Keep calm and carry on....

Grogged

shangaijimmy said:

I've realised that without sport on tv, I literally watch nothing! Maybe I can declutter some tvs from the house...

Sounds a bit drastic!
How about putting some screen savers on them?
Y0utube has some long playing vids of fireplaces or swimming fish in tanks, maybe even undersea sharks! 

South_coast

Grogged - He does NOT need any encouragement to shop more, thank you very much!
SJ - I read the first 10 or so pages of your diary earlier this morning when I couldn't sleep - you were on a massive de-cluttering mission then as well!

Had a bit of a snoop round yesterday evening to see if I can do some de-cluttering on my days off this week, or if I am just paranoid from reading too much Becoming Minimalist. Very quickly found my old driving licence (genuinely no idea why I kept this, I moved almost 4 years ago and it's not even a different picture), a towel my old boss nicked for me from a hotel we'd stayed at for a work jolly (can't recall what prompted her to do so and I don't think I've EVER used it in the c10 years I've had it 😮!), and a bikini that I never particularly liked. So yes, my name is South Coast and I am a secret hoarder.... Will have a proper go at it later in the week. On that note, what is a suitable amount of packaging material (bubble wrap/cardboard boxes) for someone who sells approx 2 items a year on ebay to keep in stock??? I tend to keep everything that comes into my house and have a feeling I have waaaaaay too much. Not sure I can bear to part with it though, may gather it up and put somewhere out of sight! 

South_coast

Aaargh! Just opened my airing cupboard and saw the fabric of a single duvet cover poking through the underside of the top shelf - I don't even have the single duvet any more, think that went when I moved house! It's alarming how much you see when you start looking for it (and equally alarming that I evidently just walk around blind to it the rest of the time 😯)

South_coast

Have just come up with a new term: Clutter-shaming 😀 Will be back with more later in the week

South_coast

One more bit of clutter-shaming before I go and annoy BF - it's a good one 😂:
A glass I identified for de-cluttering about 2 months ago and has been on the corner of the kitchen worktop ever since....now removed! 

Grogged

South_coast said:

....now removed! 

Sounds ominous! 😱
Is it a case for Inspector Tumbler? 🕵️‍♀️
(dun, dun, dun....)

South_coast

LOL 😂! Only removed from the worktop. Not yet from the house - that, it appears, is Stage 3....

badmemory

Well it would appear I need to do a very rapid very large declutter!  Being over 70 it would seem I am going to be forced (police state anyone) to self isolate for about 4 months.  How many bottles of whisky is that?  Do the supermarkets even stock that many in any given day?  Who on earth are they calling elderly?

savingholmes

I think it is hilarious that they have told us all for the last few years that we should all work longer and that even 67 is too early to retire - and now they are calling 70+ elderly.
Clutter-shaming - that's a very scary term especially for my house... my hoarding tendencies are under-control honest..... or maybe not....

shangaijimmy

Welcome aboard the declutter train! At least 1 item per day... Go for it.