Weekend uncluttering

[fred_mouse]

What is your one thing to go today? Did you have one yesterday as well?

I'm relying on Youngest for decluttering at the moment -- they've been clearing out various boxes I've had stored, and working out what to keep. I've then been sorting through to work out what how to deal with things. Many many small toys! Everything is being stacked on the shelf in the front hall, and I'll care about it later :)

Oh, and I read 1/3 of a book, noped out, and have added that to the pile!

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[alexseanchai]

Today I am Actually remembering to grab the bag of soda can tabs on the way to the UU service. (The synagogue what hosts is collects them for charity.)

[alexseanchai]

Update: the soda can tabs are now in the synagogue's bigass jar for, iirc, the Ronald McDonald House.

Today's service—predictably enough, because Earth Day—was environmentally themed. Led by a Pennsylvania rabbi, who had us read quotes from Jewish writings of varying date and location. Theme: do not destroy. (Other theme: trees.) I am feeling encouraged to declutter. And apparently anything going to the spring auction has to be in a particular person's possession before he goes out of state on Wednesday, so I'd better hustle on those, hadn't I? XD

(I have to leave in ten minutes for a several-hour obligation and then I have two scheduled discussions after that. When am I supposed to do this???)

[tanaqui]

Good work on the soda can tabs!

[fred_mouse]

Good job on the soda tabs! Good luck with finding the necessary time for your other tasks.

[tanaqui]

Good work on adding the book to the donate pile as soon as you noped out of it. (I tend to leave things sitting around half-read for forever because... I "ought" to like it and maybe I'll like it more next time...?)

My focus has mostly been on removing weeds from the garden, but I did deal with some admin stuff and put some of the paperwork related to that on the to-be-shredded pile. I also bought a new purse and threw the old one in the trash immediately I'd emptied out the contents. Bonus: I didn't put everything that was in the old purse into the new one, partly because it wouldn't all fit easily and partly because I realized I really don't need to carry round things like loyalty cards that I use maybe once a year....

[fred_mouse]

I hear you on the 'maybe I'll like it better in a different mood'. But this was the different mood, and I was reading with my head all pulled back, and when I worked that out, realised nope was a good response.

Go you on the gardening and the admin and the getting rid of the old purse!

Re loyalty cards -- I have found an app I can store them in and scan from! I only have one in there, but it was good, because I've used it, and I wouldn't have had the card anyway.

[yukonsally]

It's been a good weekend! I dropped off the donation bin. My mother took her laptop back and one more thing. I sent a thing to a friend (3 padded envelopes left!). I've added four things to the handmedown box and one to the donation pile (no bin yet!).

Today I've been cleaning out the fridge and the pantry of things that, if Spouse were here, would spark "But I just bought that!" despite the Best By date long past. My goal for the week, as Spouse is gone, is to work through the things that are nearing their Best By dates, by either making them and eating them, or throwing them out. I'd like to be able to see what's in the pantry from now on, rather than have to dig and find we have several boxes of one thing, because we couldn't find one box a while ago and bought more.

[fred_mouse]

Goodness, that is a lot of achievements for a weekend! Congrats on getting all those things out of the house. And on having a plan for dealing with food in a low stress manner.

[tanaqui]

That's an impressive list of donations, hand-me-downs and sending things, and hooray for the laptop going back to its real home!

With the pantry, I've found it helps to be extremely disciplined when putting groceries away or back: to always put the new boxes/packets/cans with the ones bought earlier -- and, ideally, behind them. That makes it easier to see how many you have left and to grab the one that's nearest to its Best By date to use next.

So good luck with cleaning out/using up the nearly expired stuff and organising what's left so it's easier going forward!