De-cluttering, the never-ending process

Tiny Tears anyone?

Creative use of hampers. Good for you !

Greenfinch

Oh, why not? What do you use them for ?😊
This is wanted for a school raffle prize. Good cause🥺?

Well done.

They have dolls in one at the moment; really I should get rid of the dollies but no-one wants them. Then I could fill it with yarn 😀

Another one has spare bedding in it in the appropriate bedroom.

Another one has yarn in it - you get the gist 😁

Oh, why not? What do you use them for ?😊
This is wanted for a school raffle prize. Good cause🥺?

Greenfinch

Hurrah! Someone on Freegle has just asked for a wicker hamper and I have one. Another bit of decluttering. I hope they come to collect it!

No-one is having my wicker hampers 😲

Just saying .....

Hurrah! Someone on Freegle has just asked for a wicker hamper and I have one. Another bit of decluttering. I hope they come to collect it!

5 new items of clothing in, all at half price and items I wear for winter. The older ones are getting tatty and will be removed. I suppose I should call this maintenance and not de-cluttering, unless I can remove 6 or more items in which case slow mo de-cluttering continues

Cardboard and glass went to the dump today!

cornergran

Oh I like the sunshine maybee. That’s the problem, I’m outside all the time not giving a thought to what’s lurking indoors .

It’s outside work I’m having to do at the moment so it’s working out quite well! Mind you it’s supposed to be raining in a day or so.

Oh I like the sunshine maybee. That’s the problem, I’m outside all the time not giving a thought to what’s lurking indoors .

cornergran

Still plodding on here. Somehow life - and sunshine - seems to get in the way of focusing. A couple of supermarket sized bags, one of clothes the other of ‘stuff’, went to a charity shop this week so definitely not given up. I’ve not seen that programme maybee, will have a look, could inspire me.

Sometimes the sheer enormity of how much I have to do overpowers me. But I’m the opposite: warm weather and I find an energy that I don’t have in winter. I was actually getting a bit worried about my health because I was so tired and achey but after a week or so of warm weather I feel like a new person.

Still plodding on here. Somehow life - and sunshine - seems to get in the way of focusing. A couple of supermarket sized bags, one of clothes the other of ‘stuff’, went to a charity shop this week so definitely not given up. I’ve not seen that programme maybee, will have a look, could inspire me.

I have a new method. Everyday I am dumping, recycling, donating or giving away ONE thing from the garage or inside the house. So far so good and it feels quite refreshing. Little things please little minds!!

Not exactly a decluttering programme but I’ve just discovered Clean it, fix it on BBC and am binge watching the whole series. So many tips on organising the home and quite reassuring to see other people with homes like mine. It’s the sort of programme that gears me up into tackling jobs. Mind you it’s yet another programme where I don’t believe they do the work in 24 hours. The programme I’m watching at the moment features someone who, like me, struggles to throw things away because they just go into landfill. And, 20+ years after he left my ex is going to clear his stuff from out of the garage

Witzend

Riverwalk

Forgot to add, in places like Ghana any clothes that do end up in street markets, rather than landfill, are ruining the trade of local manufacturers.

A dd worked for a couple of years in Ethiopia, where poverty was widespread and dire. After one trip home she took a stack of pre worn men’s shirts, from dh and friends, to distribute to people she knew - they were delighted with them - anything new was unaffordable.

I particularly remember her anecdote of the old man who was night watchman outside their office - he didn’t even have a proper home, would sleep on a nearby bench during the day. She gave him a work shirt I’d once bought for dh that for some reason he didn’t like and had never worn - it was still in its M&S packaging. He was so pleased - put it on immediately and wore it day after day.

Super for the old man.

I have a relative who used to live in a 3rd world country.
When she revisits, she takes the clothes she doesnt want, in her suitcase, back to the country.
People there are delighted to have them.

Witzend

lindiann

What could I do with old videos still got old video recorder/player don't know how it works?

We put an ancient Betamax video recorder (bought in the 80s when living abroad) on Freecycle, and amazingly enough, someone wanted it! I don’t think it was even working but he said he could fix it.

A few years ago we had a couple of old tvs. still in working order. From the 90s.
Didnt think anyone would want them.
They do apparently. A relative took them. They get used to play on for old computer games.

Riverwalk

Forgot to add, in places like Ghana any clothes that do end up in street markets, rather than landfill, are ruining the trade of local manufacturers.

A dd worked for a couple of years in Ethiopia, where poverty was widespread and dire. After one trip home she took a stack of pre worn men’s shirts, from dh and friends, to distribute to people she knew - they were delighted with them - anything new was unaffordable.

I particularly remember her anecdote of the old man who was night watchman outside their office - he didn’t even have a proper home, would sleep on a nearby bench during the day. She gave him a work shirt I’d once bought for dh that for some reason he didn’t like and had never worn - it was still in its M&S packaging. He was so pleased - put it on immediately and wore it day after day.

lindiann

What could I do with old videos still got old video recorder/player don't know how it works?

We put an ancient Betamax video recorder (bought in the 80s when living abroad) on Freecycle, and amazingly enough, someone wanted it! I don’t think it was even working but he said he could fix it.

I think she may have a few problems going by previous posts elsewhere

I'm sorry to hear that but it is still not an excuse for such a mean post.

I am on a snails pace here, very slow but steady but still making positive progress. Even better now that I know my local deli/wholefood selldseg currants loose ie I can buy 4 oz if that is what I need

Thank you fancythat, I was mean so I have asked for my post to be deleted. I will ignore her future postings

My precious inherited stuff isn't junk, nor are some of the things I rarely use.
"Do I love it, do I want it, do I need it?"

Some stuff is kept just for the pleasure of it, not just because it's useful.

May be best not to bite karmalady.

I think she may have a few problems going by previous posts elsewhere.

Feel free to dm me if you would like to, watermeadow.
I will ignore your post on here.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

I don’t have clutter and suppose that you poor overwhelmed declutterers should never have started hoarding.
I don’t keep anything which is not being used. If you haven’t needed something in the past six months, chuck it out. Give it away or recycle or bin it.
But it’s too late now, you’re surrounded with junk which you don’t want to part with. So hang onto it and stop feeling guilty.