2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

battenberg

24. Scarf never worn - out.
25. Photos deleted from phone/iCloud.
26. Old bills and statements shredded.
27. Pile of paper recycling - out.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. KITCHEN WILL CONTINUE TO BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT

2. JUST DO ONE THING EVERY DAY (courtesy of bit_by_bit) OTHER THAN DAY TO DAY CLEANING & DECLUTTERING 
3. CLEAN ONE ROOM (TOP TO BOTTOM) EVERY MONTH (hopefully 3 weekly by the end of the year)

DH & I finished the hm soup over los for lunch - DH had lo rice, I had lo potatoes, peas & carrots. Dinner was HB sausage casserole with crusty bread for DH & me. Scrambled eggs & bacon on toast for DSis.  

356 - 357 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - recycled 
358 Kitchen detritus - binned

You are officially welcomed aboard the Decluttering Charabanc/s, lindsay54v3 👋 You are not late, you were just waiting to join us 😉 I have noted your target & your goals. Very impressed that you have overcome your emotionally based hoarding tendencies & had a successful clothes decluttering session - well done 👏 Now you are fully refreshed & ready to start your Decluttering Journey 🙂

You are very welcome greent 🙂

Great work GrannyKate 👏 You marked garage twice for a reason 😉 you can only do half at a time 😉🙂  A medal 🏅 for training the grandchildren to tidy up after themselves 👏👏

Another busy day BarbCh 👏 You are a marvel 🙂 The lounge looks wonderful & you have some really beautiful ornaments & wall art 🙂 I especially love the leaves & the poppies 😍 You have a very artistic eye BarbCh 🙂 and you are fully embracing feng shui principles with great success 👏👏

 Shame about the mug Viking_mfw ☹️ but it gives you a reason to treat yourself 😉 🙂 using some of your cash for clutter monies 👏

I am really enjoying the exchange between BarbCh & lindsay54v3 - seems like you are sisters in arms 😉

Great work TC77 👏 Sorry I can’t help with the dye question as I have never been brave enough to dye anything 😉

Elsien, you are only supposed to practice your juggling with plastic cups & glasses 😉 

Excellent work filling in your budget planner 👏 - that must count as at least 5 🙂

Good work villagelife 👏

Great work tryingtoavoiddebt 👏 Fingers crossed that the clothing recycling bin is still empty 🤞

Brilliant work vulpix 👏 You have persevered in building the cat house 👏 but I did have to laugh at your comment that real houses have been built quicker 🤣 Congratulations on the new car 🙂🥳 I like your list of S.A.B.L.E. Items but I think you made a mistake 😉 - surely you can never, ever be S.A.B.L.E in gin 😂😉🙃

Good work battenberg 👏

MrsSD  🏅🏅 🏅⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    358/2021

Savings Pot:  

ruby_eskimo

Morning all!  Gosh you're all being so productive.  I had every intention of doing things this weekend, but the sofa called it's siren song and I pretty much stayed there the entire time 😏  We did get an addition to the house though - my parents sent us a whole bunch of seed potatoes and massive containers to grow them in.  Only place to store them at the moment is in the corner of the living room so will just have to put up with the huge box until it's time to plant 😂

Plan of action today, after the paid stuff and some exercise is

- 1 load of the never ending laundry pile
- Swap out towels and wash the old ones
- Vacuum the sofa cushions
- Call the water company
- Call Virgin Media

Think that's all I can really manage today - feeling rather tired and trying to be kind to myself.  Hope you're all staying safe and warm!

GrannyKate

Thanks Mrs SD. I've added medal to my signature.  Fridge freezer definitely working now so can use again.  Making chicken soup with left over carcases from yesterday.  I cooked what I thought were 2 small chickens but one would have been enough so I have cold chicken to use up.  Just a few to add to declutter list;
314 Cardboard box
315 Picture frame which fell off wall and broke
316-317 E mails answered
318 All photos downloaded and saved in named folders 
I may get dressed now and think about what I might clean today.  Best wishes and hugs to anyone who needs one. 

lindsay54v3

Thanks Mrs SD!

Today I plan to start off decluttering all the cans in the bedroom, my OH seems to like collecting the empties Then take the laundry downstairs, and re-organise my trousers, the drawer is getting a bit chaotic atm

And finally started using the makeup samples I've received since the start of the year, decanted all the ones in sachets into sealed pots so I can get more than one use! Usually I forget about them but I have a designated clear lock box (that came as part of an Xmas gift) that I have repurposed to hold them all, also a nice way to see the little freebies I've received! 

Being new I'm still a bit unsure what can count as decluttering, I have an entire craft drawer that I still have plenty of things to make, when I actually use up the materials to make something would this count towards my total? Or do we just count by what we decide is decluttering for ourselves?

lindsay54v3

@BarbCh thank you so much for your wonderful insight! When I think about it for me it's any build up of anything that needs to be tidied up (such as those annoying little cans) and using things up mostly! The stash of makeup, crafts and Skincare I have are useful but I always buy more before I really need to, so I think that's my biggest goal of this challenge, get things used up at last!

vulpix

linsay54v3  Different people count in different ways. Whatever is meaningful for the individual. For me it's substantial items out. Either in size or effort. Things like phone calls that have been put off or jobs that have needed doing forever. I also count clothes, my particular hoardy nemesis. I sometimes count craft stash used, sometimes not, don't know why. There is a use up craft stash board in the craft section of the forum.
 Gin,I do like it but rarely drink. I have at least 6 unopened bottles of every flavour and hue! I think the last alcoholic drink I had was on my Birthday last March. Ah last Birthday spent in an hotel in Edinburgh and Theatre trip included. Those were the days...
 Vx

lindsay54v3

@vulpix thank you so much! Being new I think I'm just a little bit nervous about how people define things, but you're all so kind and welcoming so feeling much more confident

2Scratters

BarbCh I don't think we need thee types of pictures if they do not belong to any of us using this forum. I don't understand the need for them?

-taff

I kind of agree that what's in your head can sometimes be reflected by what's in your house but I don't think that examining your innermost feelings, unless you're a complete hoarder, is going to help you declutter that much. Find a method that works for you, whether that's one that's already been made accessible, for example Marie Kondo, or Dana White [ I will sing her praises to anyone, because I bought the book and decluttered tens of kilos of clothes, broken things, things I was saving for Justin etc after I read it because it changed the way I thought about the stuff in my house] or your own method. Decluttering is about getting rid of things, not moving things around and one persons too much stuff is just right for anyone else. I would be quite happy with the amount of book in one of those pictures and not think that was excessive at all as long as I had the space to put them in.

If you have too much stuff for your space it's too much, so whittle it down to things that you absolutely will not part with and get rid fo the stuff you feel so so about whether that's clothes, books, kitchen stuff, bathroom stuff etc.

I think a fear of the unknown, what with Covid and everything may have triggered an accumulation of stuff because none of us know the future and what may be or may not be necessary.