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  • Possession
    Possession Posts: 3,262 Forumite
    Ditch 100 in January Challenge
    Huge box and mattress removed, lots of cardboard boxes broken up and tipped.
    1 big black sack of toys for c/s (don't tell the kids)
  • Just a couple of tips/observations that work for me so might help someone else.
    1) When I pick something up to decide whether to keep it or not I ask myself "Would this be something I would want to buy if I say it in a shop?". If the answer is no, it goes.
    2) If I have to make too many decluttering decisions at one time I start feeling uneasy and then sometimes backtrack on the decision made and take the item out of the cs bag. Therefore I don't try and do too much at once. Takes longer to get rid of things but is less of an emotional rollercoaster and in the long term means more things actually make it out of the house:T
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  • CompletelyLost
    CompletelyLost Posts: 2,862 Forumite
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    edited 8 January 2012 at 2:23PM
    I've decided that I'm in for the
    Ditch 100 in January Challenge
    :)
    if that's ok. It'll give me the motivation to go through stuff that I've been clinging onto... All are pending - bagged and ready to go when I get the chance.

    1-10. 10 kids books - some CS/some recycled
    11. black top - c/s
    12. unused nail polish - c/s
    13-14. 2 new baby outfits - c/s
    15. plastic bangle - c/s
    16. huge bag of old college notes - recycling
    17. bag of misc rubbish - bin
    18. water bottle - recycled
    19. several decrepit files - bin
    20. pink top - c/s

    20/100 :)
  • Byatt
    Byatt Posts: 3,496 Forumite
    Just a couple of tips/observations that work for me so might help someone else.
    1) When I pick something up to decide whether to keep it or not I ask myself "Would this be something I would want to buy if I say it in a shop?". If the answer is no, it goes.
    2) If I have to make too many decluttering decisions at one time I start feeling uneasy and then sometimes backtrack on the decision made and take the item out of the cs bag. Therefore I don't try and do too much at once. Takes longer to get rid of things but is less of an emotional rollercoaster and in the long term means more things actually make it out of the house:T

    This is an excellent post. Thank you. :T Particularly number 2) I am aware that I am an emotional shopper, but I hadn't acknowledged that getting rid of things is an emotional rollercoaster for me too. And panic sets in when I try to do it all at once. I will try for 1 or 2 items rather than thinking, all or nothing. Just reading your post mummysaver, made me aware of the panicky feelings I get. :A
  • Just a couple of tips/observations that work for me so might help someone else.
    1) When I pick something up to decide whether to keep it or not I ask myself "Would this be something I would want to buy if I say it in a shop?". If the answer is no, it goes.
    2) If I have to make too many decluttering decisions at one time I start feeling uneasy and then sometimes backtrack on the decision made and take the item out of the cs bag. Therefore I don't try and do too much at once. Takes longer to get rid of things but is less of an emotional rollercoaster and in the long term means more things actually make it out of the house:T

    That's a great way of looking at it!
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  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,011 Forumite
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    100 in January: either 2 items or 9 depending on how you count!
    1) 2 sheets & 3 pairs of socks to recycling
    2) 2 pairs trousers and 2 jumpers to recycling by Him Indoors
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  • VJsmum
    VJsmum Posts: 6,999 Forumite
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    Is there a "music magpie" for books? - Book buzzard?:D

    Ditch 100 in January Challenge

    31. A dead - ish amaryllis and pot
    32. A massive amazon box I was saving for packaging that [STRIKE]I have[/STRIKE] DS has used to make a tudor musical instrument for his homework.
    33. a broken toy gun


    33/100

    And some more stuff listed on ebay and amazon.
    I wanna be in the room where it happens
  • Haven't actually got rid of anything today (as all the bins are full) but after OH took the christmas decorations down he put them in the tree box, a bag and two boxes. I've managed to tidy that up so that now they're in one box and the tree box. Lots of space saved there!
  • VJsmum wrote: »
    Is there a "music magpie" for books? - Book buzzard?:D
    Someone on another thread has mentioned "zapper" and "webuybooks" but I have never tried either of them, and you probably don't get much.
    HTH though.
  • Mumof2_2
    Mumof2_2 Posts: 2,694 Forumite
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    edited 8 January 2012 at 3:46PM
    Been in the Room of Doom (extension where DH keeps all his [STRIKE]carp [/STRIKE]valuables). Now I have to tread carefully here as he is very precious about his 'stuff' so I just got rid of ...

    84. pot with rusty leads in?
    85. 3 glass jars to go in recycling tomorrow
    86. 2 x out of date directories for our area
    87. mug without handle
    88. felt pen dried out

    There was more but I've forgotten what it was now.

    January Challenge: 88/100
    Flymarkeeteer: £168 and counting
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