2020 - banish the clutter

villagelife

Had a good day doing bits and generally tidying.
632 door mat has been thrown away. It was falling to bits and not much use!
633-659 old records left on neighbours doorstep for her son in law to collect when he dropped shopping off for her.
660 an empty DVD case thrown away. No idea where the DVD is!!
661 another load of shredding done.

House is looking tidier today and hopefully it will last.

Willowtree222

Thanks, I'm hoping not to hit that as I have no clutter at all, but I suspect some bits will start to emerge. DD will accumulate most of that. x

nannywindow

Yay! all roots now decluttered. Unfortunately the debris is dotted around the garden but it's hidden from sight, so all's good in my eyes. I have down-cycled a T.shirt replacing one I've cut up for rags. There is a full bag ready for the cs but that's going nowhere fast

Keep safe and well everyone.

nan

Siebrie

Roxie, maybe you can do what I did with my husband? I picked 1 bag or box of items, and while he was watching tv, I held up each item and asked him what it was, what it belonged to, if we still needed it. Of the items he knew what it was and that we still needed it, I put them in their proper place, sometimes labelled them. The other items I properly disposed of. Any items left, I stored more neatly, and that created a lot of space. Now, about twice a year, I do the same, haphazardly, because if he thinks there is a system, he will dig his heels in the sand.

2nd_Time_Lucky

Roxie, what i do with my OH is quietly remove items i am convinced he doesnt need (due to being broken/inch of dust/receipts for a coffee like 22 years ago etc)  and hide them for a month & at same time bin obvious rubbish like empty envelopes etc so it looks a little different - if he hasnt gone loking for it in that time, it gets binned - rinse and repeat 

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

EnergyShifter said:
280 - 283 - 4 x dead dusters

I would have dearly loved to have continued with the tidying & decluttering but had to work.  Working pretty solidly all the rest of the week so not expecting too much progress for the rest of this week. Hope you are all staying well x

284. Did recording for accreditation (wasn't great but hopefully will be good enough)
285. Lost a kilo - not bad considering we're in a lockdown (3 kilos to go!)
286. dead pants
287. Notes from last module of my course typed up (pages & pages of them!!) 

short_bird

238: finished 1 book
239-240: 2 CD's to the charity shop pile
241-242: 2 TV series watched but they're keepers
243: film watched and deleted
244- 245: load of vegetables and a tin of coconut milk transformed into several portions of mild curry and batch frozen.
246: Bag from the Porsche museum finally unpacked and contents rehomed, including a racing driver rubber duck now in a row with the rest of the rubber duckies. One day I will live somewhere with a bath rather than a shower... 
248: Easter egg box recycled along with an assortment of bits of paper and envelopes...

Roxie

Thanks for your tips 🙂

Yes hubby’s mess is confined to one room and I do shut the door on it, but i don’t think he will ever have the lightbulb moment that makes him ‘want’ to declutter, or even notice the clutter that’s building up around him 🙄
I like the ideas of both randomly removing a few oddments of very obvious rubbish, and also asking him while distracted watching tv if he needs some specific item so I will give that a go from tomorrow 😁

sherri01

Thanks to the lock down I have managed to start scanning all of my old photos onto my hard drive currently 2/3 of way there only 12 Albums to go. All of the hard copies are being viewed by the family and if they want any they remove them and the rest are being burnt. That will be 3 boxes of clutter removed.

TC77

Sherrio - brilliant scanning photos. I had hoped I'd get round to photos but I've put that in the 'later' pile but will try and at least sort those in the PC as have a new one and need to sort those on old one

761 paper declutter

762 receipts binned

763 phone filter

764 book to CS

765 Pin board sorted and bits recycled

766-767 earring and pen binned

768 - food dropped off to doorstep for DD1

Putting empty storage containers/baskets in one area so can find them if I need to corral other things and hopefully dispose of some.

Hope everyone staying safe x