Still trying.

[peaceful_sands]

So exhaustion and painkillers I've discovered are not conducive to efficient use of time in general (lots of sleeping and general spaced-outedness - which should totally be a word - LOL!), however, being in a bad mood is good for uncluttering. I've never realized this before, that being in a bad mood does in fact make me more ruthless about disposing of stuff and at the end of it I feel marginally better for having achieved something.

Anyway, the current standpoint is...

IN

1 Chinese wall calendar that came as gift with a takeout
1 book (handed on because someone else had finished with it)

Total in = 2

OUT


1 book (bought as a gift last year for someone, then not given as I mislaid it, so I gave it to them this year instead *Head desk*)
1 bottle of bubble bath (used and not to be replaced)
1 Chinese calendar (took the one I was given yesterday and gave it to work)
1 book (sold through Greenmetropolis.com)

Total out = 4


So previous total of 120 out needs some math working on it...

120 - 2(in) + 4 (out) - 7 (next seven days) = 115 more out than in

So current point is the house is down by 115 items.

I shall wander away now and hope to be able to stay awake long enough tomorrow to get rid of more stuff.

(no subject)

[beachlass]

Oomph.  All my routines thrown off by a spate of meetings and my girl's whirlwind visit. 

Today I managed some tidying.

In - the remnants of her luggage, a really lovely pair of shoes she bought me in the city
Out - a handknit pair of fingerless gloves that the dog chewed :(

Totals

[rmc28]

Decluttering activities this week:
1. Sorting through the unclaimed stuff from the rebooted coats & shoes area I cleared last week
2. Culling the children's books in the living room

The second job, plus a bit of effort filing things elsewhere, meant I cleared an entire 80cm shelf in the living room. I took the empty shelf away (it's IKEA's IVAR pine shelving) and stashed it in the junk room, to avoid the temptation of filling it up again.

IN:
1 dvd
What, that's it? Go me!

OUT:
To charity shop: 39 children's books, 2 umbrellas, 3 clothes, 10 ragbag items (they get paid by the kg for fabric)
To freecycle: set of 20 old books I won't read, 2 unworn bras received when doing Walk the Walk
To family: 1 ripped fleece for crafts, 1 jacket
To recycling: 7 falling-apart children's books, manual for boiler we replaced at start of month
Total: 86

Totals so far:
In: 145, Out: 316, Net out: 171 on day 30.