2019 - A Clutter Free Life

Luciecat63

Well I've made a better than expected start.
Day 2
2. Bag of recycling to recycling bin - the usual jars, bottles and packets plus a lot of old paper (I've put the confidential stuff from committees into a shredding bag and will count that when it leaves the house).
3. some old carpet to bin. I think I used it in the garden at my old house but it's been lying around in the outside store since I moved into my flat
4. Sold some craft bits on a local selling page. Collected this evening.
5. Gave some magazines to a neighbour who will read them and pass on.
6. Cut up and threw away old expired credit cards and loyalty cards - I've no idea why I kept them.

I decided I wouldn't count individual items because I'm going to be clearing out lots of small things and the count will get very high without making much of a difference to the tip that is my home.

Looking forward to tomorrow and clearing more stuff.

short_bird

Hi, all:
still ploughing on. This week's thing is defrosting the freezer, even if it is by making the contents into ready meals! More stuff gone:
346-350 various items from the bathroom cabinet that have been open for too long.
351-353 a very stuffed cereal box full of scraps of paper, old receipts and bus tickets. (Counted as 3 items due to effort involved)
354-357 4 plastic glasses brought back from 2 trips to a really nice music festival. TBH, I have enough reminders of the festival without keeping the glasses so Out They Go.
358 Resigned from one volunteering post. Didn't gel and I need to think about paid work.

TamsinC

TamsinC wrote: »

1591 - 1596 coat hangers to bin ( it pains me to do this but CSS won’t take them any more.
1597 - 1615 - general recycling

1616 - 1623 general recycling
1624 - 1629 more coat hangers binned
1630 sold a large bit of furniture to a friend - it’s not leaving until Sept but ...

Spent most of the day trying to figure out that blooming kitchen as the builder is coming in two days and I really wanted to show him something so he could give a better quoted time. I think it is as sorted as it can be now. Phew. :beer:

parsniphead

Morning all

I had another go in DS's bedroom yesterday. It starting to come together especially with another big bin bag of stuff for the charity shop.

I'm going to try and get into the awkward cupboard today and search through his clothes baby clothes for suitable pieces for the memory quilt. That will free up some more room once the pieces are cut.

It looks a bit iffy outside. Hopefully some garden decluttering of weeds later too.

Have a fab day all.

GreenQueen

Had visitors over the weekend, so had to sort out the spare room. I've found out where all the dust bunnies come from - they have a farm under the spare bed where they are breeding:eek:

oceanspirit

Nothing decluttered over the weekend as fatigue struck big time. Have a couple of things to do today to meet deadlines so may only be able to get rid of the odd thing here and there that I come across. Need to get rid of 50 items today in order to catch up for the last 4 days plus today's target .

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

Good morning fellow declutterers Sunday I was up at 9:30 - knitting & a small sm shop. Got back in time for the visit from the patio man Not very MSE - booked for September :eek: Dinner was pork steaks, boiled potatoes & green beans. The matinee coat is nearly finished - just the button hole border & collar to knit, then dry iron & make up. I also hand washed the christening gown I knitted. Dried flat on dining table & is ready for wrapping up - just need some tissue paper. Monday up a bit later - 10:00 a.m. & DH had made my cuppa. Today I will finish my knitting but have no other plans. It has rained overnight & is still cloudy but the sun is trying to break through

2479 - 2503 Six drinks cans, plastic pot & lid, plastic takeaway container & 3 lids, foil tray, 2 cardboard boxes, large cardboard box, glass jar & metal lid, 6 magazines (DSis), stack of paperwork (DH), cardboard packaging, plastic pot & lid - Recycled
2504 - 2510 Bag of kitchen detritus, pair of Sunday knickers, plastic tray, 4” shredding - Binned

Well Done :- Barny1979; TamsinC - good luck with the kitchen; whmf00001 - everything counts ; savvy - excellent work & you do know that getting rid of an ex’s stuff counts double :rotfl:; what a busy weekend bit by bit - made me exhausted just reading about it :rotfl: your home must be starting to echo :rotfl: I am very impressed with the step building - especially with a 2nd reuse of materials :T; excellent work short_bird & good luck job hunting ; parsniphead - great work on DS’s Room - sounds like you are almost there ; oh GreenQueen that did make me laugh 😂 A Dust Bunny Farm :rotfl:; oceanspirit - do you have a pot of cocktail sticks? Might I suggest dropping them & throwing away - that should be your 50 :rotfl: You have obviously been overworking so please take it easy

:hello: Luciecat63 & welcome aboard the Decluttering Bandwagon :T You have made an excellent start :T One thing I always suggest (the idea was ‘borrowed’ from someone else) is that you create a small haven for yourself - it may just be a corner of your bedroom with a chair & small table - always keep it clear & retire there with a cuppa or a tipple & a book or magazine or knitting when things get too much Your own private space You will have lots of support from s - even if it is only virtual Hope you enjoy reading the thread & if you have time or the inclination you could read the 2018 Decluttering Thread :rotfl: I am looking forward to reading your tales of success & remember that it will have taken years to collect all your clutter so it will take a while to declutter Again welcome to the ‘wonderful world’ (thanks Louis :T) of decluttering

See you all later

MrsSD
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never_too_old

Afternoon all

Big bag of things taken to charity shop today.glad to see them gone.
I have emptied a box that seemed to have accumulated loads of random items. all said items have now been either recycled,charity shop or put in a proper home.:D

parsniphead

An unplanned declutter for me today. After hearing into the awkward cupboard on the hunt for t shirts for he memory quilt I sorted out seven bin bags of 0-3 yrs clothes from DS. It's something I didn't think I could do but I've sorted out a few bits to keep and the rest can go to make some money for charity. I could sell them but I just won't get round to it.

It's a huge move for me and I feel proud of myself.

Now I just need to call Air Ambulance headquarters to see if they can collect them.

savvy

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

; savvy - excellent work & you do know that getting rid of an ex’s stuff counts double :rotfl:

Now THAT I did not know :rotfl::rotfl:No matter, there is sooooo much stuff here that I will just count it the once Emptied lil son's post basket today since he won't be needing it anymore, another 10 items evicted :j
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