2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

E.m.m.a_2

Hello 😀 May I join the club? Lost my MSE mojo a while back and need to get back into gear! I’m also a terrible hoarder and procrastinator that I really need help with decluttering. In the past we’ve had a RoD (Room of Doom) that was the spare room but now it is our large dining room 😔 but the rest of the house isn’t much better. I’m beyond SABLE for everything in my life. I can’t bear to bin anything - even useless items. I’m very much a re-use, re-cycle and re-purpose type of person - but I’ve realised that’s sometimes to my detriment.
My DH is tidy and organised and must really love me to put up with my hoarding and mess all these years. I also need to improve as I want my DS and DD to learn better ways. Gosh this sounds like a confessional - but then I think it needs to be to help me move on.
Please put me down for 2021 in 2021 - if I count individual things, then I probably have that in the dining room alone 😳

patentgirl

First time in ages got a charity bag through the door Friday for collection Tuesday so will easy manage to fill that I did notice when taking some green garden bags ( a rotten tree we cut down )to a pre booked tip slot they have a container for clothes and shoes so might be in other Council tips too we are allowed to book 4 slots a month here. 

EnergyShifter

moneyonmymindsam said:

@EnergyShifter
I can just see you now doing your most serious office work in a Mario kart gaming chair 😂 Hope your problems ease up soon. 

moneyonmymind - thank you   - that REALLY cheered me up x (also looking at the picture - it's made me realise I've assembled the base on the chair the wrong way round - so thanks for that too!!!) 

Floss

patentgirl said:

...I did notice when taking some green garden bags ( a rotten tree we cut down )to a pre booked tip slot they have a container for clothes and shoes so might be in other Council tips too we are allowed to book 4 slots a month here. 

We don't have a limit, the tips are open 8am-8pm but you have to queue as they have reduced the number of cars allowed in. 

Floss

I'm really busy at work (non-patient facing in an NHS hospital) but as I'm 3 days into 10-days of self-isolating I'm chipping away at things. 

Yesterday I went through the drawers in my desk & pedestal, and sorted my dressing table drawer to allow costume jewellery to be kept in there. Hopefully it will be worn more now it's in daily sight. I also reorganised he storage of my many scarves, but I'm not sure it is quite "right" yet, so still a WiP.

Today's plan is to put Christmas back into the attic, and to empty the cupboard on the landing. There are a couple of bulky things in there to get rid of on FB marketplace , and some things I want out to consider their fate. 

I also want to declutter some ingredients into gingerbread and cheese scones. I am having soup most days for lunch & a cheese scone to accompany makes it less wet and is not bread 😁

oceanspirit

Hello and welcome to E.m.m.a_2.

2 half hour phone sessions with my friend to continue decluttering her paperwork that we started last year.  One was very successful, the second not so much.  Fingers crossed more goes out this week.

Been pottering and removing bits and pieces from the bathroom and kitchen this week.  These are rooms that have all been done before so there's not a lot to go.  The main clutter is lurking in the little bedroom (lots of paperwork) however the boxes for Christmas decorations are in the doorway blocking my entrance.  I need to get decs taken down and put away so that OH can put the boxes back on the high shelf for me, then I'll be able to get started in there.

6 kitchen and bathroom items 
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notmy1sttime

Hi Guys,
I have posted in the previous 2 years threads and tend to go off by the 2nd half of the year.
I am in the process of trying to keep on top of my clutter. I recently challenged myself to sell 30 items within 30 days (by the end of Jan) and have currently sold 6 items and made £162.34, but this included a couple of higher value items. I have some old computer games I will sell to music magpie or similar later.
I am mainly selling on fb marketplace but where necessary to webuybooks and similar.
Once charity shops re-open I am getting a couple of bagfuls to them.
I intend to post here once a week with my progress.

ScarletRibbons

Black_Saturn said:

ScarletRibbons, I purchased what is called ‘fruit & veg saver discs‘ from off of Amazon. Going by memory, I believe it cost six pounds for three discs, and they have helped to keep fruit in the basket, for longer, and my salad produce in the fridge, also the same.

Thanks for that Black Saturn, I'll check them out.

pamsdish

decluttered a watch I never wear, £20 in my purse.

oceanspirit

garden_girl_2 said:

Im GF as well as.....sorry cant find post....and make cakes exactly as recipe, just changing flour and adding xanthum gum  and sometimes a little extra liquid. Pastry a little more difficult!!

Thank you for this.  I have kept the book for now and adjusted my total accordingly.