Electronic decluttering

[fred_mouse]

Today, I'm working on sorting out files that were transferred from the work computer (to be returned ASAP) to my home computer, and I've come across the file in which I used to make my decluttering notes, before tidying them up to post here. I'm guessing that the first part is from December, while the last section had October 30th on it! So, what was I finding to declutter?

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It is apparently … weeks since I last posted here! As well as the following list of decluttered items, I've also spent some time grouping like with like items in some of the cluttered areas, which really helps (me) with working out What Next.

• several rulers – added to the 'spare' stationery box, which is going to be rehomed at the end of the year.
• some biscuit and tea tins. Sadly, rearranging the shelf to fill the holes means that the whole thing still looks untidy.
• old blanket – this has been earmarked to go for quite some time, but I took it with me to the cat haven, and they were happy to have it.
• dead shoe polish – going to have to replace some, but at least the dead ones are gone!
• dead pens – a couple of dozen, which I could not get to work. Still have too many, but have put the ones without lids into active use, and the rest in a drawer.
• clothes – seriously, how are my kids still finding clothes that they have outgrown!
• dance shoes – this isn't really an 'achieved' but more a 'started' – I've dug out the box of unloved shoes, and I'm going to start photographing them to put them on gumtree just as soon as I get a good day with a spare hour.

It has been most of a year that I've been focusing on improving things, and I can report that the front hall and lounge (immediately off from and kind of the same room as the front hall; this is a 1980s Australian open plan house) have been mostly tidy for a month. There are intermittent temporary clutter items, but nothing staying anywhere long enough to get dusty, just there to remind me that they need dealing with!

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30 October -- I handed on some buttons, some yarn and some iron on embroidery transfers [3 different people]. No luck with rehoming costumes - forgot to offer them!