2020 - banish the clutter

Willowtree222

So far this morning.

9 tops, one pair of shoes, and a dragon fridge magnet that was in the drawer and broken. All either in the bin or heading to the clothing bank.

Another 10 books scanned and will be sent this week so not counted these yet. That's a total so far of 243 items. It will be 253 when the label to post the others arrives. Got a fair few items on ebay so will wait for them to sell and be paid for before I add those to the items gone. A few have bids on, but I know from experience they don't always follow through. x

shangaijimmy

Day 5 - 1 pair of DS2's jogging pants and 2 dressing gowns that were too small, plus 1 hoody of DS1, in charity bag ready for drop off tomorrow. 1 particularly annoying Thomas the Tank toy that seems to go off whenever it likes!

In relation to Mrs SJ and the kids lack of interest I have made the decision for them that I will declutter on their behalf! I'm just not telling them what I am decluttering. That's the deal! With work I envisage that Mondays and Wednesday may be problematic so 2 days of the week will have to be double days!

Barny1979

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1. Cardboard box recycled.

2. Another cardboard box recycled

General_Grant

shangaijimmy wrote: »

Day 5 - 1 pair of DS2's jogging pants and 2 dressing gowns that were too small, plus 1 hoody of DS1, in charity bag ready for drop off tomorrow. 1 particularly annoying Thomas the Tank toy that seems to go off whenever it likes!

In relation to Mrs SJ and the kids lack of interest I have made the decision for them that I will declutter on their behalf! I'm just not telling them what I am decluttering. That's the deal! With work I envisage that Mondays and Wednesday may be problematic so 2 days of the week will have to be double days!

I still remember my mother decluttering a loved teddy bear by donating it to a jumble sale. I found it at the jumble sale and I had to leave it there. Sixty-five years later I think I may have begun to forgive her for that.

mark55man

wow - what a lot of decluttering achieved by everyone since my last visit

4/50 - another tip load - basically furniture that wasn't taken on freecycle, throwaway stuff and some excess garden waste
1/25 - filled the council recycle bin up with clippings and sweepings

happy decluttering 2020 to you all

IrishRose12

Afternoon everyone.
I've made a big decluttering decision within the last hour. That is that I'll be de-cluttering the amount of time I spend on technology/internet/social media etc.

I have just gotten the news of a 3rd suicide in my community since Thursday:( The youngest was 11 years old, the oldest this morning was 21 years old.
I have said for a long time now, that technology is a major contributing factor to the state of mental health these days, especially for the younger generation. Now baring in mind I'm only in my early 30's so I'm not talking about big age gaps here, I'm even talking about my own generation.

After hearing this news this afternoon, I've decided that us adults need to lead by example, we need to make a stand. If children watch us constantly on mobiles, tablets etc they think its normal and OK. It's not. And I'm not even talking about our own children, I'm talking about people - children AND adults watching us on buses, taxis, trains, in shops......... you name it, we're all guilty of it.
I don't want the children and adults in my own family, the children or adults I work with, or anyone in fact seeing me using any sort of technology all the time and thinking this is the norm.
They already know that I don't use cards in stores to pay for stuff, I insist on using cash. I hate that the world is forcing us into depending on technology be it to pay for things, even going to see a doctor, or using the phone to contact a company we're forced to speak to automated robots instead of human beings.

What sort of example is that showing to children?

So this will be my final post - for now. I may pop in once a week, once a month, once every few months I don't know, I'll see how it goes.
But after the news I've had this afternoon I feel that I need to show more appreciation on this thread also.

I want to thank you Mrs Salad Dodger. For the help, support, guidance, encouragement and laughter you have shown me this past couple of years, as well as to many others. You have no idea just how much you have helped me, by setting up these threads.
You need and are worth far far more than a gold star!! If I could, you'd be getting a bunch of flowers, with chocolates - the whole works.

I will be going now to look at the bits of technology I have around this house. If it's not important, it's going out.
And as for all the junk I'm keeping "just in case"??? -- It's going too. If I need it again in the future, I'll buy it again.

But here in this house....... we're going back to basics. We're going back to how it was 10/15/20 years ago when more than half of this junk wasn't here, and certainly wasn't needed. When the children come in here, there'll be no clutter, there will be games, lego, books etc for them and there will be absolutely no technology. And they'll not be on a phone or a tablet or laptop.

Willowtree222

Afternoon all,

Took the ten items to the clothing bank. I put it in, closed it and left and assumed all was well. Drove past it on the way home from a trip to the shop to find my bras across the front of it. I was going to stop and put them back in but the sheer embarrassment of it prevented me. I had closed the bag so have no idea how it has ended up back out. I can only assume it stayed in the container part and has come down and come lose. I hope none of my clothes have my name in it. I am so embarrassed. x

RepententHoarder

After so many years of prevarication, I’m really pleased with my progress this weekend. Sorted two drawers of a large coffee table now repurposed as a shoe bench in the porch. The wool, beads and sequins from the drawers I’ve kept for when I have a functioning right arm again (sequins and beads are my drug of choice for creative projects and I’m going to take a lead from Mrs Salad Dodger and knit some scarves as therapy for the poorly arm.
The repurposing of the table has meant the ridiculously overfilled shoe rack in the porch needed sorting so we now have seasonal shoes in wardrobe, most used shoes in drawers of ‘new’ shoe bench and boots in hall cupboard. 15 items of footwear to Salvation Army collection point (DH is on this mission right now!) and one bag of rubbish.
94 items so far 😇

Feeling a very pleased Repentant Hoarder

leelad

Ps: Good luck with the mantras MrsSD x

LolAndTosh

Hoping to move house before summer if I can and will need to pare down my stuff. I'm going to need all the help I can get.