2020 - banish the clutter

villagelife

A few more bits left the house.
Had forgotten 
1743-1745 cacti went with DS1.
1746 magazine recycled
1747 shredding done but loads still to do
1748 packaging left and mainly recycled.

Willowtree222

Binned a pair of socks this morning that have holes in.
Going to do DD's underwear drawer as a lot of smaller sized clothes have slipped through. Thinking around 10 items x

bit_by_bit

Lol Mrs SD. If I counted all the months or even years some of the stuff had been in my house I would be in the 1000s of bags.  I have dropped 3 bags off today to the refugee point. They have been waiting round for about 6 weeks so glad that they have gone. 85/100 bags gone now.

elsien

Old spice rack put outside - will be recycled if no one wants it. 

Another book sort out and have got rid of 5 so far, including a 2005 Collins unabridged dictionary which is huge and weighs a ton. I will be sorry to see it go because I’ve always liked the idea of a “proper” dictionary. However the reality is that it is pristine because I do what everyone else probably does and Google’s it instead. It’s on freegle in the hope it will get a home where it might be valued. 

2013 job seeker and job application information shredded.
Old work diaries in the “to be burned” pile.
Various notebooks put on the “to be used!” pile,
Doesn’t seem a lot for an hour and a half worth of sorting.  

elsien

Oh yes, and a ceramic orange parrot which I was keeping to remind me of a holiday despite no longer having a clue where I bought it,

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. WRITE/USE DECLUTTERING & CLEANING “TO DO LISTS” - MINIMUM 30 MINUTE BURSTS OF ACTIVITY AT LEAST TWICE EVERY DAY

2. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT

3. I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO BE NICE TO EVERYONE & TRY TO SEE THE FUNNY OR PECULIAR SIDE TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
4. JUST DO ONE THING (courtesy of bit_by_bit)

Saturday was a mostly dry & cold day. Dinner was takeaway fish & chips.

Day 5 was a minimalist day - jarred up tomato chutney for gifting to G, more knitting + emptied a bedside cabinet of extra DSis clothes, folded & packed into a cardboard box & put on top of DH’s wardrobe. I need a Day 6 ...... AGAIN ☹️😔

DSis did one load of washing & drying.

Very happy - V (1983) & Fringe (2008) are on the tv 👏🥳 Both programmes bring back happy memories of my younger selves 😉

2330 - 2333 Kitchen recycling, paper packaging, cardboard box, drinks cans - Recycled or Repurposed
2334 Kitchen detritus - Binned

Good work villagelife 👏 steady progress.

Good work Nicnak 👏

Great work bit_by_bit 👏 & I notice you have already set your targets for 2021 😉

Good work elsien 👏 I completely understand about the ‘proper’ dictionary - mine is tucked away in a cupboard 😉 Thank you for the laugh re the orange ceramic parrot 😂

I will try harder tomorrow nudge, nudge 😉😉

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️🏅
Decluttered: New target = 2500: 2334/2500
Daily Spend: £2 

£5.00 into Savings pot - up to & incl. 13/12/2020

Cheapskate

Morning everyone!
I've been MIA for months, this year's been pants in so many ways, hope it's not to late to re-join the party, and hope that you'll be starting a new thread for 2021, @Mrs_Salad_Dodger!

I have got rid of a lot of stuff this year, but lost count (and the plot!) ages ago.  I'm getting back to OS ways now, ready for 2021 - watching the pennies, prepping, making do and mending...the whole lot!

Hope to "see" you all more regularly!  

A xo

moneyonmymindsam

Morning all,
Super impressive clear outs going on.
 Only usual kitchen rubbish yesterday so have speed cleaned and done a round of washing and folded and put away this morning.

Water is on for my bath and going to do my hair, need to walk the dogs (again) although the weather is pretty dire here.

Pacing myself this week as appointments tomorrow and Thursday but I might start ebay again Friday. I've left a couple of higher priced buy it nows on but took down a lot of listings as I'm exhausted.

We (plus one) seem to have brought back quite a bit of stuff from mums so that will need sorting out. Plus ones Old TV to be sold.....Fingers crossed.

Feels like a massive effort today just to speed up the tidy and tidy myself lol.

Another overwhelming week ahead but all I can do is take it day by day. 
Think the place looks pretty good and getting easy to maintain. 

I need to take some time to weigh up if selling on ebay vs my time is beneficial to me. Perhaps I ought to cherry pick higher value and donate the rest as seem to be over thinking. 

Hope everyone is staying safe and not feeling too pressured with Xmas looming. 

Sam x

retiredinfrance

Spent the morning working through two drawers in my desk and cleared out a load of paperwork, paper and rubbish. One drawer done and to be used only for admin not current , but the other one is cards other than Christmas cards.  I will leave it for later.  Another day, perhaps as I had paper to sort into bin and recycling piles and another pile of cellophane envelopes that cards are sold in to keep for my card-making friend.
1 pile paper
1 pile cellophane envelopes
1 book
Total= 53/365

Stay safe everyone.

retiredinfrance

I forgot to tell you all that I finally got the magazine rack into the corner between the wall and the desk and even though I say it myself ,the corner now looks fabulous and falling over the rack is no longer a danger to me.
Decluttering is such a good hobby.
Stay safe everyone.