Not so much progress...
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unclutterI did a bunch of socializing this weekend instead of cleaning.
In:
4 books
Out:
1 box stuff to thrift store
1 big piece of what-was-I-thinking fabric to thrift store
1 lap desk to thrift store
A bunch of empty medication bottles and old shampoo and whatnot (cleaned out under bathroom sink! Lots of space there now)
Net:
-3 + 0 = -3 (but better by volume)
Did not get packages ready to mail--this week!--or finish going through papers yet (lots of papers). Off to get new tackle box today, but also some other stuff for upcoming move (which has thankfully been pushed out a little. :-(
I started a box for stuff that needs special disposal--old/broken electronics, unused medications, dead batteries. I need to find out about 1) electronics recycling in my area, 2) whether there are any local shelters or similar that would like cell phones, 3) battery recycling, and 4) proper disposal of medications. I may or may not actually get all this worked out before I leave, but at least it will be in a single box to be dealt with as soon as I get back. Also need to look into food pantries for when I clean out the kitchen cabinets.
Thing I'm struggling with: supplements and vitamins. I have a lot of these from over the years, and I'm not so great at taking anything regularly, so they mostly sit there. I hate to throw them out, but I'm obviously not using them right now. What should I do with them? I'm sort of inclined to keep the vitamins and a couple of the ones for joints for when I'm having a flare-up and toss the rest.
How do you guys decide what to keep and what to toss in the realm of bath & medical stuff?
In:
4 books
Out:
1 box stuff to thrift store
1 big piece of what-was-I-thinking fabric to thrift store
1 lap desk to thrift store
A bunch of empty medication bottles and old shampoo and whatnot (cleaned out under bathroom sink! Lots of space there now)
Net:
-3 + 0 = -3 (but better by volume)
Did not get packages ready to mail--this week!--or finish going through papers yet (lots of papers). Off to get new tackle box today, but also some other stuff for upcoming move (which has thankfully been pushed out a little. :-(
I started a box for stuff that needs special disposal--old/broken electronics, unused medications, dead batteries. I need to find out about 1) electronics recycling in my area, 2) whether there are any local shelters or similar that would like cell phones, 3) battery recycling, and 4) proper disposal of medications. I may or may not actually get all this worked out before I leave, but at least it will be in a single box to be dealt with as soon as I get back. Also need to look into food pantries for when I clean out the kitchen cabinets.
Thing I'm struggling with: supplements and vitamins. I have a lot of these from over the years, and I'm not so great at taking anything regularly, so they mostly sit there. I hate to throw them out, but I'm obviously not using them right now. What should I do with them? I'm sort of inclined to keep the vitamins and a couple of the ones for joints for when I'm having a flare-up and toss the rest.
How do you guys decide what to keep and what to toss in the realm of bath & medical stuff?
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Date: 2011-01-18 08:39 pm (UTC)My daughter gave me hell (last year, maybe?) over all the past date medication bottles in the bathroom. I had no idea that some of the bottles were years past their expiration date.
*embarrassed mom*
I've gotten way more ruthless about bath stuff. We have one teeny tiny bathroom, and the amount of products my teenager and I collect is crazypants. Every once in a while I dump out half bottles of stuff no one is using. Wasteful, yes, but it's also making me more conservative in what I'm buying.