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unclutterHello, my name is Saira, and I'm a hoarder.
I never used to think of myself as a hoarder, because my family moved every one to two years. The longest we stayed in one place was four years, and that was kind of mindblowing for everyone. And of course, with every move, the kids were allowed two boxes for clothes and two boxes for toys and books and other sundries. Now that I'm all grown and not living in a dorm anymore, boy howdy do I collect all kinds of crap. My parents are hoarders too -- it just wasn't obvious until they retired and stopped moving around so much. Without being limited by how much they could afford to move they just collect and collect and the piles of stuff everywhere are scary.
I'm going to try to follow the one-in one-out principle, and also get rid of one additional item each day. I'm not, however, going to count the spouse's belongings in either the "in" or the "out" column.
I've also got an enormous stash of fiber and yarn that I'd like to either work through or give away. I'm going to try to stick to no net increase in stash, so no buying new yarn until I either knit or give away a ball of yarn, and no new fiber until I completely spin & ply an equivalent quantity of stash fiber. I tried this last year, and it kind of worked. The obvious flaw is that the total amount of yarn keeps increasing as I spin fiber into yarn.
So far for the year:
Jan 1:
In:
1 Kindle
1 pair of slipper socks
2 Dalarna horses
1 foot scrubber thingy
1 necklace
1 paperback novel
1 comic book
1 set of Swedish beads
1 Swedish board game thing?
1 new handbag
(All Christmas gifts, which I'm counting, since none of them were really things I needed)
Out:
Nothing
Jan 2:
In:
Nothing
Out:
1 broken tape measure
1 ratty floor rug
8 used bubble mailers that could potentially one day be re-used (haha, yeah right)
1 bobbin lace board
1 set of foam alphabet floor mat things
1 frayed ipod cable
1 novel
To go out (no really, going to put them in my car and drop them off at GoodWill any day now)
50+ unwanted books
Total so far this year:
In: 11
Out: 7
Net: +4
Not doing so great, but I plan to keep on keeping on.
I never used to think of myself as a hoarder, because my family moved every one to two years. The longest we stayed in one place was four years, and that was kind of mindblowing for everyone. And of course, with every move, the kids were allowed two boxes for clothes and two boxes for toys and books and other sundries. Now that I'm all grown and not living in a dorm anymore, boy howdy do I collect all kinds of crap. My parents are hoarders too -- it just wasn't obvious until they retired and stopped moving around so much. Without being limited by how much they could afford to move they just collect and collect and the piles of stuff everywhere are scary.
I'm going to try to follow the one-in one-out principle, and also get rid of one additional item each day. I'm not, however, going to count the spouse's belongings in either the "in" or the "out" column.
I've also got an enormous stash of fiber and yarn that I'd like to either work through or give away. I'm going to try to stick to no net increase in stash, so no buying new yarn until I either knit or give away a ball of yarn, and no new fiber until I completely spin & ply an equivalent quantity of stash fiber. I tried this last year, and it kind of worked. The obvious flaw is that the total amount of yarn keeps increasing as I spin fiber into yarn.
So far for the year:
Jan 1:
In:
1 Kindle
1 pair of slipper socks
2 Dalarna horses
1 foot scrubber thingy
1 necklace
1 paperback novel
1 comic book
1 set of Swedish beads
1 Swedish board game thing?
1 new handbag
(All Christmas gifts, which I'm counting, since none of them were really things I needed)
Out:
Nothing
Jan 2:
In:
Nothing
Out:
1 broken tape measure
1 ratty floor rug
8 used bubble mailers that could potentially one day be re-used (haha, yeah right)
1 bobbin lace board
1 set of foam alphabet floor mat things
1 frayed ipod cable
1 novel
To go out (no really, going to put them in my car and drop them off at GoodWill any day now)
50+ unwanted books
Total so far this year:
In: 11
Out: 7
Net: +4
Not doing so great, but I plan to keep on keeping on.
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Date: 2011-01-02 07:34 pm (UTC)Yarn, yes, it accumulates so fast. I've established two rules. 1. The only yarn I can buy is for a specific, planned purpose, with design, pattern and recipient all in place. 2. When disposing of yarn, don't think about the cost. I've put yarn up for sale, cheap, at garage sales. It never sells, but it can be given away near the end of the sale. I someone looks at it I run up and offer it. It probably joins some other stash, but at least it's not overflowing my yarn baskets and drawers.