2020 - banish the clutter

Chocolatedrinker

I'm starting on this thread now as I got past my target on the 2019 thread.
I will be helped this year by the aim of OH to redo the upstairs rooms, which includes a study with 4 full bookcases. I need to sort through all the stuff in that room before it goes back in there.
So to kick off the 2020 items:
1 - 2 books to CS
3 - 6 toiletries used up & containers recycled
7 - bunch of emails unsubscribed from
8 - 9 2 tops to CS
10 - 13 magazines recycled
14 - xmas wrapping paper recycled
15 - 20 boxes recycled
21 - 27 assorted gifts bags recycled/to CS
28 - 29 bottles of fragrance from reed diffuser kit recycled

That's it for now

dallam20

Feeling inspired by this thread and keen to declutter in 2020.
I would like to join in and declutter 52 bags of any size.

Bag 1 will be the dance costumes from my daughter who hasn't been to dance school for at least 5 years. Not sure if the charity shop will take them??
Bag 2 is a collection of toiletries I've been putting aside for the hygiene bank but haven't got round to taking.
Bag 3 is my kitchen crockery, I have crockery in 3 different cupboards so going to reduce to 2 as have too much.
Biggest challenge will be getting my daughters to declutter their mountains of rubbish but maybe if I set and example ??? You never know !!

I am having foot surgery the beginning of March so might have a bit more time on my hands to declutter in earnest when I'm on sick leave??

I will use my new calendar to mark off each bag and tally my progress but will aim for one a week.

savingholmes

balabooberlies wrote: »

Okay

I'm in !

52/52 as I am not good at daily stuff. So 52 bags out of house to charity or dump. Have the whole house to do plus 2 garages.

(Is this how we do this ? )

Bala

I like this idea. I will go for 52/52 too

sillyvixen

short_bird wrote: »

It appears that no laundry or washing up or rubbish disposal is to be undertaken tomorrow as it's unlucky!!

My mum always said no laundry on boxing day, New years day, good Friday or Easter Sunday as you would wash someone out of the family!

That is a decluttering step too far!!

Seaotter

I’m definitely up for decluttering 2020 items. My husband is on study leave from work for the first three months of 2020 and I’m hoping that the change in routine will free up time for us and we’ll get some decent decluttering done! In particular we’ve got boxes of stuff that I moved to our house when we sold my late mother’s house in 2009 - it’s definitely time I emptied them and either find homes for the contents or, more likely, just let them go!

Happy New Year everyone!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Excellent advice greenbee - after all we are ONLY decluttering things we don’t love or have a need for

Welcome aboard juliejim :hello: You have started with a hard category - cookery books :eek: I had a go last year but still have way too many As you have plunged in, I have every faith that you will succeed in reaching 2020 items

So true mark88man definitely need a clear goal :rotfl:

Excellent start on the decluttering ailz95 :T Are you finding the fasting easy? 5000 hours is over 200 days :eek: but I do believe you will do it :j so you are not only kicking clutter into touch but also type 2 diabetes :T

Good luck for the 333 challenge newlywed

Nice to see you nannywindow :hello:

Nathalia what a brilliant total for 2019 :T and congratulations on your retirement :j. It makes decluttering so much easier not having to go to work :rotfl: So welcome aboard the 2020 Decluttering Bandwagon :j

Enjoy your day off short_bird :rotfl: you are entitled to at least one day off just chilling aboard the Decluttering Bandwagon :rotfl:

Wow Chocolatedrinker :T at that rate you will be done & dusted on your 2020 target by mid March :rotfl:

Welcome aboard the 2020 Decluttering Bandwagon dallam20 :hello: Perhaps you could sell the dance costumes & use the monies as a reward/bribe for your daughters to declutter :rotfl:as well as leading by example :rotfl:

Welcome aboard savingholmes :hello: We try to make decluttering enjoyable :rotfl by reminding each other of the benefits - decluttering our homes seems to declutter our minds :rotfl:

sillyvixen, your mum sounds great

Welcome aboard Seaotter :hello: I am sure boxes become invisible :rotfl: for a few years at least possibly 10 years until we shine a light & then we wonder why on earth we didn’t sort them out :rotfl:

The 2020 Decluttering Bandwagon is on its way :j

MrsSD
Cheerleader-in-chief

never_too_old

Happy New Year:beer:

Since joining this group my house has definitely emptied. Still a way to go.
This year I'm going to carry on using up what I have food and toiletries and try to go greener and reuse/recycle more.I want to make this year a good one,2019 had lots of good bits but lots of bad bits...this year I want more of the good bits.:rotfl:

jacwins

I've just done a bag of shredding, I emptied the shredding machine twice into the compost heap in the garden (so I'm counting 2 of my 2020 because I'm not counting each paper). We have so much shredding to do, I think it will always be on my ideas list.

Ideas - put hoodies on selling site, put a n other toy on selling site, find someone that wants children's hangers (have loads), do a bag full of shredding, spend 10 mins going through my letters etc in the kitchen (school newsletters etc), sell / CS baby cooking books

Current totals 12/2020 2/52

villagelife

I have started today so will hopefully reach my target this year.

1-3 various toiletries used up and bottles recycled.
4-6 small wheels given to a friend.
7-8 various nails and walk fixings that DH binned when he had been looking for the wheels

Hope everyone achieves their target this year.

IrishRose12

Happy New year everyone!

I'm starting as I left off yesterday in last years thread :eek:and making a start on the coats/jackets etc that I need to try and and get rid off. One of my new mottos this year is buy one item, get rid of one item.
I've also decided to get rid of the t-shirts etc that I wear all the time, and use the drawer full that I have that has either never been worn. or worn once. Considering I wear a uniform in work, there really is no need for me to have so many clothes:eek:

I done the hanger challenge last year - where you turn your hangers around the other way, and if at the end of the year you still have hangers the wrong way round - you haven't used that item of clothing so obviously don't need it. I know there's a few items in there so they'll be either listed on Ebay, or put into the donation bag.

Another job I'm doing today is to gather a few bits I ordered from Boots' sale and return them to store tomorrow.
I ordered too much, and really don't need some of it, other things when I received them I just wasn't as keen on them as I thought I was, so that's on the to do list today also.