2020 - banish the clutter

Happy_Kitties

*588.      batteries taken to supermarket recycling point
*589.      roll of DMs paper used up
*590.      Large gift bag of DMs,can’t be used with the state of it so into recycling
this is the one time I could do with the CS open, have items for them. Was sad to see the shops closed going into town today 

garden_girl_2

This morning I decluttered the shed of left over paper and boxes that we didnt use for when  DD moved. The black general waste  bin is now full of bubble wrap and plastic bags. Emptying Thursday  phew....The blue recycing bin is half full of broken up boxes, tissue paper etc.  I have also got 2 carrier bags full of Mr T delivery bags to be returned tomorrow when I get my delivery. I have also sorted out my Dahlias into a box with compost stored for the winter. Bit late I know but hope they will be ok, I couldnt get into shed to do them until daughters stuff went!!
Mrs SD, im really interested in your wormery, how good are they and what do you put in and get out of it. We have talked about one for ages.  I have a round compost bin which takes ages to rot down and its difficult for us to empty and remix.  By the way I do put some shedded paper in it, but not too much at a time. Decluttered  several emails and messages today.
Stay safe and take care everyone.😷😷

TC77

Realise my bedroom is prob most chaotic and aiming to sort by xmas or def by new year.
2461 Packaging from large item finally recycled
2462 suitcase of summer clothes moved to spare room
2463 Plastic bags moved to kitchen
2464 difficult email sent
2465 bills paid

short_bird

1191-1193: 1 bag rubbish, 1 bin of mixed materials and 1 cereal box of paper out.
1194-1195: Started off process of getting gravestone updated and ownership transferred. 
1196-1205: 88GB of data deleted from drive. (long story...)
1206: found the disk of drivers from a printer I don't own.
1210-1012: fridge clearout - am managing to remember to put stuff in date order.
I seem to have decluttered the gluten free mince pies...  Luckily, I didn't buy lots of chocolate or that would have gone as well. Theoretically, my Xmas order arrives tomorrow but if everything goes to pot, there's enough in the flat to see me through. 

moneyonmymindsam

OK not a bad day all in all. 
Medical cabinet done and ood and oddments binned. 
To do tomorrow:
Paperwork basket, then decide what I am doing with the boxes before the bins get full. 
Look at any last xmas cards, wrap and labels I have and donate or use up 23rd if not to late. 
Pass on December magazine to neighbour once I've skimmed/read. 

Food shopping for Xmas period without going mental. 
Put fuel and screenwash in the car. 
Hope everyone is OK. 
Sam x

Willowtree222

Used up all my wrapping paper abd recycled the roll. 
Got a few batteries to get rid of once I am back in work. 
Have a charity bag on the go for DD's clothes that will be dropped this week sometime.
Started my kitchen decluttering ready for the new one. Emptied one drawer. Going to try to do it but by bit x

TC77

2466 - 67 batteries recycled
2468 plastic taken off sofa - not sure why still on part of it
2469  alarm clock in CS
2470 scout navigation kit cs
2471 - 72 kids hairclips
2473 mattress cover recycled.

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)

Tuesday was another mixed weather day. DH went to sm - picked up the last of the meat + dairy products I.e. lots of cream 😉 The one thing I did was make an apple & blackberry crumble. Dinner was sausages, mash & tinned tomatoes.

2399 - 2401 Kitchen recycling, cardboard packaging, drinks cans - Recycled 
2402 - 2404 Kitchen detritus, office detritus, plastic packaging - Binned

Thanks for that wort 👏 Three days doesn’t sound too bad 😉 but not sure I could do that. I will have to ponder my approach although I do know it needs doing 😔 

the answer to that question moneyonmymindsam is that no-one starts decluttering that early 😉 Great decluttering 👏

Please let me know how the photo sorting goes TC77. Good work on the decluttering 👏

Good work nannywindow 👏

Great work newlywed 👏

Good work HappyKitties 👏

Excellent decluttering garden_girl_2 👏 The site we got our wormery from was wormcity.co.uk   I seem to remember that we got a discount on the first one via our local council* (included worms, bedding & starter food) but I think the 2nd one was full price so quite expensive ( we got the 4 tray one). IN - vegetable & fruit peelings (chopped up), NO bones nor meat nor dairy. Can also add shredded newspapers & shredded cardboard.
OUT - worm cast = perfect compost & worm pee which can be diluted & used as plant feed. The instructions that come with the wormery are really extensive. *It might be worth checking your local council site. 

Great work short_bird 👏

Good work Nicnak 👏 and a great start to the kitchen decluttering.

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️🏅
Decluttered: New target = 2500: 2404/2500
Daily Spend: £0

£6.00 into Savings pot - up to & incl. 27/12/2020

leelad

Morning MrsSD and fellow declutterers, well I have just decluttered my e-mail box.  Always feel satisfied after I have completed this task, pressing delete lots of times to annoying e-mails from groups and sites which you are a member off and alert you to activities which are coming up. I know I should take the time to go into each group I am a member off and hit the button which selects 'unsubscribe to notifications' and that would be job done.  But it doesn't work out like that so every couple of months I have a clean out. And I have also found time just now through e-mails to get back in touch again to people I have not spoken to in a long time.  So it's been productive.  Going to brave the crowds later and go to the local Aldi to recycle all these batteries which we have been stockpiling at home :-) along with getting the last bits of shopping (pancetta cubes, santa bag for our daughter's presents and if they have any chocolates with fruit centres - random I know).  Did almost all of the food shopping and present running around with our daughter yesterday while my wife was working. Felt sorry for my bank card with the amount of times it had to be swiped yesterday to pay for things ;-)  That's it for spending now, I dare not look at my bank balance now until the new year.  Best wishes for a happy, healthy and safe Christmas.....

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

841 - old mac charger (lovely friend gave me a new one)
Only one more day of work to go....... 

Well - I decluttered work for a couple of weeks    - my last day with clients was Monday and I was horribly tired and struggled to get through the day.  I spent yesterday recovering and finishing admin tasks.  Today is my first full day of freedom - I feel more energised but didn't quite know what to do with myself as anything that involves using my brain is beyond me...     So I will set myself a bold target of getting my target up to 900 before Christmas - that would involve 56 items / tasks in the next 2 days ! I immediately feel better for being more focussed  - let's hope it lasts !!!

842 - Christmas cards posted /hand delivered
843 - book 
844 - unopened vitamins - friend