Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

silentsister

88 2 fridge magnets to cs and 1 to bin
89 bag of shredded paper to the compost
90 3 books to recycling
91 10 magazines ready to go to friend
Jettison in June 91/100

pjran

espresso21 wrote: »

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22. another bottle of way too old cava!

Hope you opened the bottle for a taste test first :rotfl: I would

short_bird

flowerofscotland wrote: »

71 Big bag of shredded paperwork into compost heap
72 Even bigger bag of out of date paper into recycling (collected today )
73 Pile of paperwork which needs to be kept filed away

These last 3 took ages and although they only represent 3 items on my list I am really pleased to have done it. Now can I keep on top of paperwork and shred or file as it comes into the house or has been actioned ????

Yep, join the paper mountain club:D Although I manage to fill a cereal box with A4 paper, it's 100 individual decisions...

ziggy2407

Sorry to have been AWOL for a few days my depression took a turn for the worse and my motivation hit rock bottom, not a great combination!

Congrats Museumworker - anymore details - name? weight?

Jettison 100 in June: 80/100

71 Bathroom Scales (faulty) - Bin
72 Wireless Mouse - charity
73-78 6 x make-up bits - SOLD
79 Moshi Monster CD Single - DS's School Friend
80 Lots of Moshi Monsters cards - DS's school friends

Will keep plodding away, everyone is doing great, thanks for all your inspiration and keep up the great work :T

museumworker

ziggy2407 wrote: »

Sorry to have been AWOL for a few days my depression took a turn for the worse and my motivation hit rock bottom, not a great combination!

Congrats Museumworker - anymore details - name? weight?

He was 7lb 9oz, finally named Elliott.

ps hope you are feeling a bit better, I have had severe depression in the past and know how hard it is to deal with.

espresso21

Sorry to hear you had a rough few days, Ziggy. Depression is a right b@stard when it wants to be. Well done for finding the motivation to clear all those things out.

One more thing for me:

23. Various balls of different colour wool - only 1 ball of each - been saving it in case I need it for a couple of years now - the charity shop seemed quite keen to have it.

tattycath

6/100
7 handbags to charity
3 keyrings to charity
bag of miscellany to charity
2 x Boxes-recycling
19/100

silentsister

Morning all

Up to now I've been selecting a few books to send to cs or put in recycling, but I realised yesterday that I wasn't taking things seriously. So I have decided to turn this around. I am selecting books that I definitely want to keep, and putting them on shelves upstairs. I then have more space in the main area to see what I have left, and I don't keep having to make the same decisions to keep the same books every time I look at them. I've chosen not to get rid of books simply because I've not yet read them - because I've been looking forward to having extra time which retirement is now giving me. I also realise that I've kept a lot of books for sentimental reasons - a connection with the giver or a particular time in my past. I'm going to think about that a bit more - is there another way I can "record" those times, and therefore be free to pass on the books if there's no other reason to keep them?

GreyQueen

silentsister wrote: »

Morning all

Up to now I've been selecting a few books to send to cs or put in recycling, but I realised yesterday that I wasn't taking things seriously. So I have decided to turn this around. I am selecting books that I definitely want to keep, and putting them on shelves upstairs. I then have more space in the main area to see what I have left, and I don't keep having to make the same decisions to keep the same books every time I look at them. I've chosen not to get rid of books simply because I've not yet read them - because I've been looking forward to having extra time which retirement is now giving me. I also realise that I've kept a lot of books for sentimental reasons - a connection with the giver or a particular time in my past. I'm going to think about that a bit more - is there another way I can "record" those times, and therefore be free to pass on the books if there's no other reason to keep them?

Morning.

My brother is a bookdealer and what he sees from time to time is that people have taken a sharp knife (like a Stanley knife) and cut very carefully, close to the binding, to remove the "half title page" - the one which you come to first and where people typically write dedications when they gift a book. It doesn't make the book unsaleable, just has to be in the description.

It's obviously done to preserve to donor's privacy but I've had the thought that you could (carefully!) remove dedications from beloved people and compile them into a scrap book or even laminate them (copy shops can laminate for a modest fee if you don't have a laminator) and use them as book marks. That way they'll be seen frequently and you can enjoy the warm and fuzzy emotions regularly.

I hope it goes without saying that this wouldn't be the course of action for rare and valuable books! If you have some doubts about the value of a book, a few mins on abebook.com or Amazon will satisfy your curiosity. HTH.

silentsister

Thanks GQ, that's a good idea. My books have little monetary value (I've ckecked!) but that would certainly help to keep what I want rather than the book itself. I can see several potentially empty shelves