How's your uncluttering going?

[tanaqui]

I realised it's been a while since we had a general "check in" post where we can pat ourselves on the back about our successes, talk about the challenges and struggles we're wrestling with, and motivate ourselves by sharing our plans.

And, of course, cheer on others and provide suggestions for those who ask for help.

So here's that post!

(I'm planning to make more posts like this, but I'm absolutely not committing to doing that on any kind of regular schedule — and would be more than happy for other people to put up "check in" posts when they feel the urge!)

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[tanaqui]

Successes: I have got the "paper" down to only the stuff that I need to hold on to for now. That includes a lot of work/tax/financial related paperwork that I'll be able to cull each year. As I've pretty much retired, I won't really be adding new stuff, especially as most of my personal finances are paper-free these days.

I've dealt with a backlog of recycling, including recycling a bunch of packaging, that built up when the local council removed the really convenient recycling banks while building work was happening. (It's now 5 months since they said they'd do a health and safety inspection to see if they can put them back....)

And I've made some good progress on "uncluttering" the garden, despite extremely unhelpful weather.

Challenges: Taking some stuff in the garage to the tip/dump. That's not happened thanks to a combination of scheduling, weather and oomph. (But is now annoying me enough I may get the oomph to schedule it and do it....)

My pile of to-be-read magazines has grown. I enjoy reading them ‐ but reading a little each day fell out of my daily schedule, so I need to put that back in.

Plans: more work on the garden, the magazines.

[brigid]

There used to be an app that you could subscribe to and you got ALL the magazines and I'd read them on the kindle and it was GREAT. It no longer exists and I mourn it. I got a subscription to one of the magazines I used to read regularly and it just sat around unopened because it was less convenient.