Weekend Uncluttering

[fred_mouse]

How goes the uncluttering? Full steam ahead? Stuck in the Doldrums?

'Tis day two of a three day weekend for me, so I've been allowing myself to mooch around. As such, I've sorted out some yarn for the next bit of project 'use up the yarn', finished up some repurposing of craft Stuff, sorted through a couple of boxes of 'should this get thrown out' and prepped some things to leave the house! If only all of my faffing around days were so productive!

Comments

[tanaqui]

That sounds pretty productive for mooching around -- well done. :-)

I took a car load of the stuff I've been working on over the summer to the recycling centre during the week, so that is finally Out and Gone. Then I rearranged things in the garage so there is floor space again. (For me to fill up again as I work on more things...?)

Also got rid of a bit of garden waste, although the weather hasn't been conducive to working outside, while a bag of various bits of trash went in the bin for collection next week. And several chores got ticked off the medium-term to-do list, so it was a fairly productive week all round.

[semielliptical]

It's great to finally get things out of the house!

[semielliptical]

Nice job uncluttering along the way!

I brought out most of my cold weather clothes and in the process identified several shirts for the thrift shop.

[yukonsally]

I've added several items to the handmedown box, though that'll be a one-in-on-out situation with prepping for the seasonal change and some needed purchases, and dropped a bag of textile recycling off.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done !

Last night, I filled the trunk of the car and took everything I could to the Reuse Centre - 1 large bag of clothes, a box of bags, shoes and other miscellaneous bits, 5 boxes of books and Dvds. (1 and a half of the boxes were things that I had been storing for someone else, but having finally got them to come and sort through - turns out they only actually want to keep about 2 and a half medium sized boxes and the half one they actually want back at their own house at some point - I feel much better about this because now I can not only get rid of what they don't want, I can more appropriately store what they do - as in the 2 boxes can be sealed and go on a high shelf in the garage where they are out of the way, rather than cluttering up my spare room and stopping me sorting my own clutter - this is rather than five very large boxes that were next to impossible to move on my own.)

This still leaves me with a pile of about 6 different size boxes that are to go to another destination (school) but at least now I should have room to try and sort them for easier disposal - if I sort them by age appropriateness, then when I make another approach to the school, they can decide which age books they would like and any others can be dropped to the Reuse Centre shortly after. I also have a bag of bedding to donate but actually had someone express an interest in them and ask me not to take them to the Reuse Centre as they think they can use them or give them to a second person who would be grateful of them.

Feeling like I've done real decluttering now stuff has actually gone as opposed to my usual pretend decluttering which is where I just sort and pack it to go - LOL!

I now need some more empty boxes of a more 'liftable' size to start again.