2020 - banish the clutter

Cheapskate

@TC77, I have so much of mum's stuff still here nearly 5 years after she passed!  One of my sisters live in the USA, been home a few times since but hasn't taken the things she claimed she wanted, so it's all adding to the junk in my house.  There's been a big falling out  - she on one side and me and my other sis on the other side - very messy family stuff and she won't contact us now. Having serious MH issues doesn't help, so little sis here says I have to give myself permission to get shut of it all! Some stuff is def only for the CS, bit for the tip, but a good chunk will be given to those who need it, or sold. Anything sold proceeds to our fave dementia charity.
I think it's a good thing to give away family trinkets to others whilst folks are living - saves arguments, and you can see others enjoying them now.  

StickyTheStickInsect

Mrs_Salad_Dodger said:

So pleased you had a lovely Christmas Day StickyTheStickInsect 🙂 You have done some excellent decluttering in 2020 especially given the extra obstacles placed in your path 👏 45 bags out of 52 is brilliant 🥳 One advantage of not posting is that you are ending the year with another Gold Star ⭐️ - for 39 bags out 👍 I believe that makes Five Gold Stars for you & One for your DH. 

Thank you for all the gold stars Mrs SD, a good way to finish the year 

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)

Sunday was another cold, dry day. DH & I finished the hm soup for lunch. Dinner was cold meats & oven chips with pickles for DH & me & DSis had gravy. Finally had 2019’s Christmas Pudding with Baileys Cream for DH & me, but ordinary double cream for DSis.

2431 - 2433 Kitchen recycling, glass bottle, drinks cans - Recycled 
2434 - 2436 Kitchen detritus, Lr detritus, DSis’s bedroom detritus - Binned

Good work short_bird 👏

Wow you have been busy newlywed 👏🤩

Excellent work Cheapskate 👏 You have ended the year on a high - so one Gold Star ⭐️ is on it’s way 🙂 Definitely a very good idea to make 2021 the Year of Cheapskate 🙂👏 

Perhaps the 13 & 11 year olds could take on a few chores - give you a chance to gather a few spoons 🙂 You would have thought with the state of the world today that your U.S. based Sis would have reached out ☹️ but I do agree with your little sis get rid of it all except maybe save a couple of small items for U.S. sis - mainly for your peace of mind 😉

Good work TC77 👏

You are very welcome StickyTheStickInsect 🙂

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️🏅
Decluttered: New target = 2500: 2436/2500
Daily Spend: £0

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

stellata

Feeling very glum as I have to go home tomorrow after my Xmas break with support bubble. But I got here with a car full of presents and contributions to the eating and drinking which I won't be taking home so that's a bit of decluttering done. I've really enjoyed Xmas, we managed to get to Mass and did lots of walks to work off the lovely food. Not looking forward to getting back to a cold house and all the usual worries though.

Willowtree222

Sorry you're feeling glum. I hope it's a safe journey and you manage your targets for this year. X

villagelife

1863- 1888 clothes to recycling. DAy is prepared move out.
1889-1890 magazines recycled.
1891 shampoo sample used up and binned.
1892 packaging recycled
1893 more shredding done
1894 emails deleted.
Will be doing some more later as when building work done I don't want to find new homes for some of the stuff I have.

nannywindow

Hello fellow declutterers. Hope you are well, many hugs if not.

Out in the bin today the xmas wrapping, sadly no longer recycled by the council. More xmas food will be decluttered today   However some of it will be have to be frozen for future meals/snacks ( ok hands up, I bought too much as usual ! )

Daily recycling done, plastic milk containers, glass coffee jar etc.

Many recorded TV programmes watched and deleted.

villagelife

Some more done by both myself and SAy as he is starting to move his stuff out ahead of Thursday/Friday.
1895-1944 various clothes /underwear - didn't count them though!!
1945-1948 toiletries
1949-1951 vases
1952-1953 cupboards
1954-1957 shoes recycled had seen better days!
1958-1962 bottles of alcohol!

That's all for now but more will be done soon

elsien

Just whizzing in because I’m incredibly pleased with myself.  Will update properly later this week. 
All my work stuff is now out of the dining room and has a proper home in my home office where it belongs. *insert jumpy up and down smiley here.*

Admittedly you can no longer get down the hall for items waiting to be freegled/donated/binned and the dining rioom table has vanished under my food and cleaning items stockpile that now needs a new home, but I don’t care. 

Really pleased with how much I’ve decided it’s ok to get rid of.

newlywed

Decluttered the baking tins... two rusty loaf tins, three rusting cupcake tinsL some silly tiny tins all binned. Some paper tin liners all scrunched, binned.  One flan tin waiting for a friend to collect.  Everything else cleaned tidied and put back.

oven cleaned and decluttered of rather a lot of grime. 

It’s been a productive few days and my kitchen and bedroom are looking much tidier, even when I open drawers and cupboards

still avoiding decluttering the craft stuff though!