Weekend uncluttering

[fred_mouse]

How is your uncluttering going on this, the last day of 2017?

My sorting out of the sewing/music/storage room was a qualified success -- the floor was cleared and cleaned, multiple glass jars are in the front hall awaiting a friend to collect them, and several of the easier sewing repair tasks were done (and the rest put in a to do list, so I can just look at the list and decide to do something, rather than dithering at the baskets). I think we found some clothes to rehome as well!

And then we got enthusiastic, and decided to deal with the books. A hefty tax return meant that we could invest somewhat in new, sturdy bookshelves, so members of the family took themselves off to IKEA (twice!) and we now have six fancy 2.2m bookshelves in what turns out to be a discontinued colour. Two solid days of building shelves and moving books around, and we now a) have no books on the floor and b) no longer have double stacked books. And I've started the process of digging assorted books out of nooks and crannies all over the house. Primary goal is to have all fiction in there, and catalogued. Secondary is more complicated and handwavy, and has to do with 'being able to find any book that is in the house in under 2 minutes, if I know who published it and what format it is in'. [yes, my shelving system is that complicated, because I patronise a set of small press publishers, and I often need to check what I have].

And the companion question for you all, as we come to the beginning of 2018, what are your decluttering goals for the year?

Comments

[rmc28]

I haven't done much decluttering at all in the last month, and I don't think I'm likely to get much more done today. But that's ok. The house is moderately tidy, and although there's been an influx of things because of Christmas, I think very few are actual clutter rather than wanted things being used.

Goals for 2018 is food for thought. I think:

1. sell/give away the cloth nappies and free up the storage currently holding them
2. complete the job of moving child 2's toys and books into their new room (culling as we go, obviously)
3. sort out the pile of bags of Stuff under my desk (especially the ones that were shoved there as temporary storage when the sofa was being delivered ... in summer 2015)
4. sort out the piles of things on top of my desk
5. make a serious dent in the unwatched DVDs
6. make a serious dent in the unread books
7. clear the "misc objects" from the shelves in my room (either get rid or find a sensible place for them to live)
8. ditto the "misc objects" on the bookcase in the living room
9. ditto the "misc objects" in the study

[peaceful_sands]

Good luck. I think you've broken your goals down well (or so it seems from here!) and that should make them easier to achieve.

[rmc28]

I feel "serious dent" is a bit unquantified, but I'll settle for "noticeably less than now" this time next year as a sign of success :-)

[tanaqui]

That's a really nice set of specific goals (even if "serious dent" is a bit vague.) Good luck, and I hope you have lots of success to report at the end of the year.