Daily Check-in

[fred_mouse]

Hi Everyone!

Have you found something to declutter? Made a plan that you can implement later? What is today's decluttering win?

Open to regulars, drive by commenters, and lurkers alike!

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[fred_mouse]

Physically? nothing. Digitally? I've removed two long standing tasks by actually dealing with them!

[kalloway]

I've been going through writing notes and writing little things so I can drop the notes in recycling and marking things off for WritingMonth!

I also went through one of the plastic drawers in the bathroom and pulled out five(!) pairs of questionable nail clippers. I'll test them out as-needed and toss the crap ones in the scrap metal bin (where I also put two pairs of useless tweezers). Dusted a bit more, too!

[vae]

Two boxes of wine glasses, a pair of boots and an unused photo album to the charity shops today!

Plus two old books into recycling (non-fiction, DIY/repairs books that are very out of date)

[arlie]

It's not clutter per se, but the results of decades old sloppy decluttering.

I opened up a filing cabinet, and looked at what was inside. Much of it appeared to be random papers from 2 decades ago; some from even longer. A few were organized by category, but no longer remotely relevant. Others look like the result of gathering loose papers from desk and other surfaces, shoving them into a file folder, and cramming the file folder into a file cabinet. Repeatedly every month or three, for what must have been years.

I've looked through several of these folders so far, with most of the contents winding up in the recycling bin. A few were things like personal letters to me, which belong in a different file cabinet, sorted by sender. In the course of filing them more appropriately, I found all kinds of now useless papers in that cabinet too.

When I get through all this, I should be able to move various still useful groups of files from filing boxes to file cabinets. That might in principle reduce the number of filing boxes. Unfortunately, I just repurposed an empty filing box for mostly non-paper random junk from my office floor, as a temporary (hah!) location while I have workmen in the room next week, wanting to move furniture for access to selected locations, and needing a place to put it. (When the dust clears, unfortunately somewhat literally, there will be a heating and AC vent in my office. Central heating and air conditioning for the win.)

[Edited to add: this isn't really something I did today, but something I've been doing off and on for at least the past week, and intend to continue. I kind of missed that this was a daily thread.]

[word_geek]

I rearranged the kitchen. Initially I had just planned to take everything off the window ledge, and chuck things out or find better homes for them. We still have things to do with washing up by hand up there, and a plant, but the space is not currently a dumping ground.

That set off a bit of a cascade. I moved the microwave to the other end of the main counter, allowing me to put the toaster and bread bin next to each other again.

I then cleared the small counter between the fridge and the hob, which had been the tea station. The kettle and tea box ended up between microwave and sink, next to the food caddy, so I will be more likely to put my tea bags in the caddy. The small IKEA shelves that hold sauces and condiments are by the hob.

I also decluttered the trolley so we could move a few other things out of the way.

There's less stuff on the countertop, especially around the hob, so it's easier to prep food, and we have defined stations for making tea and sandwiches, which is also helpful

And actually, only a few things got chucked out or taken to the charity shop or whatever. A lot of it was finding two of the same thing and combining them

Getting ready for the holidays

[sisterofbloomerjunior]

Cleaned off the top of my dresser and put my record player and collection on it. I started this tradition decades ago to play “Alice’s Restaurant” since I kept missing when it was played on the radio.