Weeks 18-20 review, plan for week 21

[rmc28]

Week 18 began Sat 13 June, and I listed out a bunch of tasks in my post of 14 June. Pleasingly, I got all but one of them done during week 18. (Yes, the one I didn't do was book courier collection.)

Week 19 (beginning Sat 20 June) I did a little garden maintenance, but the main event was the arrival of a new TV bench and (the next day) a new TV. This is not so much a declutter as an upgrade, but it really is a huge improvement.

Week 20 (beginning Sat 27 June)

• I finally booked courier collection for the parcels of clothes I sorted out way back in week 9. This involved more printer-wrangling than is ideal (Zero. Zero printer-wrangling is ideal.) but the parcels are now GONE, and on their way to assorted niblings.
• We got a carrier bag through the door this week for a "charity" clothing collection. These are notorious for giving only tiny fractions of profit to the charity they blazon on the collection bags; otoh none of my preferred charity shops are opening up again yet (and nor should they) and they'll be swamped with donations when they do. So I filled up the bag with a bunch of lower-value stuff from the charity-shop stashes, and set it ready to put out on Monday.
• Like the TV this is not a declutter, but I have upgraded the curtains over our south-facing full-height patio doors with thermal blackout curtains. It's already more pleasant for TV watching in the daytime, and should be warmer in winter and cooler in summer.

Plan for Week 21

I had the unsettling realisation that I am nearly done with the living room. I need to move the old TV and some excess chairs out of it, and there is half a shelving unit left to sort through.

Freecycle is open again with stern warnings about socially-distancing on collection, and I have some things to list which will make space elsewhere in the house for me to move things out of the living room.

I also need to strim a lot of the garden again: the weeds have been growing enthusiastically in the last month and my little bits of maintenance haven't kept up. I need to research weedkiller options.