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2019 - A Clutter Free Life

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  • IrishRose12
    IrishRose12 Posts: 1,788 Forumite
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    edited 1 January 2019 at 10:44PM
    Shortie wrote: »

    Any idea to repurpose the lidless jars, or just recycle and be gone?
    Recycle and be gone..... you clearly don't need them as your coming up.with too many possible uses yet saying you dont do those particular uses...... you don't t need them or want the so put them in the recycle bin!


    Attic has been somewhat tidied up here today, can't do much else till the tree etc comes down on Sunday night.
    Another black bag filled today from attic, kitchen and spare room.
    Recycling box is now full up so can't do much more till Friday when it gets emptied lol.
    Lots of paperwork cut or tore up and disposed of, and a pile of items to list on eBay or Facebook.

    Shall phone the BHF tomorrow to see about them collecting the almost 10 blag bags of stuff here, just need to do some research to see if I can donate an old t.v and printer anywhere as theyre still good as new and dont want to just dump them.
    Pay all debt off by Christmas 2025 £815.45/£3,000£1 a day challenge 2025 - £180/£730 Declutter a bag a week in 2025 11/52Lose 25lb - 10/25lbs Read 1 book per week - 5/52Pay off credit card debt 18%/100%
  • parsniphead
    parsniphead Posts: 2,897 Forumite
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    Happy New year everyone.

    I have finally put away all the dry washing away and it's made such a difference already.:j

    I have also thrown out

    1. A bin bag of rubbish
    2. Curtains for the charity shop
    3. Fabric for charity shop

    A small start but a start.:)
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  • Lily54
    Lily54 Posts: 79 Forumite
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    Let's get this show on the road! Happy New Year to you all.

    1-16 dvds to go to charity shop in the morning.
    17. Jar of screws, nails etc.that were kept "just in case" - bin
    18. Bag of plugs and leads that honestly wont ever be used - bin
    19. Bag of plantpots, washed and will be donated to a gardening friend tomorrow.
  • nannywindow
    nannywindow Posts: 3,669 Forumite
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    Happy New Year All
    I have not really started yet but I have decluttered the last cup cake :D. I have also put out the bins / recycling which contained the detritus from Xmas....... the cardboard and also the wrapping paper ( which is no longer recyclable apparently :mad:,) instead of folding most of the latter and keeping it for my crafting / scrapbooking ).
    I shall get a black bag tomorrow and put it upstairs, then I will have no excuse but to put in items as and when. Then once the bag is full I will sort into "bin or cs ".
    Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, but this time more intelligently
  • catshark88
    catshark88 Posts: 1,099 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    The Netflix series is fab. I must admit to having watched the whole thing today..:eek:
    "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." William Morris
  • Fairyfay1
    Fairyfay1 Posts: 3 Newbie
    edited 1 January 2019 at 8:15PM
    Please may I join , I’m going for a bag a day, so might take a few years, but it’s a start xx
  • Shortie
    Shortie Posts: 2,224 Forumite
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    Recycle and be gone..... you clearly don't need them as your coming up.with to many possible uses yet saying you do do those particular uses...... you don't t need them or want the so put them in the recycle bin

    And that right there is why I have sooo much clutter - I think of a million other uses and do nothing. So, thank you for putting me straight - into the recycling they go xx
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  • Ladyknernow - thank you! I am watching it now! lol

    Happy new year everyone!
    Spent the first 3 hrs in hospital with my son but we're out now and hoping the antibiotics he's got help this time (5 lots! :eek::eek:)

    12 - 13 Xmas chocolates and tin
    14 -15 boxes that xmas decs were in
    15 - 20 sons old weaning bits and bibs that don't fit any more given to my brother and SIL for their son.
    21 - xmas cards

    C xx
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  • IrishRose12
    IrishRose12 Posts: 1,788 Forumite
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    Shortie wrote: »
    And that right there is why I have sooo much clutter - I think of a million other uses and do nothing. So, thank you for putting me straight - into the recycling they go xx

    Hey we all do it, myself included, I hope only hope I can take my own advice when I start making excuses. Might print that reply out to remind myself of it :rotfl:
    Pay all debt off by Christmas 2025 £815.45/£3,000£1 a day challenge 2025 - £180/£730 Declutter a bag a week in 2025 11/52Lose 25lb - 10/25lbs Read 1 book per week - 5/52Pay off credit card debt 18%/100%
  • Evening All
    Chipping away:
    1 snow globe Christmas bauble, water inside had discoloured - bin
    6 old nail varnishes (DD's contribution, I don't own any) - bin
    2 selection boxes (also from DD, she's had enough sweets she says) - off to work with me tomorrow to be left in the communal kitchen
    DD and DS used up 2 hot chocolate and marshmallow kits they had as stocking fillers, although we still have the Christmassy mugs
    2 x Christmas DVDs - off to work with me to go in the charity bin
    1 x colour changing Minion - off to work with me, either charity bin or might have him on my desk for a while as he's quite cheery.
    Guineapigsqueaks x


    Keep Smiling :)
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