2021 DECLUTTERFEST
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Lots of little unplanned maintenance tasks completed about the house to keep the clutter at bay this week.
- bathroom counters
- Writing desk/gel pens/Sharpies
- Plastic food storage
- Fridge
- Kitchen counters
- Hair ornaments
- Recycle bins
- Replaced spent lettuces
- Dead-headed summer planters
- Kept laundry up to date
- Put away winter shoes
- Clear lounge before bedtime
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Terrific Terri!! @TerriRichardson112 !
My friend is tackling her house - inspired by my transformation- which makes me feel great to see her so energized and happy as she clears bags & bags.
I had decided I didn’t want to do any of the remaining categories, but after a call with her today, I went in & said “ok certainly you can do 10 minutes. Spent 30. LoL
So I’m going to do 10 minutes a day of the “I don’t want to’s”
July 13✅
July 14
July 15
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15 minute De-clutter - July
14. fridge/kitchen counters; crochet projects; sewing table
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@MadisonMolly2017 The “I don’t want to’s” are the worst. We should probably start with those and the rest would be cake!
Not declutter related but…Still on the road 🚘. I took my pills all but 2 days. That’s a win in my book! I usually lose focus when my routine is out of whack. 1/2 way through July already😲2 -
@nebslp
Well they are all sentimental & I think Marie Kondo pegged me correctly. By practicing keeping only what I love; I m
Now in Much better place to pitch.
It’s just stuff!
So I’m going to do 10 minutes a day of the “I don’t want to’s”
July 13✅30 mins
July 14✅31
July 15✅322 -
@MadisonMolly2017 - They are almost all “I don’t want to dos...” 😂
15 July
• Living room
16 July
•.Summer wardrobe
• decontamination bin
• sewing notions
• financial files
• clothes hangers
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »@MadisonMolly2017 - They are almost all “I don’t want to dos...” 😂
15 July
• Living room
16 July
•.Summer wardrobe
• decontamination bin
• sewing notions
• financial files
• clothes hangers
OK, @TerriRichardson112 😂🤣😂
I’ll call them my Remaining I Don’t Wanna’s or my I REALLY Don’t Wanna’s
Hahaha
PS I found sewing notions fun
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It’s time for a makeover in my upstairs rooms. I started with decluttering my books. Today I got out every book that was in the main room and the piles covered the couch and chair, and there was a big pile on the floor as well🤪 I sorted by category…travel, birds and nature, kids’ books to keep, kids’ to give away, books to read and then decide what to do with them. I had already started reading those daily a couple of years ago (about 10-20 pages per day) and can get through about 1 per month. Those will go back in the drawer until I’ve read them and made a decision. That will take some time! But they’re slowly going out of my house one at a time.2
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »🤣😂🤣
Hahahaa You are too much!! 🤣🤣🤣1 -
It’s time for a makeover in my upstairs rooms. I started with decluttering my books. Today I got out every book that was in the main room and the piles covered the couch and chair, and there was a big pile on the floor as well🤪 I sorted by category…travel, birds and nature, kids’ books to keep, kids’ to give away, books to read and then decide what to do with them. I had already started reading those daily a couple of years ago (about 10-20 pages per day) and can get through about 1 per month. Those will go back in the drawer until I’ve read them and made a decision. That will take some time! But they’re slowly going out of my house one at a time.
Oh Bravo @nebslp !!
I remember when you were reading those books!! It sounds like a lot of progress!
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I desperately need to do this! My house is always under construction as buying a fixer upper feels like. So it’s easy for me to let it go to *kitten* in the areas I’m unhappy with. I need to just be happy with what I have right now. And my husband *fingers crossed* will get to the house as soon as he has some down time!2
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So I’m going to do 10 minutes a day of the “I don’t want to’s”
Goal: 10 mins or more, no “roll-overs”
July 13✅30 mins
July 14✅31
July 15✅32
July 16 ✅40
July 17 ✅15
July 18 22 mins✅
July 19 10 mins✅
Week One: 7/7 180 mins wow 3 hours!!
July 20 ✅ 59 minutes
I had fun so I went much longer - reliving memories teaching 2000 or so!! Maybe it was good I cut myself off at 10 minutes yesterday
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7/21 ✅ 90 minutes (broke the back of this current job) one more small box to go.. then will do a final pass of all that I have kept, winnowing out more…then will mail the envelopes of school work to the former students who wanted them!!!
Yay!
7/22
7/23
7/24
7/25
7/26
Week Two:
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@MadisonMolly2017 Those minutes add up faster than you think! Good job!
@ama3387 welcome! Have you decided which area you want to start with?
@TerriRichardson112 it looks like you have quite a list! How’s it going?
There’s a central room on our second level that I’ve been working on since Saturday. I broke it down into projects.
1) Books ✅ for the most part. I have a bag to take to the library or Good Will, another one for gkids to go through, and a few odds and ends still waiting for me to decide on their fate. I ran out of room for them🙄 I need to read faster so I can discard some more. Or stop accepting books from friends that I read and return. Or stop ordering more from Amazon🙀😹
2) All other things made out of paper✅
3) Tomorrow…Boxes and containers that just need to go somewhere else…maybe the basement? Or out the door?
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~Waving Hi~ Wishing Everyone the Best And Success on Decluttering Adventures~
I have 2 Areas that I really want to DECLUTTER.... "My Craft room And my Storage area"... both are mainly crafting supplies....
I have wanted to get them done for a couple of years now.... SO... I figure this is a great time to start...
Thanks to the Suggestions from some Group members... I think I have come up with a realistic Plan for Success
My Plan is to Pick a SMALL section for each week... I figure that Way I wont be overwhelmed ... And I will feel Successful
one section at a time... I should be done By this time Next Year ... LOL ... At least I hope so
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Starting TODAY...... I WILL ....Do up to an hour of Decluttering/sorting/organizing Mon. Wed. Fri.
on Tues. and Thurs I WILL spend time crafting .......... (WEEKENDS are Free time for Hubby and me)
I have smaller areas I would love to Declutter/Sort/Organize.... I gave it some thought and decided to start with these while still in the warmer days...
Then When Autumn comes and I am in doors mostly... that will be the best time to work on my Craft And Storage area... It will definitely keep me busy.
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]So I’m going to do 10 minutes a day of the “I don’t want to’s”
Goal: 10 mins or more, no “roll-overs”
July 13✅30 mins
July 14✅31
July 15✅32
July 16 ✅40
July 17 ✅15
July 18 22 mins✅
July 19 10 mins✅
Week One: 7/7 180 mins wow 3 hours!!
July 20 ✅ 59 minutes
I had fun so I went much longer - reliving memories teaching 2000 or so!! Maybe it was good I cut myself off at 10 minutes yesterday
!!
7/21 ✅ 90 minutes (broke the back of this current job) one more small box to go.. then will do a final pass of all that I have kept, winnowing out more…then will mail the envelopes of school work to the former students who wanted them!!!
Yay!
7/22 10
7/23 90 minutes
7/24
7/25
7/26
Week Two:
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Wed. July 21 ....... 45 min .... 3 Drawers in bedroom...............................✔️
Fri... July 23 ....... 45 min ..... 3 Drawers in bedroom the other half .......✔️
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So I’m going to do 10 minutes a day of the “I don’t want to’s”
“Taking the rest of Week 2 off!”
I didn’t 😂🤣😂 I want to get this job DONE!
Week 1 3/13-19 3 hours
Week 2 3/20-26. 5hr 40 mins
Week 3
7/27
7/28
7/29
7/30
7/31
8/1
8/2
It’s taking vastly longer than I anticipated, but I’m definitely recycling tons.
I’m going to keep pitching papers/photos/videos until it takes up far less space. Two boxes..maximum 3!
Had a good 💡 idea
I’m going to repurpose my old class photo albums for my art, and just keep the special pages.
Pondering whether to scan /photograph much of this. That would be a job, but might make sense!! Pondering.0 -
On July 21 I wrote "There’s a central room on our second level that I’ve been working on since Saturday. I broke it down into projects.
1) Books ✅ for the most part. I have a bag to take to the library or Good Will, another one for gkids to go through, and a few odds and ends still waiting for me to decide on their fate. I ran out of room for them🙄 I need to read faster so I can discard some more. Or stop accepting books from friends that I read and return. Or stop ordering more from Amazon🙀😹
2) All other things made out of paper✅
3) Tomorrow…Boxes and containers that just need to go somewhere else…maybe the basement? Or out the door?"
4. Boxes moved or consolidated but still need to find a new home...probably the basement for now (lol and eye roll).
5. Cleaned off the desk, set up my cricut space, set up the TV, and just general clearing things out. Took down 2 boxes of prescription bottles that I will recycle.
6. Today...I have 2 old computers that need to go but the old HP has pictures from the old days (2008-2013) and documents the gkids wrote when playing school. Should be simple to transfer the pics to a flashdrive, right? That's what the lady told me at Staples when I asked if they did that because my other relic from the last century may not even have a port (I haven't looked yet) but I'm a bit nervous to try to hook that one up to the monitor. They do it for $70, so it's another project added to my list. Come to find out, the HP does have one USP port that I could put a flashdrive in...IF I didn't need to use it to plug in my mouse. So I thought I'd put the pics on CDs or DVDs. Nope, that wasn't working out well either. So change of plans, I checked out all of the old CDs and DVDs of pictures. 8 out of 22 worked, but I have 12 that I need to view and transfer to a flashdrive on a different computer. My new one doesn't have a CD player so the saga goes on and on and .... I'm going for a walk
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