2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Casati

1. Set of still boxed coasters sold on ebay .

It's a start!

Becky_2

The plan today is to sort out my purse.

I have also done the following:
* A pair of shoes have been binned that was not worth repairing (worn for more than 10 years).
* A shower gel has been used up
* More candles have been used up.
* Yesterday OH shredded a lot of his paperwork

TheDoolallyDilly

Welcome to the new declutterers :wave:

jinny I began numbering the items I was getting rid of at the beginning of 2014, because I was aiming for 365 items in the year. I didn't make it, but I am carrying on with the counting because I find it makes me think when I go to buy something - I think to myself - 'I've got rid of xxxx number of things, do I really need anything else?'.

I am already decluttered, in that there's no visible clutter in my house or cupboards, but I have things that I never use (and don't get me wrong, I am very grateful to be in that position) so the stuff I am getting rid of now is hard to find, and harder to get rid of (please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks 'I've had this for ages, so I should keep it' - even if I don't use it!?). So, three hundred-odd items from an already clutter free house is quite eye-opening :eek:

System

Out:

Three flannels that have seen better days. I wont need to replace them as ive got enough.

mrs-moneypenny

OUT
used up a sachet of face mask - packet binned
OOD meal replacement sachet - binned
unused 2010 diary - recycled
few more old christmas cards - recycled

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

25. Magazine read and recycled
26. Loads of cardboard taken to the tip
27. All plastic bottles and glass etc in recycling boxes for collection by bin men tomorrow morning
28. Old digital camera installation disc binned
29. Two year out of date tub of stork margarine binned

Off on holiday today, so at customs, I have had decluttered the following:
30. Small deodorant, small eyewash for contact lens users and small tin of shaving foam

mrs-moneypenny

barney were they taken off you at customs?

a few more out, scary thing is im not even being ruthless yet.

OUT
2 french/english dictionaries - CS box
3 childrens books - CS box
an unused card game - CS box
an unused board game - CS box
2 jigsaw puzzles - CS box
a box full of art stuff - CS box
a small kettle drum - CS box
8 fabric mors bags or bags for life - CS box
small decorative plant pot - CS box
box of beads with frames (the sort you iron together to make pictures and deccys) - CS box
box full of those long plastic strands you plait into keyrings etc - CS box
load of used jiffy bags - binned
ratty pack of art straws - binned
pack of old kirby grips - binned
big cardboard box - recycled
pile of tatty looking sheets of drawing paper - recycled.
pair broken headphones - binned
2 more big sweet tins near the door ready for DD1 -she uses them at work
Small sample tube of lip balm used up so tube binned
2new key rings -CS bag
1unused roll of wallpaper border -CS bag

need a run down the CS soon as that box and a bag are now full

kitty6

Right I'm going to make a point of going through the post each day when it gets delivered.
# note to self do the following straight away.
i.e recycle for all envelopes & leaflets, mark in diary when bills need paying.

Getting fed up with a pile of paperwork that seems to take ages to go through.

13 - Flyers - recycle bin
14 - pay car insurance & shred old documents.

Looking in the fridge .... half opened things to use up

14 - tinned tomatoes
15 - ham

looks like chips, egg, ham & tomato's for tea.

DFF

Hello

Please may I join this challenge?

Last year a 2 cheap bookcases and a cheap wood veneer 2 draw filing cabinet broke and once emptied taken to the tip. I had too much stuff in them, they'd lasted 6 years so I did well out of them. All the stuff from these pieces of furniture are in boxes stored in Living and Bedroom.

This years goal is to declutter these boxes so a) I have clear floors and b) it will be easier to clean. I aim to spend at least 15 mins every day except Sunday doing this.


DFF

mrs-moneypenny

welcome DFF, sounds a good plan to set a small time each day. little and often is far less daunting than getting bogged down in too much and it all getting overwhelming so you feel like giving up