Unclutter 2014: final report

[nou]

So this year I've been doing the Unclutter 2014 challenge, which involved getting rid of 1 thing per day in 2014, plus an extra thing for every thing that came into the house. I thought I'd also keep track of where the things went (landfill, charity shop, recycling, etc).

Here are details of the past 25 days:

Day 344: 1 out: bag of tinsel collected by a Freegler.

Day 346: 16 out: 15 balls of wool and 1 large bag of stuffing collected by a Freegler.

Day 355: 1 out: jar of chilli-garlic mayonnaise, best before December 2012, finally used up.

Day 361: 1 in: new tablecloth (actually entered the house as a length of cloth, gift from bob, but immediately hemmed for use as tablecloth).

And here are my final grand totals:

• 607 out:
  • 204 recycled
  • 154 charity shop
  • 136 landfill
  • 39 Freegle
  • 29 gifts
  • 19 used up
  • 16 food waste
  • 8 archived
  • 1 returned to owner
  • 1 bartered
• 139 in
• 468 net out

I'm very pleased! I said at the start that I'd like to manage the full 365 net out but would be happy if I could beat my previous total of 198. I appear to have done rather better than that.

Many thanks to everyone who's provided support/encouragement by posting in this community!

Comments

[peaceful_sands]

Congratulations! Fantastic achievement. Will you repeat the challenge in 2015?

I plan to re-start tomorrow (I've started packing things to go, so although they won't go tomorrow, my hope is that I will have some to deliver on Friday)

[nou]

Thanks! Yes, I will be doing it again in 2015, but I'm doing it as a group challenge with some friends, so I'll be posting my updates elsewhere. I'll carry on reading this community for tips and encouragement though.

Good luck with your re-start!

[tyger]

Whooo, congratulations! :D I dunno if I've commented before, brains are um not always up to it, but I've been following along with interest. :D

[nou]

Thank you!

[clare_dragonfly]

Congratulations! That's awesome!

[nou]

Thanks! I didn't think I could do it :)

[rainbow]

congratulations! you inspire me!

[nou]

Hurrah!

[fred_mouse]

congrats! on the achievement, and the work that went in to just keeping going with it.

(sorry for the late reply - I've had the tab open, and not managed to read it in Quite Some Time).

[nou]

Thank you! And this is actually a very well-timed reply, since I'm carrying on with the challenge this year and finding it a bit of a struggle at the moment. So you have prompted me to get myself together a bit.