weekend uncluttering / check-in

[rmc28]

It's the weekend, it's when I'm trying to get some uncluttering done, so this is both a prompt to myself and a check-in post for everyone. We're a couple of weeks into the new year, when many people start setting new goals and trying new routines. How are we all getting on?

Comment to celebrate our successes, commiserate over our difficulties, and to cheer each other on.

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[rmc28]

Theoretically I aim to do an hour each on Saturday and Sunday, but yesterday I left the house shortly after getting up and didn't get home again until nearly midnight.

Some successes during the week:

+ While looking for PE shoes for my younger child, I collected together an entire bagful of outgrown shoes, mostly in good-enough condition for the charity shop. That let me clear some space in my back room / dumping ground.

+ Same child had a shortage of school trousers and jumpers, and I found the box of too-big clothes that actually now fit him, so that has saved me a shopping trip. I also handed a bag of outgrown school clothes into the school for second-hand sales.

+ I found two different hoards of worn-out clothes for the textile recycling, and was able to combine them into one bag.

- But the nearest and very convenient collection bin for textiles is no longer there, so I will have to find another collection point.

I think my goal for today is to do some moving out of things: bag of shoes to the charity shop, a pair of books to a Little Free Library, find the next-nearest textile recycling point, return a library book before the library closes. (Oooh, looked up the recycling points and actually I can do all of that in one trip.) Before I go, list the giant suitcase on freecycle in hopes someone wants it.

[necrophilia]

I moved across the country a few months ago and the post-moving process has been one long declutter. I still have boxes sitting in my kitchen (mostly books and sentimental items I have no place to store currently); my goal for today is to move those into the bedroom so my front entry way isn’t quite so dire looking. I also need to do something about the mess of toiletries etc. on my bathroom counter: it’s a mess and I can’t properly clean the counter because there’s so much everything on top. If anyone has a recommendation for a countertop bathroom organiser, that would be great.

Yesterday, I was finally able to shove a few armfuls of cardboard into the recycling bin before it filled up. It is a small victory but a victory nonetheless! Hopefully my apartment will be cardboard free before I, uh, move again.

[ai]

I haven't been out to a store in weeks on account of illness, so admittedly I overdid it with bringing home a lot of pink items. It's the season for pink. Naughty me.

Built a bed frame with drawers for the roommate so his clutter is now out of sight and out of mind. One less stress for me.

Went through a box of possible things to put up on Mercari. Tossed a few items out of there that I felt were not at all worth the effort (old tech) and photographed the rest. Hopefully I can get back on that grind here soon.

[wychwood]

I watched several Dana K White videos, and:

• Sorted out the contents of one desk drawer
• Finally pulled out the three items in my wardrobe I don't actually like or wear
• Lightly pruned one shelf of books