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unclutter2015-06-19 11:31 pm
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I may possibly have fallen down the rabbit hole of decluttering websites, having followed a link to one that had All The Links to recommended ways to declutter. There are lots of things that I could try, but I've started with A Bowl Full of Lemons which has a 31 day declutter. Having looked at the first one, no way am I going to manage one a day, if they are all as intense as that. Instead, I'm going to work my way through them gradually.
The first task is 'pantry food'. I must admit, that when I thought of that, I thought 'and fridge, and freezer, and spare food cupboard, and the snacks and drygoods drawer', so maybe it is me that is over thinking things! Any way... our pantry has the equivalent of six shelves, although not everything stored there is food, and has 5 little basket shelves on the inside of the door. This evening, I managed two shelves, and either three or four baskets.
And this is where things fell apart. They said 'purge expired food'. None of that on those shelves. Some duplicated items, and some items that should be used up, but nothing expired as such. So, nothing that can be decluttered immediately. What I've done is to write each thing that should be used up on a sticky note, and put it on the wall next to the sink. My goal is to get that reduced by one *every day*. When I run out of things on the wall, I have to do the next section, although there is nothing stopping me starting that sooner.
The plans for tomorrow - 1. make cupcakes. That should deal with the tag end of rice flour, and the tag end of potato flour, and some of the soy flour, and maybe a bit of the tapioca, and some of the oh-my-when-did-we-get-so-many patty pans. 2. make hummus. That will deal with the cup and a half of chickpeas currently soaking. 3. make chick pea bread. That will deal with some of the chick pea flour. 4. make polenta. That might empty out the polenta jar. Good thing I'm going to have 20 at dinner tomorrow, really, isn't it!
As I go through, some of the items (polenta, chickpeas) will go on the shopping list, but I don't need them if I'm still working through other such items! And I'll get rid of some of the jars. They are either 2-3L pickle jars or similar sized coffee jars, and some of them sit in the hand better than others. Given that we empty a pickle jar a month (not the coffee ones though - those don't appear to be sold any more) I don't expect to run myself out of jars!
Tomorrow's goal (above and beyond all the cooking) is to do the same with either the floor or the spices shelf
The first task is 'pantry food'. I must admit, that when I thought of that, I thought 'and fridge, and freezer, and spare food cupboard, and the snacks and drygoods drawer', so maybe it is me that is over thinking things! Any way... our pantry has the equivalent of six shelves, although not everything stored there is food, and has 5 little basket shelves on the inside of the door. This evening, I managed two shelves, and either three or four baskets.
And this is where things fell apart. They said 'purge expired food'. None of that on those shelves. Some duplicated items, and some items that should be used up, but nothing expired as such. So, nothing that can be decluttered immediately. What I've done is to write each thing that should be used up on a sticky note, and put it on the wall next to the sink. My goal is to get that reduced by one *every day*. When I run out of things on the wall, I have to do the next section, although there is nothing stopping me starting that sooner.
The plans for tomorrow - 1. make cupcakes. That should deal with the tag end of rice flour, and the tag end of potato flour, and some of the soy flour, and maybe a bit of the tapioca, and some of the oh-my-when-did-we-get-so-many patty pans. 2. make hummus. That will deal with the cup and a half of chickpeas currently soaking. 3. make chick pea bread. That will deal with some of the chick pea flour. 4. make polenta. That might empty out the polenta jar. Good thing I'm going to have 20 at dinner tomorrow, really, isn't it!
As I go through, some of the items (polenta, chickpeas) will go on the shopping list, but I don't need them if I'm still working through other such items! And I'll get rid of some of the jars. They are either 2-3L pickle jars or similar sized coffee jars, and some of them sit in the hand better than others. Given that we empty a pickle jar a month (not the coffee ones though - those don't appear to be sold any more) I don't expect to run myself out of jars!
Tomorrow's goal (above and beyond all the cooking) is to do the same with either the floor or the spices shelf