2020 - banish the clutter

TC77

Short-bird agree about things getting worse before better - can seem a long phase. Impressed by repentant hoarder tonight. Not done much today as work and family dominated, but did take a bag of DD1's things to her (count as 1 as her things but they are now out of my house!) and also took her more card for college project and glue stick so 355 - 357.

Found some lovely soaps I will never use so put one aside for a friend, and will give others away but again count when out!

shangaijimmy

Had a bit of a slow down this week as life seems to have gotten in the way. Plugging away though.
Day 57
- Nintendo games bundle listed on ebay (thankfully got a bid pretty much straight away)
- 1 very old board game to CS bag (no doubt returned to whence it came!)

CS bag is now full and will be dropped on the way past after school run this morning.

Great progress everyone. Keep filling those bins, recycling, and CS bags...be ruthless!!

Love2Shop33

I’d love to join in with this please  

I don’t have much clutter other than in my spare room as my shed was broken into a few months ago so moved 60% of what hadn’t been stolen into my spare room for safety..

I have a lot of clothes, make up, skin care etc that needs sorting through.

id be looking to sell anything of value and donate allot to charity also.

i don’t know if it’s already been mentioned but would anyone like to post a list of items they want to get of? If a few of us do the same we could swap our unwanted items for items we want? Or is that besides the point of decluttering lol 🙈

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 Out of date medication disposed of.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 

222-232. 11 games sold on Facebook 

233. Hanger recycled at Sainsbury’s 
234. Carrier bags recycled 
235. Items dropped off at charity shop.

236-245. Video games sold on Facebook and collected
246-249. Games posted to buyer.

250-254. Out of date hot chocolate, cocoa etc binned and tins recycled 
255. Damaged shoes returned for refund
256-258. Games sold on Facebook and delivered
260. Cardboard recycled 

261. Carrier bags recycled 

cornishchick

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hello. Id like to join in if I may?
2 kitchen chairs collected and gone.
a huge number of DVDs gone to a charity shop ( or will be when I drop them off today) I suppose I should count them lol 
10 things listed on eBay 
papers in a bag ready for my first burn in the Chiminea after the storm, I like to have a fire and a glass of whisky in the garden after a days work, it feels like I am ridding my self of the " stuff" I am carrying. 

ok, I've worked out some numbers, with the chairs, the box of DVDs, 2 bags of bits, plus the stuff I dropped at the charity shop last week plus the 6 jigsaws I forgot were in my car waiting, I am claiming ( or rounding up to) 100  and going from there.
101. bag of magazines dropping off to work.
102. DGDs birthday present was given to her.
103-104 two almost empty jars scraped, washed and in recycling.

writing it down feels so good 

105 another bag of magazines,
106-110 took some bits up to my sister in laws.. came back with something lol 

Willowtree222

13 balls of wool to a charity for the local hospice. They make blankets for them. 
I didn't update my signature from yesterday so will do that now. x

FoxFace

Seven bin bags of rubbish hauled to the tip and 6 bags of bedding and curtains to the CS... I'm not sure how much bedding I thought I needed, also I'm pretty sure my airing cupboard reaches to Narnia... that's the only explanation of how it all fit in there!

My airing cupboard is now spic and span, apart from the very top shelf which has some old sleeping bags and airbeds from that one time we went camping about 10 years ago... not sure what to do with them just yet.

I'm pretty much using the Konmari method (I popped in the Konmari thread here too)... for someone who really struggles to get rid of stuff, I'm pleasantly surprised at the progress so far! Discarding is quickly becoming my fave part of tidying

stellata

Just seen that 4 of my items sold on eBay! Not much money but better than nothing and more space

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

RepententHoarder said:

This new forum is ‘doing my head in’! I’ve been searching for my last post to get my running total and can’t find it 🤬 the last number I wrote down was 357 so I’ll go with that but still...... what a pain!!

358-400 clothes from my wardrobe to CS
401-426 household items inc lamp shades and kitchen ‘stuff’ to CS
427-435 scarves and hats to CS
436 - 450 footwear to CS 
451-455 handbags and Overnight bags to CS
456-458 underwear binned
459-461 grim footwear binned
DH has agreed to take it to CS early on Saturday morning before continuing with his seven garage items.
really appreciating a clearer house with room to hang clothes in the wardrobe and to get them out ready to wear instead of ready to re-iron 😊
Thankyou for keeping me enthused fellow declutterers
RepententHoarder ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Page 98 = 387 + items on page 115 from the kitchen cupboards which you didn’t count or number So I make that 491 + p115 numbers.

HTH

MrsSD

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?

Wednesday - wet & Thursday - dry & very cold. DH did a big shop on Wednesday but then I sent him out on Thursday as I had forgotten to put coffee on the list 😞 
No decluttering on Wednesday but Thursday I spent an hour or so sorting paperwork.

Wednesday we had pork steaks, boiled potatoes, green beans & mushrooms
Thursday cottage pie & garden peas with enough for Friday’s dinner + cottage pie mix & cheesy mash for another dinner for 3 bagged & put in freezer.

438 - 448 Uu deodorant can, 2 lots of cardboard packaging, bag of recycling from DH, magazine, 3 brochures, 2 lots of kitchen recycling, glass bottle - Recycled
449 - 454 Two bags of kitchen detritus, bag of rubbish from DSis, 2” shredding & shredder bin emptied, plastic packaging - Binned

Well done villagelife 👏 items still leaving 👏 

Welcome aboard jillyfish72 👏 Nice to see a new face. You have taken the hardest decision already - you are now a declutterer & have made a start. Hubbies on motorbikes - they are a worry or more to the point other motorists are a menace 😖 Glad he is on the mend 😊 

Some in, some out FoxFace - well done 👏 You are definitely making excellent progress & I love it that “discarding is your favourite part of tidying” 👏 

Now, now, naughty, naughty stellata 🙁 Please pat yourself on the back & accept a Well Done 👍 from me. You are moving stuff out so please do NOT get demoralised - progress is progress. One day soon the cumulative effect of little & often will make you realise how far you have come Meanwhile we are all here to cheer you on 👏 & short_bird has made a good start 😁 

Lovely post short_bird 👏 

Wow RepententHoarder - what a great result & really nice to have a declutter buddy to keep you on the straight & narrow 😆 - only joking 🙃 You have definitely caught the Decluttering Bug & infected your DH 🤣 Keep up the good work 👏 

Excellent work Nicnak 👏 At the rate you are going you will hit 2020 before Easter 🐣 Congrats on the sales 👏 

Keep up the good work shangaijimmy 👏 

Welcome aboard Love2Shop33 👋 Sorry to hear about your shed break in ☹️ Sounds like you have a fully thought through plan of action 👏 Not too sure about a swapping site 🤭 

I am looking forward to reading about your successful decluttering 😃 

Well done Barny1979 👏 

Good work cornishchick 👏 

see you later 👋 

MrsSD
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