Mid-week uncluttering

[fred_mouse]

How goes the uncluttering, this fine Wednesday?

I've managed to find yet another source of paper that should already have been thrown out - the filing cabinet. Today, I discovered a folder of primary school newsletters, dating back who knows how many years (I didn't look, I just checked that the whole folder was newsletters and chucked the lot). I've pulled three other files out to go through, and I suspect that several others could be thinned as well. Possibly, by the end of this I'll be able to fit all the extra bits of paper in the cabinet!

Comments

[yukonsally]

Sending 3 things to a friend today--I admitted to myself that I won't use two notebooks, they just aren't the size and/or style I like. By sending things to friends, the padded envelope stash is more manageable but we still have a ton. I'm always on the look out for small things to give away. It's the most fun part of decluttering to me!

The other part of decluttering I'm focused on is knitting the yarn I have so I don't buy more than I need (like I did two weeks ago... ahem...). I'm currently searching for patterns to use specific yarn and weighing the possibility of just giving the yarn away. I'm trying to knit useful things to give away, like hats for the homeless outreach or prayer shawls for my alma mater to give to students.

[peaceful_sands]

Sounds like you're making steady progress

[yukonsally]

I just found another thing to send away, and am combining 3 lotions into a single jar to recycle the other bits. Whenever I get to the end of a lotion bottle, I pour the last bit into a jar so I get every last drop, get every penny's worth out of the lotion. So I'll use up the lotion that's been hanging around too long!

[fred_mouse]

Sometimes, giving the yarn away is the best choice. But I hear you on finding useful things to do with it -- I hope that the hats and prayer shawls are warmly received.

And I like the idea of actively decluttering the padded envelope stash - I should be finding ways of doing that.