2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

To use Guineapigsqueaks/Sa1sysoo words “A new thread for declutterbugs in (2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021) 2022 !" 

2021 has been a bit of a washout on the decluttering & decorating fronts. Just haven’t managed to summon up any enthusiasm for anything. The bedroom is still not finished ☹️ We need a new carpet 😔 before we can set up the new storage units (so I can display all my yarn 🧶 & knitting paraphernalia)  

Quick précis of 2021: first 6 months - one family get together (my side) + a Round Britain Rally trip; second 6 months - a few family get togethers 🙂 + several 3 to 7 days ‘Round Britain Rally’ trips. 

The weather in 2021 was not particularly conducive to successful growing. We lost our first planting of tomatoes & lettuces. Our second planting was a bit better - we managed to grow 3.1kg of potatoes (bit disappointing) from ‘eyes’, 14.1kg of tomatoes (including very tasty cherry tomatoes), lettuces, 41 radishes 🙂, Swiss chard, rosemary, but NO olives (& last years brined olives had to be binned ☹️) & a teeny crop of blackberries + a few very disappointing carrots & ten leeks. Several neighbours & a family member were gifted a small amount of hg produce & hm tomato chutney 😉 Also grew some rhubarb but a disappointingly small amount ☹️ 

Depressingly I was correct that 2021 was more of the same (Covid & gubberment scandals 😖) & was made worse by the ‘BR....’ word 😢 

Plus I was unsuccessful in ALL my listed 2021 good intentions 😭 So not too sure about creating a 2022 list of Good Intentions - I will have to mull, ponder & cogitate 🤔 

Now to cheer you all up (a little at least 🤞)  a shiny new Decluttering Thread - “2022 Decluttering Campaign”

SO JUMP ABOARD THE ELECTRIC POWERED DECLUTTERING TRAIN - 2022 HERE WE COME  🙂

I will start with a very concise explanation of the intentions & ethos of this thread gratefully ‘borrowed’ from oceanspirit 👏

“……..this thread isn’t just about getting rid of things, it’s about changing houses into homes, it’s about understanding ourselves and how we got into a mess in the first place and learning where we need to make new habits to prevent a rematch.

Mental clutter (frogs and long “to do” lists included) and electronic clutter as well as physical items contribute to holding us back from doing other things in life so keep posting for as long as you wish to continue.  I for one love reading about … projects … as it helps inspire me to continue to look forward to having both physical and mental space to get on with pursuing my dreams rather than moving things around all the time”

So with the above in mind who will join our lovely new thread?  ALL are welcome 👏 Whether you are doing a major declutter or a maintaining declutter. This will continue to be a supportive & encouraging thread - our aim being to declutter our lives of physical & electronic items & maybe even the stress of having too much ‘stuff’ plus keeping each other’s spirits up in these difficult times. A laugh & a joke, a shoulder to lean on & a place to vent (within Forum Rules) - is hopefully provided here.  A real bonus is that decluttering makes our homes safer &  cleaning easier 😉😉

Gold Stars ⭐️ ⭐️ will continue making an appearance, as well as medals 🎖 🏅

Plenty of options available on numbering the clutter out

2022 in 2022 or 52 in 52 weeks even 365 in 365 days or maybe by room. If you are feeling really adventurous a la basketcase (2018) - you can weigh the clutter out 😉

Whichever numbering option you choose or you may choose not to number, we would love to hear both your success stories & your ways/methods of decluttering - they may not have worked for you but they may work for someone else. All ideas are gratefully received.

I am hoping that everyone who posted on the 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021 threads will also post on the 2022 thread 🙂 + lots of new people 🙏 

I know I am a bit early in setting up this thread but it can help to plan your decluttering - ‘To Do Lists’ can be your friends 😉 (Perhaps I should take my own advice & write a Good Intentions list for 2022 🤣)

So join me in my continuing quest to have a clutter free, tidy & decorated home with no hidden horrors 😆

MrsSD aka Mrs Salad Dodger

If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.

Betharooni

Hi MrsSD

Please can I join for 2022? For assorted reasons, 2021 was pretty rubbish and I didn’t really achieve anything. However I’m hopeful 2022 can be better and feel that clearing some of the rubbish might help to improve my mental health as well, which is currently in the drain. I will aim for 2022 items this year. I will spend some time making some plans over this next week so that I’m ready to smash it from next Saturday.

Thanks

B x

Marpau

I'm in again more maintenance decluttering now as major decluttering completed 

Christianne1957

I need to de-clutter next year - living in a chaotic muddle of my own making is getting me down

I'm the last person from a big family so have lots of 'inherited' treasures that I have kept for sentimental reasons but I feel I have no identity of my own as my home is filled with everyone else's treasure and memories

Its all got to go - ebay, charity shop or (gulp) the bin!!

Please can I join? This is the push that I need!! I will aim for minimum of one item a day but try for more!

mothernerd

I'd like to join in again, please. Still lots to declutter and also need new ways of thinking (putting myself and my mental and physical health first) and new ways of doing things, new routines, more organisation, continue running down my embroidery stocks as it gets more difficult (down to less than 2 hours and still have bits of 4 out of 5 projects I wanted to finish this year).

Barny1979

I'd like to join again please

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Welcome aboard Christianne1957, lovely to see a new face 👋 Firstly I would like to congratulate you on taking the first step by joining us 👏 Secondly thank you for sharing your reasons for decluttering 👏 Thirdly, hopefully you will find us a friendly & informative group who can help you along in your ‘new hobby’ of decluttering & claiming back your home 😉 Re other people’s treasures, might I suggest that you leave that decluttering task to last place.
Looking back over 2021 there are a lot of ideas of how to tackle decluttering & I think it might be helpful if I can come up with some sort of list. It will not be definitive but having lots of ideas in one place might be a bit better than my current scattergun approach 😉
Anyway, I digress. I am looking forward to accompanying you on your journey to a clutter free home 🙂

florianatwobob

Thank you for the new thread Mrs SD!

2022 we will be continuing to declutter. 

2021 saw 31 bags of stuff to charity plus 1 garden gate give away day, stuff to Z!fit and assorted other bits via our local FB reuse project and also eb@y. Hopefully in 2022 some more will be sold to recoup finances being decluttered for
the ongoing house renovations and so we can see and use the stuff we really love. 

So this year I’m not setting any targets to meet but will be aiming to bring the love back into the house again and declutter as we go. We’re now structurally sorted and modernised but cosmetically we’ve been through the wars (rewiring, walls out, kitchens in etc have knocked us about a bit). 

Oh I’m also going to read more so I can declutter the to be read pile (they can then either go to charity or to Z!ffit). 

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Your seat is reserved mothernerd 🙂 (unintentional rhyming 😯 ) Sounds like you might be able to help me with my putative list of Decluttering hints & strategies 🤞Like you I have a final goal in mind but I seem to be floundering as to how to get there 😔
Re your unfinished projects - do you have time to complete one of them before the end of 2021? There is a medal available if you can 😉😉

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Your seat aboard the 2022 Decluttering Train is reserved, Barny1979. Lovely to have you back 🙂

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

You are welcome florianatwobob 🙂 and your seat is reserved. I have reviewed my awards list & can see that I have been a bit mean so I am awarding you one Gold Star ⭐️ for the donations to charity & a 2nd Gold Star ⭐️ for living through the upheaval of extensive house renovations 👏 I am looking forward to a virtual tour when everything is completed 😉