Decluttering 2013, the saga continues ...

somerandom

Less coming in, more going out - I'd forgotten the other benefit of de-cluttering - finding things that you thought you'd lost or forgotten you had.

Yesterday I found my spare iPhone charger & 2 Cineworld tokens. That takes care of entertainment this weekend - "Gravity" in 3D here we come....:j

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
havent been in for a while as other stuff seems to have taken over.
going down the cs this morning with a binbag full of stuff so thats some out.



well done to everyone whos still managing to declutter on a regular basis, i must get back into it i still have loads to do.

cte1111

Still slogging on with the 10 items a day:

5 bags
Assorted broken toys
1/2 bag of toys for the CS
Used up pad of paper (not sure why we were hanging onto the front and back cover)
Stained coasters
Used up bottle of bubbles

Becky_2

Not much decluttering being done at the moment, I am trying to chill more at the weekends now.

* Collected all the fallen leaves in the garden, they are in the garden bin now.
* A small pile of paperwork shredded
* I hoovered yesterday
* 2 x birthday cards are being posted on Monday

somerandom

101. DS tracksuit bottoms - CS
102. Bag - CS
103-4 2x belt - CS
105-8 4xdamaged balls from garden - bin
109 damaged hose - bin
110 Bag of old / unwanted make-up - bin
111.DS Tracksuit top - CS
112.Old Spa slippers - Bin
113.Damaged laptop sleeve - Bin
114.Damaged make up bag - Bin

cte1111

Decluttered items for today:

3 Catalogues
3 Phone books
2 Magazines
Cross stitch charts
Old diary
OOD vouchers
Sewing pattern

Jacksmummy

A huge hello from me :wave::wave:

This thread is just what I needed to get my butt into gear, my house is in serious need of a declutter and a deep clean so I may be on here for a while

Our living room & kitchen are not so bad cos these are the rooms we use the most so I tend to keep on top of the clutter and dust, its the rest of the house I need to tackle because its starting to depress me, I cannot even bring myself to look in the spare rooms cos they are such a mess.

So after reading this thread again last night, I have decided today is the day I start sorting it out and this time I'm going to do it! x

mrs-moneypenny

mornng all
did declutter some birthday pressies that had been waiting in our room round to DD1 at weekend

need to find more to declutter

cte1111

Welcome Jacksmummy. I find aiming to sort out a whole room is daunting so I've been aiming for 10 items a day, every day no excuses! I did this for a while at the beginning of the year, now re-visiting the challenge for November as the house was starting to fill up again.

Decluttered today:

Old tin opener (got 2 other better ones)
Bag of papers from my daughter's toy drawer
Jumper
Bits and pieces left over from lip gloss making set
2 magazines (read them both last night)
Book
2 pieces of children's sculpture
Catalogue

Yorkielass

Everyone's a bit quiet here this weekend, hope you're all ok and just busy.

Welcome Jacksmummy I have quite a high 'clutter & dirt' threshold, then one day I just snap as it gets too much so I know exactly what you mean. Hopefully this thread will help. Baby steps is definitely a good idea and then you'll find a system that works for you, whether it's counting things, doing 10 minute bursts, doing one room at a time or a little from everywhere etc etc. Recording stuff here really helps me.

I've made more progress over the last few days:
106 - 122 sold a wardrobe on Gumtree which has been collected, I know a wardrobe is one item but it was in bits in the loft so counting the bits individually.
123 - 138 sold a box of lightbulbs & switches we'd removed when we moved into the house, also on Gumtree
139-141 3 glass rammikins from Gu recycled, OH keeps keeping these but decided we had too many :-)
142 broken picture frame bin

We did more sorting and I'm sure we threw other bits out but can't remember any specifically. House is definitely starting to look better though :-)