2020 - banish the clutter

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. DO NOT PUT OFF TO TOMORROW WHAT CAN/SHOULD BE DONE TODAY

2. WRITE AND USE “TO DO LISTS”
3. LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
4. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
5. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S?

Monday was mainly dry & bright & windy 🌬. DH & I went to lunch with his niece - a place called The Big Easy - Deep South themed  American place - great food, great music & excellent company. We talked the hind legs off a donkey 😆 I had enough left for a doggy bag for DSis. DN paid so got better value as 3 meals for 4 people 👏
No decluttering apart from money at the sm 

Dinner was bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes & baked beans with sliced bread.

I got distracted so battery at 5% - will come back later 😂 

MrsSD
314/2020

EssexHebridean

Siebrie said:

stellata said:

a box of household stuff from my stash to daughter to help with her budgeting.

Hi stellata, do you know where your daughter needs the budgeting help? Is she simply not making enough money, paying to much for housing, or just has problems planning? If it's the latter, helping her out may not be the best way for her to learn. Learning to budget can be really tough, but it can also be a time to unleash creativity, flexibility and an appreciation of life's real needs (and an appreciation of the luxuries). 

I'm going to echo this - I reckon one of the most valuable things my parents did for me was, when I got into financial difficulties when I was 18/19, to sit down with me and tell me that they would give me all the help they possibly could in sorting myself out, but they would NOT give me money. The lessons I learned paying back when I owed have stayed with me and served me well since. 


Not so much done with me last night as I had other stuff going on.  However:
- Another bag of shredding > work to go through the shredder here.
- a book that both MrEH & I had finished reading > CS bag. 

nannywindow

Gone into recycling today a micowave dish and a finished puzzle book. I seem to have stalled . Oh well tomorrow's another day so I must think positive. Good luck all decutterers.

nan

Barny1979

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146-162. Royal memorabilia to charity bag

163-190. More memorabilia to charity bag.

191-200. Old paint tins binned
201-205. Cardboard recycled 
205-210. Items to charity bag 
211-213. Charity bags dropped off at charity shop

214-220. Out of date medication disposed of.

221. Lego donated to local school 

oceanspirit

19 items of paperwork recycled or shredded

newlywed

Four vest tops past their best - binned

three t shirts ready for charity bag (when one finishes drying)
book ready for charity bag (could get rid of some moe though) 

notmy1sttime

Hi Guys,
Some good de-clutterring going on here. All I have managed to do is clean and tidy a shelf in a kitchen cupboard, which meant I threw out about 4 jars severely out of date or beyond best. Will get my decluttering mojo back soon hopefully.

stellata

Thanks all for advice about my daughters situation. She's ok, just very limited income and juggling work and little one, like all of us she's "learning on the job" and doing really well. I just like to help and take the pressure off a bit sometimes so I take her a box of household stuff.
in decluttering news; 6 small towels and 2 tablecloths to the chaz, also a couple of kitchen bits and half a dozen clothes. My wardrobe has space in it!

villagelife

347 book to League of Friends shop at work.
Nothing else done as tidying the house and ironing.

Marpau

First attempt at the new format. After a mammoth tidy of wardrobe and bedroom cupboard I managed to free up 3 deep shelves so decluttered contents of chest of drawers.
132 pr socks
133 pr of jeans
134/135 2 magazines recycled
136 another pr of socks
137/139 3 magazines to health centre
140 another ball of wool from stash
141/143 3 magazines recycled
144 cardboard box and packaging
145 decluttered contents of chest of drawers
146 box of mending and alterations done and emptied
147 chest of drawers sold on facey and collected
148/149 2 pr of grey Knicks bin
150 Large birthday card organised file recycled  (I'm not organized enough to use it)
151/153 3 hangers to community centre