KonMari 2018 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

If you're holding onto stuff for a big one-day cash in, you might want to check the value now, because it may not be worth giving house room to bulky items which are worth less than buttons.

I recently read an article somewhere about how the price of Elvis memorabilia (in the collection sense, rather than accumulation - thanks for the definition GQ!)) has recently dropped, after being seen as a good investment for a long time. The reason given in the article? The big collectors of Elvis stuff are reaching the age where they are dying off, and so their vast collections are suddenly flooding a market where there is just not the appetite that there was to invest, even the really top notch stuff like his costumes.

So it shows that even something valuable today may not be valuable in twenty, thirty, forty years in the future, if future generations don't have the same view, so no point keeping it even if it is valuable if you no longer love it!

I've just sorted a small pile of books out for Z1ffit - only £6 something, but it keeps the stuff moving out. Z1ffit rejected some books which I'd put to one side for them and I've had to talk myself out of putting them back on the bookshelves - if I was prepared to let them go to Z1ffit for pence, why am I not sending them to the CS?? - so they are now in a bag ready for CS next week (will hopefully add to the bag over the weekend with other items) (I put one back on the shelves, as I really dithered about putting it to Z1ffit anyway)

The plan this Easter break (not just the long weekend) is to go through DS2 and DS3's rooms with them. We are starting today with DS3's room and his clothes (an easy start). I'm also looking to get all my flebay items listed (hopefully the boys will release some of their toys for flebaying/ selling at NNS too - the fact they get the money can usually help to sway the decision)
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Some gratifying, if small, results this last couple of days.
Firstly, resisted 2 lovely scarves at CS. I have enough, I struggle to wear them well and the punnet the current ones are in is full ! So no more.
Also resisted a pretty vase. I have enough vases (4).
I tidied our household docs file this morning, removing older stuff as I placed the latest invoices and statements in there.
I deleted emails and txt messages.
I cherry-picked some glass jars for preserves, offered the rest to a friend (she only wants the Bon Maman ones!) and put the rest in the recycling. Seems that everyone round here has there own stash 'cos no other takers came forward.
My very-joy-sparking new door curatin needed a slight adjustment so I sorted that out.
Did a quick stocktake of the ambient store cupboard (in the multipurpose room:D) and removed teabags to kitchen for immediate use
Am about to do the joy test on some winter woolies that i realise were not bought into play this season. My hunch is that if they weren't used during the coldest winter in 5 years, they can be released to free up much needed space
I have a couple of other kondo projects lined up for the weekend so shall report back in due course.

Enjoy the weekend Everyone!

Siebrie , you seem to have answered our own question. If you stay with that employer for just another 1.75 years you will probably get 2.75 years' of pay! You still work a 4 day week rather 5 and any mortgage application will be supported by your current employment.
I had to go through a similar thought process 6 years ago when my DH left regular employment to set up his own business. I had a reasonably paid job that I had come to hate. There were job cuts being made so I asked for redundancy but they would not let me go. I was allowed to cut my hours, thus saving my employer money. I received some money to compensate me for that.
It meant that we still had one regular income and my stress was reduced (fewer commutes, less time in the office).
I bided my time.
Three years later my DH had established his business, I had used my extra days off to start my own small business and the chance of redundancy came up again, as i knew it would. I finished the job 4 years after DH made his leap to self employment.

So in my case it was worth sticking it out for another 4 years (on my terms!).

You can smile sweetly and let the 'new' boss have her won way because you have a cunning plan that will take less than 1.75 years to come to fruition

According to the system I would be working another 21 years My mind is now playing with 50% parental leave for as long as possible, and get my employer to hire a fulltime assistant. It might be mutually beneficial.

To cheer myself up, I have bought a mini kiwi plant and 8 pots of mangetout seedlings Total spend about £9. The kiwi plant is planted and will grow over the swing set; 6 of the pots of mangetout seedlings are planted, 1 will go to our neighbours with small children and the other will go to my parents when we drop of dds there tomorrow.