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KonMari 2017 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
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Inallhonestly I can't think of anything I've got rid of so far that I would have preferred to keep to the space and decluttered look my home is getting.
In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind
Took a bag of donations to work with me so I could drop them off at the chazzer on the way home, I love shopping in reverse, don't you?
There must be something in the air because friend and neighbour SuperGran was chatting to me on the phone just now and telling me that her (normally immaculate and slightly-spartan) flat is a bit of a mess now as she is going through paperwork and clothing. She is also shredding a lot of stuff related to a former commitment, and happy about that.
I have temporarily acquired a few things which are in process of being upcycled and which will be offered for sale later next month. Feel a bit of a hypocrite as a kondo-ista on the acquisition side, but they're not keepers, so I guess that doesn't really count, hmmm?
John Ruskin
Veni, vidi, eradici
(I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
[Regina Brett]
Actually, because I went to get a small can of woodstain from my storage shed and found that it had solidified, that has made a sharp exit. Not too upset, there was very little left and the whole can had come to me third-hand anyway.
I am now doing a small mending job on one of those umbrella-type mesh flycovers for your plated food. I could have bought a new one for £1.99 but that would have just resulted in the existing item ending in the bin, which sits ill with me.
John Ruskin
Veni, vidi, eradici
(I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
I also dropped some bottles at a bottle bank and then went through the fridge when I got home to see what needs using up in the next few days.
I was up early today, 4.20.:eek: I thought I might as well do something useful.:D
Hoping to get rid of the dressing table and side table to my friend this week. Need to advertise the large 3 way coolbox that's in the loft too. We've been busy these last few weeks and I need to get my stuff moving out.
I was just popping my (small) make up bag away this morning when I realised that 2 bottles of nail polish have sneaked onto my bedside cabinet and been lurking for a good few weeks. I had emptied them out of said make up bag, wondering what to do about them. It is at least 3 years since I used nail polish but I didn't release them in KM1 ?!
Today was the right day!
I put a coat on each pinky, realised the one I was not kean on is great and binned the other.
Two tinted lip salves went the same way
Feels good.
Have a mixed bag of other Stuff to take to CS tomorrow morning. I thought i had the morning free (fortnightly client's week off, as it were) but have managed to book in plenty of chores and also coffee with elderly friend. Friend was going to walk into the village but the forecast is pouring rain so I shall go and pick her up
I've heard of the book and I'm a terrible hoarder, we moved to a smaller house 10 months ago and done packing boxes were full of paperwork or old boxes from the previous move 3 years before that :eek: it drives OH mad and our rooms are overflowing with stuff. I think I may need to get this book from the library. It's finding the time to do it as well...
Dh kondoed a bottle of solidified glue last night and then found another usable one to mend sd1s broken glasses.
In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind