mid-week check-in

[yukonsally]

How's your decluttering going?

I've added 2 more shirts to the donation pile, and a set of tights to the handmedowns. I'm coming around to donating a sentimental jacket, but I'm not there yet. Last night I found 2 hats and some mittens to be donated later today. I have to discuss other cold weather gear with Spouse before sending them off and now I want to go through the hall closet again! We have so many winter hats for a family of four.

Comments

[kalloway]

I had brought home some stuff from work to tinker with (otherwise it was going in the garbage) and after three months of it sitting around, I realized I was never going to tinker with it and it could go back to work to be junked.

Also cleaned out the plastic shoebox that I used to keep my 'essentials' in when I had a vendor table at comic book shows. I haven't had a table in years, so now the stuff in the box has mostly been sorted out and put away, aside from a couple little things I need to make a decision on.

A lot of surface/space is being used in pre-xmas prep. I'd wanted to really go through all my xmas decorations and sort out more to donate, but that is not happening quite yet.

[yukonsally]

It's hard to decorate and sort at the same time. You've got the notion to donate some, that's the first step.

[kalloway]

When I was thinking about it last month, I wasn't sure anyone would want donated xmas stuff, but then when I went to one of the big-deal rummage sales a couple weekends ago, people were fighting in the aisles for xmas stuff, so... will donate there once I've got everything ready.

(half the time, figuring out the best recipient of stuff is harder than picking out the stuff to go...)

[yukonsally]

Agreed, and I find that once I've picked a spot, I can donate more there. Secondhand store that supports a local charity or a hospice? take all my things.