2019 - A Clutter Free Life

Wednesday2000

I bought two new clear plastic boxes with those hanging folders to organise my paperwork.

I'm sure I am keeping more bank statements than I need.

I want to separate the stuff I use regularly from the stuff I barely look at like mortgage deeds and pension documents.

All the old box files can be recycled as they are ages old!

Wednesday2000

Everything is sorted out now.:cool:

There was some stuff like old bill statements and so there was a lot of paperwork that has gone in the recycling along with the old cardboard storage boxes.

My bank statements go back to 2015. I'm not sure I need to keep them but have for the minute.

I even found a book on early retirement with the pension documents that I had forgotten I bought.:)

Ginmonster

The pace has slowed at Gin Towers for the last few weeks as we've had lots of visitors and other stuff to do but we did manage to give the 6 year old's toddler bed to relatives for their little one so we've got rid of a bulky item. 😀

Unfortunately hubby was helping his dad declutter ahead of a move into a much smaller place and ended up bringing a whole load of stuff back to ours. It's hard to cure the hoarding habits!

I'm hoping to get more books shipped out to the charity shop this week as part of an ongoing mission to reduce the library to manageable proportions.

Good luck with all the decluttering everyone!
X X

nannywindow

Hello fellow declutterers :wave:
I'm afraid I've been MIA for nearly a week as someone decluttered my internet and landline .
Anyway I'm back and ready to keep on decluttering, starting with a cs bag out for collection tomorrow.
Today I bought myself a new pair of slippers, so it's been out with the old broken ones. DH and I had optician appointments this morning, so my purse has been severely emptied as we both needed new glasses .
I hope everyone is well and hugs are available if needed, please help yourselves.
nan

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

389. Cardboard packaging into recycling

390. Bubble wrap donated to charity
391. Decorative tin to charity

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. SMALL TASKS WILL BE DONE ASAP
2. I WILL LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
3. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
4. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S ?’
5. IF I WAS STARTING FROM SCRATCH, WOULD I BUY THIS?
6. BE LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP - STICK TO ONE THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE

What a gloriously sunny day but the breeze/wind was very chilly I finished off the Nov to Jan. incl birthday cards :j Hm soup & hm croutons for lunch for DH & I, DSis had cheese on toast. DH repotted the rhubarb plant he bought a few days ago, did a bit more work on his old balance scales & put the 2nd coat of gloss on both sides of the cloakroom door. DSis put the 2nd gloss coat on the cloakroom skirting boards. I rearranged & listed the kitchen freezer contents only the garage freezerto go . Had a lovely call from cousin - inviting us to a BBQ on the 25th - all the family will be there. Really looking forward to it & I hope the weather is as nice as today Dinner was salad with fried chicken & hard boiled eggs.

1478 - 1484 Empty glass beer bottle, 2 drinks cans, 100 page booklet, 0.5” paperwork, 2 lots of cardboard packaging - Recycled
1485 - 1488 Carrier bag of kitchen detritus, 3 empty plastic compost/gravel bags - Binned

Well Done choille :T really pleased that you are starting to see a difference

Another one waiting with GreenQueen to read about the 2nd lone shoe being binned, villagelife

Well Done gilly1964 :T & really pleased that DGS is on the mend

Well Done on keeping up the momentum Barny1979 :T

Well Done short_bird & Wednesday2000 - keep plugging away :T

Well Done on getting rid of a bulky item Ginmonster :T shame about the new clutter but I take it that it is only temporary clutter

Oh nannywindow - I bet you missed us :rotfl: I know I missed everyone when my IP address was banned Broken slippers was no.2 & emptying your purse was no.3 - so now only good things coming your way

See you tomorrow

MrsSD
1488/2019

Cherryfudge

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

Cherryfudge, Perhaps count 10 minutes of gardening as 1 - will that bump up the number The cumulative effect of weeding, tidying etc WILL show eventually you just need to keep your spirits up until that day arrives More than one accessory? you can bump up your number again :rotfl:

Oh, good idea! I will have to be honest though and only count gardening at home, as I've just landed a small extra job as a gardener. I spent about four and a half hours there the other day so that would have been a lot of decluttering but not of my stuff.

I've another 30 items to report, mostly paper but also three items filed, the middle of some sellotape binned and some unused Christmas cards put away.

Keep up the good work, everyone

chocolatelover93

Sorted through some old magazines and took the recipes out that I wanted and recycled the rest of the mag. Still some more to do but just doing a little at a time.

Decluttered 2.5lb back at SW last night so quite pleased with that too

C xx

ailz95

A week on Sunday we're hosting a 70th birthday party for DH's ex-wife. His eldest son is actually organising it, but we have more outside space & parking so we said we'd hold it here. I'm trying to cut down on plastic and disposable items, so I've bought 6 x 24 pieces of stainless steel cutlery at just over £5 each. The space I'd made by de-cluttering has now been re cluttered, but I'm sure the cutlery will be handy to pass on to family - it's very lightweight & won't last long anyway.

I've decluttered my inbox and computer of newspapers and emails from newspapers - they always give miserable news and I don't want to be made miserable by them. :eek: So that leaves me more time for decluttering. I usually go back to bed after breakfast, but I'm working hard at not doing.

Decluttered half a dozen cardboard boxes. Discovered that an enterprising squirrel had made a hole in a large bag of bird food and was busy emptying it. The problem with squirrels is that they take more than they need and leave nothing for the birds :mad:. We bought a squirrel hotel for nuts for them - it took them less than a month to destroy it :rotfl:

Happy_Kitties

*191 cat throw gone to CS. Have so many throws. Decided it would be better if someone else had the benefit from it as I just won'the use it.

*192 ink cartridges taken to recycling point
*193 plastic packaging to recycling point

78-88 neutral items x10 shipped out. Coming to the end of these now. My aim is 100 which I will hit and hopefully make lots of money for charity.

Not much else going on at the minute, need to get motivated again.