
3. Book sold via FB
4. Kids clothes sold via FB
5. 3x kids jigsaws sold via FB
6. 2x toys sold via FB
7. Conditoner & shower gel finally used up and bottles recycled
8. Manky old cleaning cloth binned

We currently have a large job lot of carbootable stuff on ebay at the moment with several watchers so fingers crossed it sells cos that would be 4 bin bags and 2 boxes of stuff gone, plus theres OH's old 'spares or repairs' laptop in with it which is in it's original box so quite large. Reallly hope it sells!

May 8/100

iQueen

cat04 wrote: »

plus theres OH's old 'spares or repairs' laptop in with it which is in it's original box so quite large. Reallly hope it sells!

WARNING!

NEVER give/sell a PC or laptop without taking out, and utterly destroying, the Hard Drive!

Buried deep in the Memory is a lot of personal information (passwords, bank logins, addresses, contacts, downloaded emails etc) that hackers CAN retrieve, even from 'dead' computers, that can be used for Identity Theft. Deleting or sending to the Recycling Bin, does not remove them!

I am a retired Information Professional

cat04

Thanks for the warning iQueen, it's already been done OH is quite technologically savvy luckily and we've always removed hard drives from laptops before selling them.

Busylizzie

iQueen wrote: »

WARNING!

NEVER give/sell a PC or laptop without taking out, and utterly destroying, the Hard Drive!

Buried deep in the Memory is a lot of personal information (passwords, bank logins, addresses, contacts, downloaded emails etc) that hackers CAN retrieve, even from 'dead' computers, that can be used for Identity Theft. Deleting or sending to the Recycling Bin, does not remove them!

I am a retired Information Professional

Thanks IQ. Do you just physically remove the hard drive or do you have to do anything else? TIA

EndlessStruggle

I'm hitting the May challenge hard this month, I have just been laid off from work so am very determined to get this house in order before I find a new job. Off to fill my store cupboard soon and then going to get the eBay well under way again.

Hermia

I haven't done this for a couple of months. Can a lapsed declutterer rejoin for the May challenge?!

marmiterulesok

I'd like to aim to declutter 100 items for May please.

1. four glass bottles recycled.

It's a start,I suppose.

short_bird

I hope a lapsed declutterer can come back, 'cos there are grumblings from Him Indoors about the amount of stuff. So, now I've got rid of the dodgy back and the cough and the cold, maybe I'll feel better disposed toward diving into the (neatly arranged) plastic boxes and liberating the contents!:D