Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

bonnie_bumpkins

102. glass to recycling bank
103. marrow to Mum & Dad

What a fun-filled day

suzeesu2000

am also starting an "Amassing £2's in August" by removing every £2 coin I can pry from hubbys mitts!:), will save them all and see what it comes to at the end of August. Am using up some of my stash of papers to make a piggy to put all my £2's in so win/win again:T

silentsister

rumblytum wrote: »

It has got me thinking about my own clutter. I have severe depression which is being medicated, and I have no doubt that my clutter is a symptom - running away from life - parking it in a corner until I can deal with it. When the clutter - and all the other symptoms - starting overtaking the house, and I curled up and became incapable of facing the day - that's when I admitted I was ill and needed to seek some help. I know that I'm feeling well again for the first time in a decade - albeit with the help of drugs - and I suddenly seem able to tackle a whole shed load of stuff - metaphorical and literal :rotfl: I'm hoping to reduce the medication at the end of the year, but am hoping that my attempts to tackle 'stuff' of all shapes and sizes will make my recovery more achievable.

rumbly x

Thanks Rumbly for sharing that - :j for starting to feel well after so long. It sounds like it's a whole new life for you now and you've got freedom to take control. So pleased for you. I found it thought provoking to read about the connection between clutter and depression, both not unknown in my family. Do you think if we can keep on top of the clutter, it would help keep the depression at bay, or is it just a symptom of what's going on within - that we are generally losing control?

marmiterulesok, I'm going to keep books as a separate item in my August Abolition, just to keep me on my toes. Whilst I have a couple of shelves which could do with more work, I've also got several books which are half read and I need a push to get them finished and dealt with - certainly my current one will go to cs in 1 chapter's time! I also need a push to read the papers/mags that come into the house and then deal with them. I'm so pleased that empty shelves mean I can use them for other things which previously didn't have a home, and places around the house are starting to look tidier - so I've left in a number for decluttered areas just to keep going there.

Yesterday:
1 table lamp to bin
1 flat - offer accepted

Igamogam

suzeesu2000 wrote: »

am also starting an "Amassing £2's in August" by removing every £2 coin I can pry from hubbys mitts!:), will save them all and see what it comes to at the end of August. Am using up some of my stash of papers to make a piggy to put all my £2's in so win/win again:T

Have you joined the £2 savers thread??

rumblytum

suzeesu2000 wrote: »

That really brilliant Rumbly. I empathise totally as I have suffered with depression for over 15 years. I have good days when I can see "the light" and have the motivation to deal with the accumulated clutter. When I have that, it gives me a huge surge of good feelings which motivate me to do a bit more - hopefully a new circle. I also feel, personally, that having tidyness and order around me makes a peaceful, calm and tranquil place where all the stress is easier to let go and dissolve. Its really a win/win situation.

keep it up, :T

Thanks suzeesu2000, I really appreciate the support and encouragement.

silentsister wrote: »

Thanks Rumbly for sharing that - :j for starting to feel well after so long. It sounds like it's a whole new life for you now and you've got freedom to take control. So pleased for you. I found it thought provoking to read about the connection between clutter and depression, both not unknown in my family. Do you think if we can keep on top of the clutter, it would help keep the depression at bay, or is it just a symptom of what's going on within - that we are generally losing control?

Thank you so much for your support, silentsister. My gut feeling in answer to your question is yes to both! It's definitely a symptom in my case, but I can't help feeling that having an uncluttered life/home will help me keep on more of an even keel - and suzeesu seems to bear witness to that too. It's an interesting link between clutter and depression. I think they can be mutually exclusive - you can be depressed without clutter, and cluttered without depression, but I feel my clutter's buildup has coincided with my spiral downwards. It feels like a symptom rather than a cause, though.

Well done everyone - every small step improves our homes :T

rumbly x

Kaz2904

I have sorted out DS's clothes and have filled two charity bags with clothes to go. Just need to get DH to sort out his toys now

Rainy-Days

I currently have six black bags full of old clothes. There is a place that will give you £5.00 per black bag of clothes so I am going to take them there and get some money back on them.

I have sorted out a flower tea set which belonged to my late mum and a complete dinner service which was hers as well. Those will go on Ebay.

The stuff for the car boot has grown somewhat - I am doing that car boot on August bank holiday weekend. I have two massive bags of coat hangers, so I am going to take those with me as well, if no one wants both of the bags then I shall skip them on the way home.

Loft is looking a little clearer, still some way to go, but the thing is when we move home we simply will not be in a position to take it all with us so it has to be cleared out and gone otherwise it is going to cost us to move it. The fact that it is up in the loft says we don't actually need it anyway - so it needs to go!!

suzeesu2000

Igamogam wrote: »

Have you joined the £2 savers thread??

I didnt know there was one! shall have to go and search that thread now , am spending a lot of time here finding different threads which are all so very useful. Thanks Igamogam

pigpen

Pigpens 114/100 for July

3 handfuls of recycling/old letters etc from the paper pile.
1 broken vase
1 pushchair chassis (which I have kept in my front room for 4 years without using as it was broken) Parts poached for ebay
3 ebay items posted
1 tub paint to DS1
1 tub silicon sealant to DS1
1 2m length of fabric out.
1 binbag of rubbish from the girls room
1 bedside cupboard from Squeaks room
3 more tins of paint to DS1
1 holey sock!
1 carrier of old paperwork *fling*
1 carrier of old knickers
1 binbag rubbish from downstairs
1 baby nest thing to DD1
1 playmat to DS1
1 pair of holey socks
2 full sharps bins
20kg of clothes to clothes4cash.. any money I get is more than I would get if I sent it to charity shop!.. there were probably about 200 items in there but I will count each Kg as 1.
1 pair old trainers in the bin
1 binbag of rubbish flung!
1 broken mouse
1 DEAD WOOD PIGEON FROM MY FLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a bit like something from a Monty Python sketch.. you know the dead parrot one.
3 bags to the charity shop.. well put out for collection in the morning..
1 parcel posted.. 2 more to go tomorrow
3 carriers of shoes gone
1 bush
2 balls
1 beaker
1 binbag of sludge.. serious drain clearance!
1 carrier off with DS1
1 binbag from the girls room
1 outfit to DD1
11 bags of next returns
1 tree binned... it was growing in a wall outside!
1 mop binned
2 brooms binned
1 binbag rubbish from middle room
2 binbags from the back room
1 binbag from the hallway
1 jar of very OOD coffee which tasted rank apparently
1 broken car wing mirror which has been in my room for the last 2.5 years!.. we don't even have that car any more!
1 carrier rubbish from my room
1 little tykes rocker with a broken handle
16 ebay items
2 dressing up outfits to my niece
1 box of chocolates.. to the lady who sorted train tickets out for DS2's trip as a thank you.
1 shredded baby book
1 carrier of rubbish
1 pair shoes
1 balloon
3 binbags away to CS

the garden has also been decluttered of..

3 trikes
1 plastic playhouse
5 bikes
1 desk
1 inflatable snowglobe
1 chair
and 1 bunkbed frame!..

At least the garden it looking a bit decluttered..

Off to fling in the back room/ebay boxes see what I can shift from there and the boxes of shoes

Winter coats and a stack of fabric going on ebay this week.. I need the money as well as the space!

rumblytum

pigpen wrote: »

Pigpens 106/100 for July

3 handfuls of recycling/old letters etc from the paper pile.
1 broken vase
1 pushchair chassis (which I have kept in my front room for 4 years without using as it was broken) Parts poached for ebay
3 ebay items posted
1 tub paint to DS1
1 tub silicon sealant to DS1
1 2m length of fabric out.
1 binbag of rubbish from the girls room
1 bedside cupboard from Squeaks room
3 more tins of paint to DS1
1 holey sock!
1 carrier of old paperwork *fling*
1 carrier of old knickers
1 binbag rubbish from downstairs
1 baby nest thing to DD1
1 playmat to DS1
1 pair of holey socks
2 full sharps bins
20kg of clothes to clothes4cash.. any money I get is more than I would get if I sent it to charity shop!.. there were probably about 200 items in there but I will count each Kg as 1.
1 pair old trainers in the bin
1 binbag of rubbish flung!
1 broken mouse
1 DEAD WOOD PIGEON FROM MY FLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a bit like something from a Monty Python sketch.. you know the dead parrot one.
3 bags to the charity shop.. well put out for collection in the morning..
1 parcel posted.. 2 more to go tomorrow
3 carriers of shoes gone
1 bush
2 balls
1 beaker
1 binbag of sludge.. serious drain clearance!
1 carrier off with DS1
1 binbag from the girls room
1 outfit to DD1
11 bags of next returns
1 tree binned... it was growing in a wall outside!
1 mop binned
2 brooms binned
1 binbag rubbish from middle room
2 binbags from the back room
1 binbag from the hallway
1 jar of very OOD coffee which tasted rank apparently
1 broken car wing mirror which has been in my room for the last 2.5 years!.. we don't even have that car any more!
1 carrier rubbish from my room
1 little tykes rocker with a broken handle
10 ebay items
2 dressing up outfits to my niece
1 box of chocolates.. to the lady who sorted train tickets out for DS2's trip as a thank you.
1 shredded baby book
1 carrier of rubbish

3 binbags away to CS

the garden has also been decluttered of..

3 bikes
1 plastic playhouse
5 bikes
1 desk
1 inflatable snowglobe
1 chair
and 1 bunkbed frame!..

At least the garden it looking a bit decluttered..

Off to fling in the back room/ebay boxes see what I can shift from there and the boxes of shoes

Winter coats and a stack of fabric going on ebay this week.. I need the money as well as the space!

You are doing amazingly well pigpen :T:T:T

rumbly x