2020 - banish the clutter

nannywindow

I hope everyone is well, hugs for those in need and Happy 2020.
My promised start to decluttering has stuttered a bit today. The DGC stayed over NYE/NYD and I'm still a bit weary. They did try to help us out by eating as much Xmas/NY food as was humanly possible, and then some more :rotfl: Anyway the rubbish bin and all the recycling boxes/bags have been emptied, although there is still a little bag of recycling in the shed which will now go out in 2 weeks time. ( It's not enough to warrant a tip trip.)
I have found two toy guns, a Dr Who and a laser gun, no longer needed by the DGS who is now 10 and not a baby apparently ( when did he grow up to be so sensible :eek: ) The guns are ready for the cs, so a bag has been started :j
Take care all and happy decluttering.
nan

kboss2010

Another day of decluttering.

Spare room & store cupboard done & I now have a car full of charity shop donations.

It doesn't look like I've done much but what I have is now organised which is starting to make me feel better.

6mmglitterthing

Hello all. I know I am late to the party , but I would like to join the declutter challenge.
My aim for this year is 1000 items for the year.
Over the past few years I have managed to make my flat a hoarders dream, but I have had enough and I need to get it back to a presentable state.

Since Christmas I have been a woman on a mission to tidy up and I have managed to throw away about 5 bags of rubbish for the bin men last week. Today I went through the bathroom and threw away iffy looking toiletries as well as about 10 pieces of rubbish (mostly old receipts)
Therefore I am going to say that my total so far is 15/1000.

I hope I keep my motivation for the whole year!

StinkingBishop

A bag to the charity shop today, with some paperbacks and children's clothes. 10/52 bags. It really is getting harder though, at first I could find loads of rubbish easily but now it's harder and needs much more sorting.

I also decluttered a hot spot in the kitchen, where all sorts of stuff just piles up. At the bottom of the pile, in a carrier bag, I found...some more shampoo! That is 10 bottles now!!! I don't think I'll have to buy any for a few years....

StinkingBishop

ChasingtheWelshdream wrote: »

Just thought I would pop by for another evening update.

I didn’t get around to checking the pantry, but I have just discovered ‘we buy books’ and put a few random Xmas books in that the kids don’t read anymore. Added a couple of DVDs and I made just over £20! ���� I have never sold anything on those kind of sites before and will be little skeptical until the money is paid into my account, but if everything is OK then I will definitely be rummaging through the book shelves a bit more!

by the way, I'd never heard of this site before, but found that I can actually get rid of a couple of academic textbooks from a past profession... I had no idea what to do with them, thought they were unlikely to find a buyer in a charity shop but didn't want to sell them on ebay. they are 4 or 5 quid each on this site! So happy with this, at least they won't be just binned!

griffinpark

I need to declutter. I am trying to implement a one in, one out rule. Unfortunately the husband and children are less keen.

If I can get the craft stuff under control this year, that would be awesome. So I am frantically knitting, interspersed with a little bit of tidying/ orgainising/ rationalising. I am hoping that joining the challenge will force me to do it rather tha just talk about it.

Barny1979

1. Cardboard box recycled.

gilly1964

Happy New Year

Welcome to the newbies and hello again to the returning declutterers.

I am in today with a vengeance, a big catch up on admin was number one priority

1 - 5 - Glass bottles to recycling
6 - 7 - Cans to recycling
8 - Big bag full of old paperwork taken into work and put into confidential waste for shredding
9 - 13 - Old credit/debit cards destroyed and binned
14 - 17 - Cardboard boxes to recycling
18 - 19 - Polystyrene to bin
20 - Phone call to RAC - renewal lowered by £50
21 - Phone call to HMRC - tax code amended
22 - 24 - Letters to banks to close unused accounts
25 - Used up perfume bottle to bin
26 - 27 - Used up shampoo and conditioner bottles to recycling
28 - Phone call to breast screening to book previously cancelled appointment
29 - Broken wine glass to bin
30 - 62 - Xmas cards made into tags, remaining parts recycled
63 - Magazine to recycling
64 - 66 - Broken chairs to tip
67 - Broken laptop to tip
68 - 71 - Items donated to charity raffle
72 - 87 - Various unused deodorants from male gift sets taken to homeless shelter
88 - No longer needed sanitary products delivered to women's refuge

Happy Decluttering All

StinkingBishop

griffinpark wrote: »

If I can get the craft stuff under control this year, that would be awesome. So I am frantically knitting, interspersed with a little bit of tidying/ orgainising/ rationalising. I am hoping that joining the challenge will force me to do it rather tha just talk about it.

loads of people have mentioned craft stuff, and I'm just the same! I think it's very difficult with craft items because you never quite know what's going to come in handy, so I'm reluctant to bin stuff. I also find knitting yarn tricky, because sometimes you've got a bit of it in a particular shade but not quite enough to do the pattern you want. A couple of years ago I did a load of Innocent hats, which were great at using up small bits, but last year just didn't have the time!:(

Marpau

Good day today Christmas tree and decorations packed away into loft
All hangers turned in wardrobes

11 plastic crate to loft
12 Ball of wool from stash blanket 2 started
13 uu candle
14 uu sachet of moisturizer
15-24 sachets of hair products binned
25-26 bath sponges binned
27 cardboard box recycled
28 Bottle of champagne uu and bottle recycled