Enough is enough - the great declutter

pigpen

morganlefay wrote: »

I lurk here sometimes as I have a houseful mostly of MY stuff and no energy to attack it following bad clinical depression - now very slowly receding. This thread helps a lot and I sometimes manage to do a bit. My OH has just retired and his being at home all day saying 'shall we have a go at tidying today' ? is driving me mad, as is his eager look as he surveys all my stuff, or his disappointed one when he sees I'm not going to do it. The more he nags the less I feel I can do anything at all. Today I realised it might be a good idea to involve him - does anyone have any ideas about how to use him productively rather than just getting nagged and feeling really down about it all ? I can make him take all stuff to charity shops for me and to the tip, but does anyone have any ideas about other stuff a not-very-handy bloke might do to HELP and not just make me feel even more guilty ? Also I am v scared of e bay, but have lots of stuff I could sell 'if only'.... is it easy really, any tips there too ? Thank you, nice people !

If ebay scares you it may be an idea not to think about it right now.. or have hubby do it.. it will give him something to occupy him and keep him from nagging you.. local courses in internet literacy are a fab idea.. local colleges and libraries often run them.. have him go check!!

Take it one box at a time.. and don't rush it.. you'll get through it.. you have a lifetime of memories in that 'clutter' don't throw it all away on a whim.

Sort through one box and get rid of all the 'rubbish'.. when you have done a few boxes you might be able to get rid of one box by spreading the remainder of its contents over a few others.. one less!

Give yourself little goals... eg.. get rid of one box a week.. or one a month..

When I get a package IN the house I fill the outer layer with things to get rid of.. then I have as much going out as came in.. in my head that does work!

Be kind to yourself you are recovering from a nasty illness give yourself time to heal and mend. ((hugs))

mary43

morgan - pigpen's right.......small achievable goals will work best for you. They worked for me, at least for a while...........at a bit of a stand still now though.

pigpen - glad to see you're still hard at it...............lol I'm not I'm afraid........still waiting for OH to take tele's to the skip - spare bedroom is getting more cluttered by the day, what with christmas hoardings and 'stuff' I havent really delved into yet.

Oh well..........given time........

Out - one delapidated mattress
In - one new mattress

So, no change

zarazara

today IN= nothing ,well a bottle of milk actually, but i dont count food as an in or out, its just a neccessity.
OUT= 2 carrier bags of household rubbish and 1 binbag of rubbish from the shed.

newlywed

In: two cook books (from charity shop)

Out: two carrier bags full of videos to charity shop, and two metal shelves to the tip

floss2

mary43 wrote: »

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Out - one delapidated mattress
In - one new mattress

So, no change

But a comfier bed

pigpen

and a LOT of bed bugs and dead skin cells and goodness knows what other nasties!!

pigpen

In.

Nothing

Out

1 binbag to charity shop

ebay

100 items listed yesterday.. not as grand as it sounds.. 60 were relisted! 27 are my sisters and the rest is new stuff I found to fling.. *FLING*
1/100 has a bid £1.50.. and 3/100 have watchers!

freecycle..

Everything bar the bed base went so that can be hoiked out the front in fact.. I'll do that right now! While my food cooks.

Soapy955

i managed to sort out a cupboard in my bedroom yesterday. It was so full of junk that everytime you opened the door things would fall out and you had to throw them back into the cupboard and slam the door shut quickly!!

Well now there are just coats and bags in there, a few pairs of shoes and a few craft bits for making cards, and some wrapping paper. I threw out loads of clothes, bags, craft bits that were just too scrappy to keep and crinkled up wrapping paper that was totally unfit to wrap presents!

Am off to the charity shop today with the bag load of stuff that wasn't bad enough to sling in the bin.

Another cupboard clear of rubbish!! YAY!!!! :T

NickiM

Yesterday I took a bag to the charity shop and gave some old glasses to Vision Express.

Later I really need to get cracking, it is looking better though.

I got my first Amazon feedback yesterday, yay! Oh, an does anyone know whether play.com emails you if someone wants to buy something?

pigpen

oooh do all the vision expresses collect old specs? I have about 40 pairs from the children could go..