KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

whiteguineapig

and i am attacking the lofts lol

Karmacat

And I'm on part one of making my 2nd bedroom a thing of beauty (i.e. useable!).

luxor4t

Today I shall mostly be...revisiting my fabric stash and looking out bits to donate to a patchworking charity.

As it is all now neatly rolled and boxed DH will not see me on the floor, surrounded by miles of fabric and think I was building a nest ... :rotfl:

MamaSaver

Thank you Slinky, PWD and GQ. You all make a lot of sense and I have been thinking about what you said about my large office equipment. Having considered your input, I have discovered something that I never realised before. I think this equipment actually has some sentimental value and that makes it even harder to get rid of. We bought it at a time when we had just got married, had our first child and things were looking good financially. We were starting a new venture and it was so exciting. However, the past 10 years have changed things, having had a major family tragedy and gone through financial hardship. I can't complain now, we're through the worst of it, but I think this business package that I'm clinging to, is also making me cling to a life that has changed so much. I'm swaying towards selling it and starting afresh but now that I've discovered this attachment I have to it, I'll give myself some more time to think it through.

On the plus side, I kondoed a toy trunk that had a heap of junk in it. Now my kids can take what they want and replace items easily. Also have gathered Christmas decs in attic labelled and ready for CS next Nov. Also a small drawer in sitting room is almost empty, have moved photos and recycled birthday cards. A few boxes ready for CS, getting there with parking issues is the hard bit!

Igamogam

Pooky wrote: »

If science does want you then they dispose of you too so no further costs.

I did read an article once about a families experience of this.....Granny donated her body to medical/ science research. family all OK with this. A year or so later they had a letter that Granny's body was no longer needed/couldnt be used so could they arrange to 'take her back for disposal':eek: The author of the piece saw the funny side to it but not sure how I would react!

The 'deal with the paperwork it as soon as it comes' game is working well. I stand over the log burner with the post at the moment and burn/ file anything that has to be and put in a tray on top of filing cabinet anything that needs action - which I do at the weekend/evenings:) OHs pile of paperwork on the other hand grows steadily on the end of the piano, which will be kondoed (sold) this year - anyone interested in a fab pianola for restoration. Plays fine as a piano too as both DDs, who reached grade 6, can testify:D

Serendipitious

Igamogam wrote: »

I did read an article once about a families experience of this.....Granny donated her body to medical/ science research. family all OK with this. A year or so later they had a letter that Granny's body was no longer needed/couldnt be used so could they arrange to 'take her back for disposal':eek: The author of the piece saw the funny side to it but not sure how I would react!

:rotfl:

This just made me laugh out loud. My macabre sense of humour, no doubt...

Well, I started the new year with a vengeance, masses of recycling have gone, plus a fair bit of rubbish and a goodly load to the charity shop. I have resurrected my fleabay interest and got stuff listed, and joy of joys the heap in the hall is no more.

So that's the top layer sorted, everywhere looks a bit tidier. The tendency now is just to bask in that, but that won't solve the paperwork or the wardrobe situation. As for photos, I literally have a suitcase full of old albums, which need whittling down.

I also have a box of old pc files on CD, never touched them since the day I changed pcs and downloaded all the files, so I think they can go due to lack of interest.

Need to read back a bit to get my enthusiasm going again!

Have a lovely day all. x

VJsmum

Bliddy Nora these photos take a long time.....

Another four albums have been kondoed. I am keeping two empty ones for Justin, and just for a little while, in case I find more pictures lurking somewhere. I can see gaps in the timeline...

However, I am stopping for a bit as they are now all on shelves and make some kind of sense. The remsining work is to shuffle up into the gaps in the albums. It may free one more album but that would be all.

Phew

luxor4t

luxor4t wrote: »

Today I shall mostly be...revisiting my fabric stash and looking out bits to donate to a patchworking charity. .......:

3kg of patchwork bits ready to go and spark joy to somebody else, and my fabric cupboard is much tidier. Happy dance!

GreyQueen

:T Everyone's going gangbusters, I feel ashamed to be such a lightweight.

I've had a lazy-ish day, pottered about and went to the pal's junk shop where I truffled in the cellar and came up with some bits of silver which came up luvverley with some polish and are now out on display. Have been looking up their hallmarks in the reference book. Pal claimed to never have seen them before in his life, I've seen them down there for a few years already but they needed to be shiny to look worth anything at all.

I also broke down some sagging cardboard boxes of his for the recycling which were new when I was in primary school and did some sweeping and general bossing about. I love it.

Flitted out to buy some elastic to re-do a pair of pj bottoms and remembered to take the rag-bag to the chazzer but forgot until underway to take the mobile phone to the other chazzer but that can go next time I'm heading in that direction.

I did buy a couple of things when out but they'll only be here until Mother's Day and I resisted adding any more books to the To Be Read Pile. I'm determined to have most if not all of these read by Easter when we'll be doing a bootsale as a family as a one-off.

Hokay, time for a cuppa and a bit of a breather. Keep up the good work, lovely peeps. GQ x

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I am working in my large shed today. I have umpteen items stored in there, ranging from gardening, to dehydrated foods and many more in between, including washed fleece for spinning (in airtight 5 gal tubs). I am not buying any more shelving but have to move things around before deciding what can go. I have to empty shelving in order to move shelving as it is heavy but I will manage doing that wiggling walk that moves much stuff. So I don`t know what is going out yet but will know in a few days when I have the structures in place. I can only last about two hours out there in the cold but it is this MK nibbling that truly does add up

Crikey I have enthused myself, just up to change into working clothes. I want to start, right now