2017 - No Clutter To Be Seen

purplevamp

purplevamp wrote: »

67-68) 2 pairs of old dead shoes
69) Dried up hairband
70-72) 3 baby cardigans (ebay)
73-78) 6 Cook books (ebay)
79) Shower gel bottle, had been hanging around since last year (decanted last bit into new one, had to wait as it was a lynx one and didn't want it in my pretty lady one :rotfl:)
80) Chipped glass chopping board

81) Jeans (ebay)
82) Skirt (ebay)
83) CD (amazon)
84) old receipts
85) old homework the kids hadn't handed in

Saver-upper

It feel like I have spent a whole lot of time getting nothing done today.Parts of the house are a mess (partly because,with it being Mother's day,I didn't get my Sunday to blitz the house like I normally do),so that is getting on my nerves.On top of that,I seem to have spent an inordinate amount of time listing stuff for sale.If I was to count up the hours I have spent listing the couple of items I have (with photographing,uploading,internet dropping out,etc),it really is not a very good hourly rate I am getting.Yet,I persist .

So,during the school day today I have:
728:emptied another plastic box,mostly cook-books.I browsed through each one.Some of the recipes I have never,and probably will never,want to cook.I did find my Home Economics cookbook,with my hand-written recipes, dated 1983 (:eek::eek:),so had to keep that
729:emptied another plastic box of mostly kid's drawings,but also a box containing my Mother's day cards and drawings from 2014-keep!

Spent just over an hour sorting/photographing a large bag of clothes to sell,and then just under another hour listing thr infernal stuff .It should be easy to list,especially when you do it on a smart-phone.Can sort of list on multiple sites at once,but that just means I get in trouble multiple times:rotfl:.At one stage I had just finished listing an item one 10 different facebook selling sites.About 5 minutes later I got a message asking what size a dress was-doh!Couldn't see how to correct all 10 listings with price simultaneously,so had to go to each selling manually and edit.

I only ended up listing 2 different items in all that time :eek:

Before collecting kids from school,I donated 22 books to the charity shop,so they were items 730-751.

House is a tip.......

gemmajenkins0208

All rubbish and recycling out, apart from the box to the new monitor I bought a few weeks back doh! :rotfl:

A massive lot of stuff will be taken away as we have somehow used a lot of things lately. The glass recycling box is full as we have glass jars from prepping food and the glass alcohol bottles form mums birthday and mothers day.

All recycling bags full to bursting.

I have already put the feelers out on the selling sites to see if anyone would want to buy our car boot job lot rather than trying to list each item individually or get rid of it at charity shop/tip/in the bin, and a few have asked for a picture. I mean, there is way too much to list individually so it would just be one picture of all the items piled up on top of each other just for the picture's sake, but then we have to conform to peoples needs and wants if we ever stand a chance of shifting our wares, right? :lipsrseal :whistle: :rotfl:

Fruittea

Been poorly for a few days with a cold - but managed to sort out 2 kitchen drawers and a couple of boxes. Living room looks quite tidy now and I've almost got 1 bedroom done.

Here's my update:
568 – 2 perfumes – CS
570 – 2 glass jars – CS
572 – 2 cups and saucers –CS
573 – Olive dish – CS
573 – Packet of thumb tacks – CS
573 – 2 plastics curvographs – CS
580 – 7 old books – CS
581 – table mat – CS
581 – Box of name tags – Neighbour
582 – Glass vase – CS
583 – Bath mat – animal sanctuary
597 - 14 bits of toot from a drawer – bin
598 – incense burner- CS
601 – 3 jars – recycled
610 – 9 packets of ood yeast – compost
612 – 2 drinks pourers – CS
613 – DVD - sold Amazon

Trendyjenny

hi just found this thread.
so need to declutter. I started for lent and doing quite well. I recently split up from a 30 year relationship and there is so much c it unbelievable. I like the idea of counting the amount you get rid of. charity shop loving me at the moment


what is the toothbrush principle ?

Aberdeen5

Tidied and cleaned ensuite today, nothing to declutter or throw out One room done

Tidied and cleaned bedroom today

451. 452. Gift bags past their best. Out

Boots cleaned and away to top of cupboards
453. Perfume used and bottle recycled
454 460. Underwear binned
461 479. Tops, jumpers. To go to charity shop
480 485. Makeup used or binned

18p found in jeans

Bedside drawer tidied,
486. 490. Bits of rubbish out of drawer
491. 493. Extra buttons from new tops put in sewing box
494. Finished book in car to give to a friend

gemmajenkins0208

Finally arranged collection of our unwanted furniture! :j

It's being picked up on the 6th and taken to the local charity that provide discount priced furniture to those in need

Saver-upper

Trendyjenny wrote: »

what is the toothbrush principle ?

Hi Trendyjenny,welcome to our lovely friendly thread .
30 years of stuff is a challenge,but you will get there-slow and steady and all that.

Previously I had seen a couple of references on here and other threads about the Toothbrush Principle,and I had to google it.The TP is that a person never loses their toothbrush because it has a place,(usually in or close to the bathroom) to be stored,we always put it back there,so it can always be found.I think the theory is that if we applied that logic to everything we own (everything having a place to be stored,close to where it is used,and always being returned there),then life runs alot more smoothly.
There is a book,will see if I can find the link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Banish-Clutter-Forever-Toothbrush-Principle/dp/0091935024/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490948269&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Toothbrush+Principle

Good luck,and welcome aboard .

greent

End of March round up :
384. tooth gel – OOD – binned
385. lots of syringes of tooth bleach – binned
386. Moulds of my teeth and trays for bleaching – binned
387. small pile of paperwork re above – recycled
388. hotel shower gels used to top up handwash pump bottles – bottles recycled
389. broken Tupperware lid – binned
390. broken bubble wand – binned
391. small pile of paper and magazines from DD’s room – recycled
392 – 395. 4 items of clothing rag bagged (holey)
396. McD’s toy given to friend (she wanted it)
397. Mug with a crack developing around the handle – bin
398. Dried up mascara – bin
399 – 400. – A box and a half of coffee pods no longer used - given to my mum
401. Book read and passed on
402. Book read and passed on
403. Nasty smelling reed diffuser – bottle recycled, reeds burned on chimenea
404 – 405. 2 outgrown vests of DS3’s – fabric recycling
406. leaking kettle – binned
407. chipped glass – binned
408. no longer non-stick frying pan – binned
409. pile of paperwork from the children’s ‘red books’ – recycled/ burned as appropriate
410. hotel shampoo & conditioner used – bottles recycled
411. weird smelling facial serum binned
412 – 415. – 4 full sized bars of (craft fayre style) handmade soap recycled into laundry gloop
416. Very OOD pack of Californian poppy seeds – sown in garden
417 – 419. 3 packs of very OOD herb seeds – binned
420. Book read and passed on
421. Pile of volunteering related paperwork recycled 
422 -423. 2 part-used notepads used up! 
424. Book attempted 3x but not read – passed on
425. Bike trailer sold 
426. Worn out PJs of OH’s – fabric recycling
427. Eye cream from stash used up
428. pile of paperwork dealt with and recycled
429. Book read and passed on
430. Candle set – sold – ebay
431. 2 broken coathangers – binned
432. cracked glass – binned
433. torn backpack – binned
434. pair of too small and well used PJs of DS3 – fabric recycling
435. Win7 disc for business card templates - bin
436. Lots of broken/ torn/ damaged plastic files – bin
437. Massive pile of paperwork filed/ burned/ recycled
438. Pack of screen protectors for a long-gone phone. Pack recycled. Remaining 1 protector binned
439 – 442. Birthday card, 2 presents and gift bag all from stash – used for friend of DS2.
443. bottle of wine from stash used towards Mothering Sunday gift
444. 2 small (hotel) jars of marmalade used – jars recycled
445. Book read and passed on
446 -448. 3 piles of magazines sold via ebay
449. Packaging from stash used on ebay parcels 
450. Chipped glass – binned
451. boxed set of glasses – sold – ebay
452. LOTS of packaging used to pack 451!
453 – 457. Recipe books – sold- ebay
458. Packaging used on ebay sales
459. 3 flimsy plantpots – binned
460 -461. 2 more recipe books sold – ebay
462. Bundle of 6 magazines – sold – ebay
463. Book read and passed on
464. 3 hanging files (broken) – card bits recycled, metal hangers binned
465. broken coathanger – binned
466. final hotel/ small jar of marmalade used – jar recycled
467. small (airline) mouthwash emptied into bigger bottle (to disguise taste) - bottle recycled

Trendyjenny

thanks, that makes sense!


some bits are easier than others to get rid of..
anyone else struggle with getting rid of books ?
I am also a teacher and cant seem to get rid of education things in case they come around again !