2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

allybee101

Yesterday I decluttered my home of a bag of lost property that I been storing since before Christmas!
The group I sing with had a big concert and various belongings were left behind. The bag has been sat in my hallway until I could hand them back. I know they're not my 'things' to declutter, but it is nice not to see that bag every time I walk through the front door!

38. Scarf - returned to owner
39. Hat and scarf - returned to owner
40. Drinks flask - returned to owner

41. Shoe box - battered about and no need for it so flattened and recycled.

mamashaz

Not posted here yet but have been following with interest

So far this month I have:

Old towels - friend who is a mobile hairdresser
Bedroom curtain - CS bag
Receipts - shredded and recycled
Laundry liquid sachet - used
Tins - CS bag
Unwanted Christmas gifts - CS last week
DS had a book sort out - RSPB book sale
Old computer - recycled at local tip
Fence panels - recycled at local tip

Trouble is, I live with 3 hoarders so it is an uphill struggle :eek:

[Deleted User]

Just found this thread. It might just save my life:rotfl:.

Very little time to read many of the posts just now so could someone please tell me what the 'rules' of the challenge are please? Don't want to commit to anything I know I won't mange to get anywhere near achieving, in which case might just lurk and admire all your efforts from a distance:o

PixieDust

I have no idea what the rules are, personally I just read and then report what I've ditched as and when I do it. I think some people are setting themselves challenges but you don't have to

jillbe

108 medium cardboard box - recycling
109 broken lever-arch file - binned
110-111 empty baby wipes packets - binned
112 large calender - recycled
113 large envelope, assorted scrap-paper, used labels - recycling
114 water drinking bottle - recycling
115 cardboard packaging, leaflet - recycling

that's all for today......;)

Casati

hello carbootcrazy and welcome , there aren't any rules at all...it's just a group of people determined to get on top of their clutter.

Some people find it motivating to give themselves challenges and count their progress. How you choose to do that is entirely up to you.

You might want to get rid of 100 items by the end of the month, or break it down into 5 items a day, or maybe 365 items this year (which would only be one per day) some of us who are particularly badly afflicted with hoarding are doing something ambitious like 2015 items for 2015.

I think the general idea is to push yourself a little bit. I'm aiming for 2015 but because that's a bit intimidating I sometimes break it down into smaller mini - challenges such as completely fill the paper recycling box before its collected on tuesday, or fill a couple of carrier bags with clothes & textiles as I'll have to walk past the clothes bank tomorrow on my way to the station. ( I don't drive so things need to be leaving the house little by little but very very often! There's no wrong or right way to do it, you just need to do it

Most of us here also understand how hard it can be as we get sentimentally attached to physical possessions, so sometimes when you hit a brick wall or just don't know where to start or are just finding it very emotionally difficult then we can empathise and maybe suggest some strategies to help.

DundeeDoll

Casati wrote: »

hello carbootcrazy and welcome , there aren't any rules at all...it's just a group of people determined to get on top of their clutter.

Absolutely. Like Casati says we are all here to push ourselves a little bit on the decluttering. I'm also going for 2015 which means I'm aiming at 6 items a day to allow a little slack. Most things I count singularly, but a bin of scrapped paper counts as 1, and the box of microsoft software cds also counted as one.

I've got the builders hopefully arriving Mayish and a daughter moving back home August so I really need to declutter some spaces before then.

Casati

Anyway didn't waste my little trip out today so offloaded as much stuff as I could carry at the clothes bank, charity shop and the library (our little loacal library is now volunteer run and they always have books for sale in the foyer to help with running costs. So.....

24. Tupperware jug, the fridge door type. Never used it.
25, 26, 27 three handbags
28,29,30 three pairs of trousers
31 vest
32 wallet, all the card slots are too small for cards! Bloomin annoying
33 & 34 dead bras
35-44 ten pairs of knicknackeroonies
45-73 TWENTY NINE PAIRS OF SOCKS
74-81 8 hardback books. Blimey they were heavy.

cupcake-queen

HURRAH! One puppy crate gone and the £15 I got for it takes up a lot less space. Puppy is now over 2 years old and being a Dalmatian has not been able to fit in the crate for a VERY long time!


As well as general decluttering my aim is raise some cash in exchange for clutter. I think I might write a list so I can actually see that I'm making progress as well as watch my jar for clutter money fill up.

mamaninie

16. Cardboard box randomly littering study - recycling
17. Half a carrier bag of paperwork/school letters etc
18. Dd2 outgrown cardi- cs