2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

gettingthrifty

18. Went through 2 work notebooks and shredded
19. Went through freezer binning the UFO's ( unidentified frozen objects)

TC77

Post seemed to have vanished

74 parcel dropped off to dd1, also bag of food 75 and other smaller things that offering her ( counting as 2) 76-77
Getting into making soup regularly and tidying  kitchen each evening. 

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)

Where has the 1st week of January gone 😱 Thursday, I was up & dressed by 10:30 then the day went downhill from there 😞 Another dry, cold day. DH went to sm for usual Thursday shop. We had hm soup & crusty bread for lunch. Dinner was burgers in sesame rolls (DH & I added relish, mayonnaise, lettuce & cornichons) with oven chips & baked beans. Washing up done.

I have spent the day trying to clear down programmes from TV planner but falling asleep frequently & taking 2 hours to watch a 50 minute programme 😱😞 Earnest did not put in an appearance at all ☹️

66 - 69 Kitchen recycling, newspaper, cardboard box, drinks cans - recycled

70 Kitchen detritus binned

ruby_eskimo, quite agree best to wait until the world is safer. 

Well done pamsdish 👏 I never understand why people do that - wastes your time & stops you doing other things 😠 Good idea re phone boxes 🙂

Great work ClaireT13 👏 I especially like your solution to DSs home schooling 😂 

Well done D123456789 👏 My preference would be N*tflix 😉😁

You have done more than me boultdj 👏. Kitty cuddles are to be treasured 😊 

Good start Rootle 👏 Celebrating small wins gives you the motivation to continue 👏👏

Really balabooberlies? Who knew 😉

Welcome aboard SuperSavingD 👋 The more the merrier 🙂 Wishing you every success in raising funds from your decluttering 🤞 What a drain on your finances ☹️ 

Good work helensbiggestfan 👏. Good luck with your selling 🤞

Well done patentgirl 👏 An empty drawer is a joy 🥳 and will definitely spur you on 😉

Good work newlywed 👏 Interesting reading newlywed - It is sometimes very difficult to combine decluttering & being eco friendly ☹️ but if we are clutter free then we are less likely to buy more stuff - clear spaces are rather nice 😉

What a great idea moneyonmymindsam 👏 You have been busy 👏 Also thank you for reminding us to be happy with progress & tidiness rather than perfection 👏 One medal 🏅 on its way 🙂

Great work bit_by_bit 👏 As you say, with a bit of research there appears to be far more places to ‘donate’ to & once Covid19 is finally under control it should be even easier 🤞

I am very impressed Viking_mfw 👏 I am willing you on 🙂  A very succinct explanation re the circular economy 👏🙂

Good work short_bird 👏 Hopefully everyone can use their very successful January decluttering, to inspire them to continue throughout the year 🤞😉

Excellent work Marpau 👏 Your third year & you are noticing the difference 🙂👏 Earnest has definitely visited - as in ‘Decluttering in Earnest’ One medal 🏅 for working it out 👏

Steady progress EnergyShifter 👏

Good work gettingthrifty 👏 I do like your description of UFOs 😂

Good work TC77 👏  Your post is sunning itself with the odd socks 🤣

I WILL do better Friday 🙂

MrsSD

Decluttering Target: 2021    70/2021

Savings Pot: 

balabooberlies

Eh ?  ...what did I say, what did I say ?  

Anyhoo.......

started this year off with a bang.  Then stuttered to a stop so have decided to donate January to myself to pick a style and rhythm that I can manage.

It has taken me all of my life to reach a point where I am absolutely convinced I am ADD/ADHD.  Hence no focus whatsoever and I am getting worse.  So with all this self-awareness here is what I have decided.

1) Target 104 (doubled as it was 52) bags for the year as I am including EVERYTHING that leaves the house.  Keeping a tally will be easier.

2)  Have opened separate bank account to deposit money earned by hopefully selling a good portion of the clutter.  Other bank account will cover all direct debits with surplus at the end of month going towards becoming debt free.  I have never sold on ebay/facebook marketplace.  Fingers crossed.

3)  I have at least one thousand books.  Sadly not worth much but loved by me.  Have decided to let go and sell where I can, donate where I can.  Every penny counts.

I hope it's okay for me to report all of this here.  I was going to join some other threads so that I could track my progress but even just the thought sent me into extreme tiredness/lethargy.  Let me know.  Keeping things extremely simple is going to be my route to success.  I am convinced of that.

What have I done so far ?

4/104 bags

Bank account opened

Taking the advice of 'just do something'.......500 emails deleted.

Bathroom cleaned from top to bottom, including walls and windows.

And then day to day cooking, walking dog, washing up etc.........

Thank you all for such a great support group.  Wishing you all well.

bala

x

gettingthrifty

Forgot to add yesterday
20 - 21 x 2 parcels posted
Bala - your post made me think.i too want to make things simpler. I am similar in so many ways. I flit from job to job cant focus but also dont complete tasks which often leaves a trail of mess.I have been on a long declutter journey and realised its ok to keep tweaking things until you find something that works for you. My goal is a minimum of 1 item a day because when i take on too much too quickly i burn out. In reality most days i get rid of more but the "one thing" keeps me focused and its hard to fail . Daft as it sounds i use a timer to keep me on track ( not the one on my phone as that distracts me news checking etc😯)
Biggest dilemma at moment is getting it out of the house. Where can it go to keep it out of landfill?
Im sure there are places that need things other than charity shops so if anyone can help with that.? Ive donated a lot of books to the school library (also board games to their games club) and books to public library in the past. Towels and pet products to a dog charity.Any other thoughts would be welcome 😊

balabooberlies

Hi GT

in the last lockdown some charities allowed you to bag things up and then send the package to them.  They covered cost of postage (I think).  I saw it on the 'Charity Shops' thread.  Will go over and ask.

bala

lynnsey30

Morning all. Didn't do much again yesterday apart from batch cooking. Need to portion meat up today and freeze also portion up yesterday's cooking. Done some washing and put some recycling out. That's about it but the day is young

greent

balabooberlies 

3)  I have at least one thousand books.  Sadly not worth much but loved by me.  Have decided to let go and sell where I can, donate where I can.  Every penny counts.

If you're looking at selling in bulk, try Ziffit,  webuybooks and music magpie. If you have a smart phone you can scan the barcodes in  so it's  relatively quick. Also you can sometimes get cashback through topcashback or quidco for those selling sites too. Usually pay pennies, but if you are looking at every penny helping to become df then it is worth it - maybe after you've exhausted other avenues

What I tend to do is check the price on Ziffit (that site is usually the best for me) and see if it is more than I would have sold the book for on faceb00k. If so then it stays in the ziffit pile. If it is a few pence or they don't want it I try and sell through Facebook- often bundles of similar type paperbacks for a few £. Hardbacks and non fiction i list as (say) £1 each or 6 for £5 and put up pictures of whatever I've got. If they don't sell at that price then I reduce it and keep it on there (assuming a ziffut type site doesn't want them) x

balabooberlies

Thank you Greent

will check them out when I am awake again 

bala

villagelife

Sorry not been posting. Work has been busy and strange. I work in out patients in a hospital so strange at the moment.
Here is some stuff that has left the house.
66-67 shampoo sample used up
67-68 moisturiser sample used up
69 more carpet
70 metal divider thing for carpets
71 candle
72 more shredding
73 bottle lid
74 blouse used for rags
75-76 pair of cheap garden shoes which had lost their grip. Had slipped more than once in them.
Hopefully will find more to go today.