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Decluttering 2013, the saga continues ...

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  • My declutter start. Though tbh am just procrastinating as don't want to start lesson planning!
    1. old cat scratch pad thrown out
    2. 6 DVDs listed on amazon*
    3. 28 unwanted VHS boxed up for parents/car boot/tip (freed up space used to house homeless DVDs)*

    (*won't count them in my total until they are out of the house as technically they are still cluttering me up!)

    I've also started a notebook to keep record of what I declutter in hopes it will spur me on when I've lost interest or got too much else to do!
    Am about to put decs back in loft, though a little unsure about what wild life up there might munch on what's left in time for next Christmas!
  • parsniphead
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    Morning all.

    A lot of sorting today as I had to take out my old washing machine after it blew up while waiting for the new one to be delivered.

    I have also managed to sort out about 30 books for the charity shop. Onwards and upwards.:j
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  • silvasava
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    Well - started to declutter wardrobe into new set of plastic drawers & I need another set! I have decluttered some paperwork that was lurking in the bottom & then found a box at the back of the wardrobe filled with old cards - started reading them - FATAL. Lots there from my boys when they were little & I can't bear to get rid of them although I'll give my DS's their old school reports- lol
    I am trying - really :(
    Small victories - sometimes they are all you can hope for but sometimes they are all you need - be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle
  • donnajt
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    short_bird

    A friend told me I was delusional. I almost fell off my unicorn.

    really made me laugh!!
  • silvasava wrote: »
    Well - started to declutter wardrobe into new set of plastic drawers & I need another set!

    That happened to me when I decluttered my wardrobe last spring! I gave in and bought the 2nd set as it meant that my drawers are now organised and I can actually find things and store them relatively neatly (rather than stuffing them in gaps!). Have only needed to 'tidy' them up once when I had another declutter in late autumn, so I think the purchase was justified! Get a 2nd set of drawers, I say!;)
  • short_bird
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    donnajt wrote: »
    short_bird

    A friend told me I was delusional. I almost fell off my unicorn.

    really made me laugh!!

    I have to confess, it turned up on Facebook this morning and I simply couldn't resist making it part of my sig:D
    ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ David Lynch.
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  • donnajt
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    short_bird wrote: »
    I have to confess, it turned up on Facebook this morning and I simply couldn't resist making it part of my sig:D

    lol...that's funny cos I stole it for my FB status only I changed friends to my gp...:rotfl:
  • donnajt
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    Right enough time wasted...i am stepping away from the laptop
  • DundeeDoll
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    Today's 13 challenge is 13 paper items off the noticeboard / fridge / next to the phone. Off i toddle.
    MrsSD declutter medals 2023 🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐ 2025
    25 for 25: 371 / 625
    declutter: 173 / 2025
    frogs eaten: 10
  • DundeeDoll
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    11 pieces of paper including last year's recycle calendars and survey for odeon (duly filled in and card binned), 1 broken nessie, 1 holder.
    MrsSD declutter medals 2023 🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐ 2025
    25 for 25: 371 / 625
    declutter: 173 / 2025
    frogs eaten: 10
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