Weekend brag post

[fred_mouse]

What uncluttering are you proud of this weekend? Big, small, important, irrelevant, what matters is it happened!

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[fred_mouse]

Thanks to my commitment last weekend to spend some time in the craft room, I have repaired one item, and gone through a bag of fabric scraps and sorted it in to usable categories (and thrown out the bits that are just. too. small).

And I remembered to take a box of stuff to the op-shop.

[tanaqui]

Books (finally!) went to the charity bookshop, mostly thanks to a friend who also wanted to donate some books and is more organised than me.

I also got rid of some recycling, including donating some clothes that have been bagged up for... a while. (The very convenient recycling place in a nearby supermarket carpark is temporarily closed while the supermarket builds an extension. I cannot wait for it to be made available again so I don't have to schlep stuff a couple of miles away.)

And I was fairly successful decluttering my to-do list by doing various medium sized tasks, including some digital decluttering. So, all round, a highly constructive week. :-)

[fred_mouse]

Yay for friend making things easier! And also for getting so much out of the house/digital environment.

[yukonsally]

I sold and shipped a thing today, recycled a bunch of stuff while there's room in the bin for pick up on Monday. I donated a few things to the secondhand store and will drop off another small bag this week.

And I finally framed the picture a friend drew in December. One framed piece of art is so much more manageable than one fancy piece of paper, a matte, and a frame.

[fred_mouse]

That last sentence -- so very me. Well done on getting the task done! And for getting things out of the house.

[yukonsally]

I framed another piece of art--and broke the glass in the frame. Ugh. Still more manageable this way.

[fred_mouse]

Oh, sympathies. And replacing the glass is so much more expensive and more hassle than getting cheap frames. I still have one that needs new glass, that I find occasionally and make swearing noises about.

[kalloway]

I can now easily walk into my bookroom and I've made some tentative plans for going through books/media/nerdery and doing some selective pruning.

[fred_mouse]

Oh, wow, that is very impressive. Lovely to have access to the books! May the selective pruning go smoothly.

[hooloovoo_42]

I took 2 old mattresses to the tip yesterday and today I unearthed a box of assorted old junk and a broken photo frame (kept the glass for repairs) that went in the bin.

While I was moving stuff, I managed to get some books onto shelves and other bits hung up.

Every little helps

[fred_mouse]

Two mattresses out of the house is a huge achievement! Congratulations on that, and on all the other wins!

Every little helps

So much so! And yes, I tell myself repeatedly that if I don't do the small bits, I never see the progress. Struggling with that a bit at the moment, so very much appreciating other people talking about their progress because it gives me the strength to keep pushing on.

[hooloovoo_42]

This week I have managed to give away a bag of prawn crackers, an X-files book and my old gi (martial arts kit) to various people. Out of my house and useful to others. The las I gave the gi to is overjoyed. He takes his black belt in September, so no point in forking out £45 for a kit he'll wear for 6 months.

I also had to tidy the living room floor for an online training session, which got rid of 2 boxes of papers and junk and several empty cardboard boxes. It's so nice to see a visible sign of things going.

My house is a 3D version of those moving square puzzles and everything that moves means a better chance of something finally leaving the building and making room for something to get into yhe right place.

[fred_mouse]

yay for progress. And things going to people who will get use out of them.

My house is a 3D version of those moving square puzzles

That is all too familiar a feeling. Clean the kitchen counter? need somewhere for things to go, what about the table? Nope? The side counter? Weeeeelllll, if you move that there and that there and the other thing out to the garage, maybe there is enough space? I have this idea that when one of the kids leaves home, I'm going to move All! The! Junk! into that space, and then work out what to do from there. And that maybe then I'll have space to even think about the problem. Until then, argh.