The KonMarie method

Knit_Witch

Hmm decluttering the catalogue accounts - very tempting but being disabled and unable to get to the shops (still less try stuff on when there :eek:) I am tempted to keep it!

Igamogam

iQueen wrote: »

I've never thrown a book away, in my adult life - librarian as well as a teacher! I shall feel really guilty putting it in the recycling. :eek:

I shall donate it to the CS, along with the copy of 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' that my daughter raved about, and passed to me, unasked for! I couldn't get further than a third of the way through either. At least, it won't be my decision to junk it/them! :rotfl:

The only books I have put in recycling ones are some that 'died in storage' - damp and some very badly torn reading books from school. Apart from CS shop and giving away to friends or moretechnical books on Fr**cycle I have also used this:A whole new facet to kondoing methinks May help some of us who struggle with getting rid of books....

I read Kevin but didnt enjoy it because I found it too much like work:eek: I also 'cast it adrift' ( see link above) but have never found a trace:rotfl::rotfl:

GreyQueen

Knit_Witch wrote: »

We had postal votes last time and they still came round!

I'm gonna tape a notice on my door on election day itself to tell them not to knock and I intend to be Not At Home to any callers. On previous years, canvassers have visited in the afternoon and evening asking me if I've voted like some bossy nanny.

Yup, dudes, I vote before I go to work in the morning and I don't need you on my step 8 hrs later pestering me fer cryin' out loud.

tibawo

Just quickly checking in. I have a warm fuzzy feeling. In the garage at mums we had quite a few childrens books, too good for tip but tried to sell on car boot but only a few went. Anyways, dd comes home with letter about making a reading corner at school and any book donations would be gratefully received. Full bag gone, school said are you sure? Yes I said. dd got some house points for it so she is really chuffed too!

Now if I could only find someone who still uses VHS tapes!!

silvasava

Tibawo - try Free cycle for your tapes - I got rid of a load to someone for an elderly parent who didn't like to change to DVD's

mavvymoo

Didnt do as much as I would have liked today as a friend phoned early as she had a problem so went to hers to help her out.
Mid day when I got back so decided to go and get my lovely new duvet Old one gone to dog shelter sure they wont mind the thickness of it.:)
But I couldnt believe how easy it was to get ready and pick something to wear infact my DH was shocked I was so quick.

He had to get petrol and while I was waiting I MK'd my handbag and put all the rubbish in a carrier bag in the car.

So will carry on in the morning and see how I get on.
Thanks for all the information and help its really working for me. Books and the dreaded paperwork/junk/ everything drawers to start first thing :eek:So wish me luck !

Mav x

maryb

I contacted a local primary school about a whole load of children's reference type books - Dorling Kindersley etc. When we took them in you would have thought they had been given a lottery grant, they REALLY appreciated it. We got a letter from the governors thanking us. It was a school in one of the less well off catchment areas and I felt that was a better way of letting them go than sending them to Oxfam where they would only have directly benefited the one family who bought them

Dustykitten

White rabbits, white rabbits, white rabbits.

1st of May is the ideal day to start paperwork and I want it done by the end of the month (before half term would be even better). I may tackle other things on the days when I can't face anymore paper. The great thing will be when it is done I can rearrange the dining room and get a new table so that we can all sit down to eat without a big squash.

tooties

Good Morning All,

I just popped in to say Hello and VERY WELL DONE to everybody.

I am just about managing to keep up with the thread. I just love the effect this process has on my home and on my well being.

Keep up the great work everyone

regards

iQueen

silvasava

This may help you decide what to do with your ivory pieces.

Dustykitten wrote: »

For those who are further along the road than me how do you stop despair from setting in?

Clothes done (mine but boys and DH do their own and are not too bad)
Books done (mine, need to encourage other family members)

Paperwork next but I can't help looking around, thinking about the full loft, garage and shed and thinking OMG this is going to take so long, will it ever end.

Definitely keep at it! Everything discarded, is another step towards your spacious, tranquil home, and easier, quicker household chores. :j And, more you time.

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

We have lived in this house over 30 years and the stuff has been built up slowly over that time by Us And our 5 children, I therefore know for a fact it's It going to get kondoed overnight. I see each little area I clear as a success and it keeps me motivated to move on to other areas.

Ditto years (well, 26) and ditto number of children! I feel the same way about each little area. :j

My worst room has never been used for anything but a place to store Stuff. That is going to be my last project, as a reward for kondoing everywhere else - it promises to be a veritable Aladdin's Cave! :dance:

Igamogam wrote: »

The only books I have put in recycling ones are some that 'died in storage' - damp and some very badly torn reading books from school. Apart from CS shop and giving away to friends or moretechnical books on Fr**cycle I have also used this:A whole new facet to kondoing methinks May help some of us who struggle with getting rid of books....

I read Kevin but didnt enjoy it because I found it too much like work:eek: I also 'cast it adrift' ( see link above) but have never found a trace:rotfl::rotfl:

Thanks for that! I had already come across it, but I live in a very rural area and opportunities for sending books on an adventure are almost non-existent. I do take bagsful to a cafe, next-door to a holiday caravan park, where they sell well for the RNLI.