Hoarding - A New Start

VJsmum

12 things picked up and put away off the bedroom floor

12 items of washing picked up from DDs floor and put in washing machine

TBC......

lancashirelassie

Morning Peeps,
just updating myself with all this brilliant activity going on in here.
SJPRMC01 - Do you have other house members? perhaps task them a little job to do and you can remove those items from the house when you CBA..:D
Or I found doing something during the TV adverts over a week makes a massive difference with very little effort too.:)
Welcome all the newbies to a new adventure, thats how I am looking at things at the mo... when sorting things for going most things do btw! not too difficult most times. Then there are times that make you stop and think.. I have just had one of those yesterday. Found a clothes purchase from CS some time ago never been worn by me... and remembered why I had bought it.. my wardrobe is still fitting for this item to be used but my weight aint:o. I had been pondering about making use of weight/size reduction for some time, last night I did it... make that step.
So Lancashirelassie is also on the declutter list!!!
Honestly May is my target, if things dont declutter well other items will suffer and be removed from this house;).
got items ready to show on ebay which must be loaded this week.. thats the challenge:o
I am having to try really hard at putting stuff back where it came from or where it should go immediately and leave my head decluttered also:cool:.
Not sure what I have thrown so far this week, if anything, one thing I can see is the house is tidier and things are where they belong, now thats scary but VERY good:).
Thinking and thanking you all x

GreyQueen

Byatt wrote: »

I'm guessing I'm not going to use the george fore@man grill that I got on a whim a few months ago, and which has been cluttering up space in my kitchen as I try to ignore it and also justify spending good money on it. I'm not going to cook meat in it because I hate the way it does it anyway (my DD has one), and I'm never going to do the toasted sarnies because it means I'll have to clean the darned thing! I talked myself into it as an aspirational losing weight and healthy eating type thing. It's big and ugly and sits on a work top...

so why can't I get rid of it?:cool:

I know where you're coming from as I had the same issue with the Item I just freecycled. Shan't name it as it was up a huuuge freecycle group but it was a kitchen appliance of the counter-squatting variety.

It's as if we're saying to ourselves I paid good money for that! And we did, and we're sore because it didn't perform as we expected, we didn't like what it did, it was a pain to wash up after use, it took up a lot of space in a small home etc etc so on and so forth.

But, if you can step back from emotion that we've been decieved somehow into owning the Grill (or whatever) and that it'll somehow account for itself if we keep it on the premises long enough, ask yourself how much your peace of mind it worth.

Do you, several times a day, see the Grill and think something along the lines of Bliddy thing! I paid £££ for that, that's a lot of money to me, coulda bought X with it instead, I'm a fool, I always do stupid things with my money, bliddy thing..........and repeat.

And do those thoughts churn around whenever you see or even think of the Grill (or whatever)? This can't be healthy or kind. You wouldn't want to put a dear friend through all this negativity, so why would you want to do it to yourself?

We're human. We make mistakes. Sometimes we buy mistakes. It's OK to admit it and dispose of the evidence and move on.

Incidentally, George F0rman grills are one of the most common items to be decluttered, seems that an awful lot of people are suckered into buying them and find out the're not that suitable.

Gingernutty

GreyQueen wrote: »

Incidentally, George F0rman grills are one of the most common items to be decluttered, seems that an awful lot of people are suckered into buying them and find out the're not that suitable.

There's me thinking it was juicers....

Me? Anything by JML. Ped Egg anyone?

sjprmc01

Right:

1. Out-nov 2011 glamour mag
2. Out-spare work headset bag
3. Out-a no-longer-white sweatband
4. Folded into correct drawer-2 x pj tops
5. Out-an orange vest top I'm never going to wear again
6. Out-a cheap ikea photo frame
7. Out-joules autumn/winter catalogue
8. Out-August 2011 glamour mag
9. Out- a grey sweatband
10. Out-roll of crushed wrapping paper (yes, really!)
11. Out- international adapter plug! I've been abroad twice in my 36yrs on the planet!
12.out- A pandora gift bag
13. Out-Leapfrog stroller caterpillar toy
14. Out- a discoloured Xmas gift bag
15. Out- a gone-gloopy Halloween nail polish
16. Out- a pile of Xmas gift tags (I don't even gift tag things)
17. Out- feb 2011 weight watchers mag
18. Out- a flimsy red plastic storage box
As an aside, why I have a fondue skewer that I've never used lying on my bedroom floor, I'll never know!
19. Out- a spare button for a no-longer-owned top
20. Out- a snapped-in-half pencil
21. Out- Broken shells and dried out conkers
22. Out- a Halloween light up bat badge
23. Out- a dud highlighter pen
24. Out- a too-small-to-sharpen coloured pencil
25. Out- a black Halloween nail polish

Ok, so none of these items are major or huge, but I guess every little helps?

This is all in my bedroom, I'm listing as I'm chucking as its helping me realise that every little bit helps. It's all going in the wheely bin I'm not in the frame of mind for keeping to go elsewhere. Well all except the vest top that will go to a friend!

I've well exceeded my 12 things and am going to trawl on and see if I can get 100 today.

sjprmc01

26. Out- Oct 2011 Asda mag
27. Out- magnetic stamper from a no-longer-owned magnetic drawing board
28. Puzzle fun party-bag-gift activity book
29. Out- mr bump's DIY book
30. Out- yet another gift bag
31. Out- a bashed pencil tin
32. Out- rapunzel sticker-book doubler stickers
33. A make-yourself photo frame (with bits fallen off it)

mcculloch29

Keep going! I just put two small (50ml) toiletries jars into the recycling, both thick glass with beautiful rose metallic tops. Previously I'd have put them to one side to hold 'something'. Now they are gone. Also passed a book on to a fellow MSE'R who mentioned that he would like something in that line - it was a shorter, earlier version of one I got for Christmas that I already owned.
Tidied one of the food cupboards and various boxes /packets went in the bin - all empty, as the contents were consolidated e.g. stock cubes, pasta, spaghetti, coffee...

sjprmc01

34. Out- (to friend) a jersey jacket I detest
35. Tidied into underbed box- dd(5) books
36. Out- a Winnie the Pooh alarm clock with no back
37. Out-A broken coat hanger
38. out-A Barbie perfume box
39.out- A chipped bouncy ball
40. Out-A 'windmill' toy
41. Out- a peppa pig door hanging
42. Out- a Frankenstein mask
43. Out- a toy china cup
44. Out- in the night garden macca pacca talking teddy
45. Out- v tech baby Alfie learning teddy
46. Out- box of opposites cards
47. Out- a soft dolls bath
48. Out- a 'sturdy' packaging cardboard box
49. Out- a broken hair band
50. Out- a peppa pig whistle

whitewing

blimey sjp, you're on a roll!

1. Five coupons - actually used by DH for the shopping
2. Four items of lost property from work that have been hanging round for half a year despite reminders
3. 1 bag of washing for a relative who's machine has broken
4. 2 loads of washing - on the washing line, hopefully getting blown dry before it rains
5. 1 bag of carrier bags to be reused by a local group
6. 2 bags of paper waste
7. envelopes and leaflets from this morning's post

sjprmc01

51. Out- a pink panther keying
52. Out- a cuddly toy snake
53. Out- a GB flag
54. Out- a cuddly toy dog
55. Out- a Burger King kids meal toy
56. Out- baby annabel cuddly sheep
57. Out- haven character cuddly toy
58. Out- a toy salt shaker ( I broke my foot on this 4.5yrs ago yet I still have it!)
59. Out- cuddly toy husky dog
60. Out- a dolls pillow