2020 - banish the clutter

RepententHoarder

Ooh Thankyou for the gold stars Mrs SD am sharing with DH as he has become really enthused too and keeping me on track.
Cleared the fridge out today (DH has been in charge since my injury so it was rather scary!) . Now it’s all cleared and spotless and we’ve bought (sorry) some bins to keep jars etc neat and to stop them getting lost in the back. He keeps saying how good it looks now!
Also emptied the breakfast cereal cupboard that we had both forgotten housed cereal (d’oh) so you can image there was some use by date horror contained.
We’re not counting food in our clearance numbers as I want to clear ‘extra’ things for our target.
Few more bits for the CS today
356 coffee pod stand
357 lots of paperwork shredded for recycling :beer:
Not big numbers today but HUGE satisfaction.

Off to polish the gold stars 😇😇

Thankyou all for keeping me enthusiastic
RepentantHoarder :j:j

StickyTheStickInsect

A bag (#7) to the charity shop today and the post mountain continues to reduce, our paper recycling box is rarely this full ! On the down side I’ve found stuff that is much older than I expected it to be, I don’t appear to have missed anything major thankfully.

oceanspirit

11 items sheet music going to a rellie
1 item to CS
1 food item uu
2 items paperwork recycled

jacwins

96-109 and 9/52 - 15 newspapers put into bag to take to work, still have hoards in the garage
110 - candle jar emptied of wax (thanks for the hints) and recycled

Ideas - light a candle, put another toy on selling site, do a bag full of shredding, making jam tarts with jams in fridge that don't get used and lard (one of the ingredients we had to buy for food nutrition) batch 2 made, top of my wardrobe... what is up there?, find out where to take ceramic children's mugs, newspapers once current ones gone from staffroom
Listed - children's hangers x16 free, 3 hoodies, bead toy, baby cookbooks

Current totals 110/2020 9/52

TC77

135-136 old season ticket cards (duplicates as keep losing them) binned
137 mug broken and binned
138 electronic declutter
139 library book returned
140 make up binned
141 receipts binned
142 more receipts binned
143 paper clutter
144 old food freezer binned
145 old food fridge binned
146- loyalty cards binned (covered in ink after pen exploded in my coat pocket.
147 - decluttered nearly out of date food into mealtimes

good to read how everyone is getting on, and will keep plodding on!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. DO NOT PUT OFF TO TOMORROW WHAT CAN/SHOULD BE DONE TODAY
2. WRITE AND USE “TO DO LISTS”
3. LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
4. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
5. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S ?’

Monday has been a cold, grey, dreary, drizzly day but at least I avoided getting rained on :j
DSis & I went to our acupuncture etc sessions. I really enjoyed my neck & shoulder massage today :T Then to MrA for food shopping Lucky with the buses today - didn’t have to wait ages :T No decluttering but enjoying reading about everyone’s successes
Dinner was Snorkers, mash, plum tomatoes & garden peas.

181 - 184 Cardboard packaging, newspaper, magazine, kitchen recycling e.g. tins - Recycled
185 Coffee tin of kitchen detritus - Binned (19 items behind )

Well Done villagelife :T

Well Done somerandom :T & you are more than welcome

Great work ailz95 :T especially on the DH persuasion :rotfl:

Good work jacwins :T :T

That is brilliant winspiration :rotfl I would never have the brass neck to do something like that :rotfl:

Great work EssexHebridean :T great that MrEH is on board :T

Fingers crossed 🤞 Nicnak

Good work newlywed :T. Hope the repurposing works - fingers crossed 🤞

Excellent work Gem-gem :T I trust the microwaveable owl 🦉 will be O.K. :rotfl:

You are more than welcome RepententHoarder & I like that you are sharing with your DH .
HUGE SATISFACTION sounds great

Keep up the good work StickyTheStickInsect :T

Good work oceanspirit :T

Well Done TC77 :T

I will see you all tomorrow

MrsSD
185/2020

shangaijimmy

Day 33
- Assortment of things from a drawer discarded to the bin - approximately 7 small items
- 2 manuals to recycling

Day 34
- Set of 3 'cube shelves' to CS (we got these from same CS but they weren't quite right)
- Duvet that was well past its best to the tip (in the past I would have kept it as a rug for the dog, but no more!)

notmy1sttime

In the loft the other day I found some old books and journals saved in a lever arch file from doing a Masters about 15 years ago, posting today to a friend who works in that field and is interested in them.
Yesterday I sorted1 black sack of paperwork from my loft - mostly OH's tax returns from 2000 & 2001, he is a hoarder and I had to take it into work to do so he wont know.

pixtotts

Mrs Salad Dodger - Thanks, the challenge is most definitely needed here! Though I have to admit I am also counting things like consolidating shampoos into one bottle, I have the awful habbit of buying and starting new when I've only emptied the conditioner! I'm trying to do no spend feb and joining in with the Fashion on the Ration Challenge too! I'm definitely a hoarder who longs for a minimalist life :doh:


I got a surprise afternoon at home, so tried to get a few numbers down and some things gone! I've just decluttered a load of Christmas chocolates, does that count? thought not...


2. Box from hat knitting kit recycled (finished the hat at Christmas)
3. had the last chewy hair vitamins - tub binned
4 - 10. old magazines recycled

A whole surprise day at home today so I'm off out to tackle the studio! (sorry if this reads a bit disjointed I've been keeping it open in notes so I can add as I go) x

Marpau

Been a bit slow here yesterday was productive but not much decluttered. Did a sweep of the wardrobe which resulted in basket of clothes to be altered mended. 3 skirts to eBay box. 10 hangers I'm going to take these on holiday as hotel never has enough then I will leave them there.

115/116 2pr trousers to CS bag
117/118 new mattress delivered old mattress and packaging to tip
119 ball of wool from stash to knit blanket for NICU
120/122 3 magazines passed to neighbour
123/130 8 magazines recycled
131 old name badge from work binned