unclutter | Recent Entries

How have your weeks gone?

I made a start on the book I mentioned last weekend, and... then got to the front of another two library hold queues, so switched back over.

I also acquired Several Useful Things from a skip, which have not yet made it to their final destination (i.e. the allotment).

But! I have sown a bunch of seeds, including finishing several packets, on the grounds that they're already several years old and there is no point keeping partial packs of seeds that might not even germinate lying around. I wound up going through one of the boxes under my side of the bed yesterday, to get some fiddly wee screwdrivers out for my partner, and in the process went "... huh. I... really do not need this any more." about several things in there -- so they've been moved to recycling or The Waste Electronics Pile etc as appropriate! So: not nothing. :)

kaberett

How did last week go for you all? Progress you want celebrated, or situations you'd like commiseration for?

( Acquisitions. )

Did not buy a new piece of plastic for the greenhouse because I found an old spare. \o/ This almost certainly means there's one missing from somewhere in the set-up and I should probably work out where, but it's Clearly Not Important and, hey, greenhouse! Instead of a sad wonky frame and a mildly alarming stack of toughened glass!

And got rid of:

the rest of the set of Freecycle pans. (I wound up offering to take all of the ones the Freecycler was offering, and take over responsibility for distributing them -- the person who gave them to me is currently surviving a House Clearance Saga, was willing to drop them off with me rather than having me collect, and was very clearly relieved at the concept of any further logistics re that set of things no longer being their problem. We designated a new Charity Shop Box on the assumption that no-one would ask for them, and after a week we'd take them to the charity shop; in fact someone did ask for them, and they are already gone!)
our stash of expanded polystyrene, to the not-quite-local ~~tip~~ Household Waste Recycling Centre, because the actually local one is under some kind of weird hybrid management and doesn't accept polystyrene; the slightly further away one that does was a trip we combined with pan delivery, though!
a small stash of toothpaste tubes and pumps from various bottles, to the Recycle at Boots scheme!
two empty SodaStream canisters to a local retailer of same (we now have a large CO₂ cylinder we can refill our remaining small ones from...); turns out you get £1 per bottle you return if you're not buying new ones!

And this week? I have finished all my current (digital) library loans and I'm expecting to have at least a little time before the next batch of holds show up (doubtless all at once), so It Is Time to read one of the hardcopy books I've not yet got around to but have designated for probable donation once I have read them. Here goes!

wychwood

How's everyone getting on? I didn't do much last week - finished a couple of small projects up so I could put the component parts away instead of having them sitting around for months (or years, in one case...). But today I'm planning to go through the rest of the non-fic bookcase I've been working on; I'll update in comments as I go, hopefully!

kaberett

Last week I: acquired something that needs some TLC, for which I don't have a designated home in my house yet, but which I am sure I can very trivially make someone else's problem, and make their day by doing it. (It's an overlocker. It was on Freecycle. Apparently nobody else wanted it?!) Nevertheless it is sat on one end of the sofa staring accusingly at me and I should Do Something About That.

But I did also do some actual uncluttering!

( Read more... )

How about you?

wychwood

Where's everyone at today?

I bribed a friend to take me to the charity shop yesterday with all my heavy bags, and completely cleared out the donations pile in my spare room, which was exciting.

Then today I went through my stash of used (but reusable) padded envelopes and bubblewrap and so on, and threw most of it away; I haven't needed one of them in years. Half-a-dozen in assorted sizes kept in reserve should be plenty.

rmc28

It's the weekend, and for me that's decluttering time. So let's make it a community check-in too. How is your week going for decluttering things? Set goals, vent about difficulties, celebrate our successes in the comments.

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.

rmc28

In the days between Christmas and New Year I spent some time looking at my daily and weekly schedule to try to find when it's realistic for me to do any tidying/decluttering. I settled on 1 hour each on Saturday and Sunday, probably best done as 3x 15min with 5 min breaks. I also went looking at various cleaning/decluttering sites linked via this one tumblr post For those with home related New Year's Resolutions and picked out from there Dana K. White / A Slob Comes Clean's 5 step decluttering process as the one most likely to actually work for me.

Now it's Saturday, so I should set a timer and try out this 5-step process, but I have covid and am isolating from my household so I can't do it "the right way" (i.e. tackle the most visible mess first, take things to their proper homes elsewhere in the house). On the other hand, I have no symptoms and am basically well in myself, and I'm stuck in one room. Might as well have a go at trying out this 5 step process on the place where I am right now, even if I have to do it imperfectly.

If you have something you wanted to tackle today, whether it's a shiny new system or an old favourite, whether you are set up perfectly or forced to improvise a bit, maybe now is the time to try? Let me know how you get on in comments, and I'll post my own progress there, so I actually do it!

tanaqui

Apparently I need to unclutter my to-do list, my procrastination skills or my brain, because I've been meaning to make this post for a week and not got round to it!

But now is the perfect time for a check in. Many of us are uncluttering right now so we can welcome family into our homes or in anticipation of gifts coming into our spaces. Or starting to think about our uncluttering goals for the new year. So how is your uncluttering going?

tanaqui

I realised it's been a while since we had a general "check in" post where we can pat ourselves on the back about our successes, talk about the challenges and struggles we're wrestling with, and motivate ourselves by sharing our plans.

And, of course, cheer on others and provide suggestions for those who ask for help.

So here's that post!

(I'm planning to make more posts like this, but I'm absolutely not committing to doing that on any kind of regular schedule — and would be more than happy for other people to put up "check in" posts when they feel the urge!)

brigid

I'm bipolar II and I mention this to explain that when I say I get involved in hobbies and buy craft supplies for them when I'm manic it's very often true. I buy them, I use them intently for a few days (less than a week), and then they sit.

This has resulted in a large bin of craft supplies I simply do not use sitting in my dining room for well over a year. Closer to three years, actually, as I believe I put it all together and started trying to give it away before Covid hit. I know so many crafty people and none of them wanted sheets of felt and gold thread and a large box of sequins and multiple types of craft glue? How? What?

I'd previously been very stern with myself and gone through my art supplies, finally admitting that I don't actually paint much at all, haven't for years, and gave all my oil, acrylic, and watercolor paints and many brushes to a friend who DOES paint. I've kept my inks, smaller brushes, and dip pens. I don't use them that often but I -do- use them.

A friend of mine posted on facebook that she was looking for donations of art/craft supplies for a child care thing her community was doing. I lept into action, showing her photos of what I had with the caveat that SHE HAD TO TAKE THE ENTIRE THING.

She showed up, and she did take the entire thing.

She also took a box of child-interest magazines, sidewalk chalk, tempera paint and finger paint, and dry erase boards that I'd kept aside for someone else. I realized that I wasn't going to actually deliver it to that person any time soon so off it went.

I don't have a HUGE amount of extra space from getting rid of that bin and that box but emotionally it's a weight lifted. I don't have to think about them any more. I can put other things in their place. I don't have to look at them.

It's a relief. It's a small thing, but it's still a relief.

fred_mouse

Yes it is Monday, but I'm calling it still the weekend because I'm home sick, and I spent all of yesterday in bed as well.

What uncluttering did you achieve this weekend? Big or small, picking something up off the floor and binning it/finding it a home or getting rid of a piece of unloved furniture, it all counts!

yukonsally

Been a while! I had a dry spell for a few weeks and that's okay. Since then, I've dropped off a small bag of donations and a small bag of handmedowns. Gave away a few kid toys. Took care of the mending pile that tends to live in my bedroom. I think I may have even sold a thing or two? Most of my bubble wrap packing material is gone anyhow.

Today, I gathered up 3 toy sets and 2 are already gone. I have two pieces left for another toy set to find, and two pieces for yet another toy set to find. Posted another toy for free on fb. I glanced through my closet and pulled out a few things I won't wear again/don't care that they don't fit anymore. At some point I'll deal with the stock pile of clothes 2 sizes too small, but not yet. It's too much.

I ripped up and discarded two booster seats and put those in the trash bin right away (cut the straps!). Oh and I tried to clean out the pantry by making rice krispy treats sort of, out of marshmallows and some crunch berry sugar cereal. Well, turns out those marshmallows had chocolate inside--what!!!--so I crumbled up the rest of the graham crackers to make sort of a s'mores dish? Used up those foods before they went stale at least.

Took some things to the community closet at work. Donated two books. Gave some gardening stuff to a friend.

All this sounds like a lot. It's really one or two things a day. Today's burst of finding toy sets was a welcome distraction to the power outage!

fred_mouse

What uncluttering have you achieved this weekend? Big or small, every thing is progress.

fred_mouse

What uncluttering are you proud of this weekend? Big, small, important, irrelevant, what matters is it happened!

fred_mouse

What uncluttering are you proud of this weekend? Big, small, important, irrelevant, what matters is it happened!

fred_mouse

Still trying to get the habit back of weekly posts here. January has slipped past me, and here we are in February!

So, what have you cluttered this week? Something little? Something big? Something momentous?

What about January -- was it a good month for looking at clutter and making progress?

fred_mouse

I missed last weekend entirely. oops. So, what have you uncluttered in the last two weeks? Anything big? Anything small? Have you started the year the way you hope to go on, or are you still recovering from 2021?

fred_mouse

... on a Monday. I'm blaming the ridiculously hot weather we're having for having exhausted me.

So, what one small thing have you uncluttered? Or are you a Christmas celebrating individual whose response to the season is to clean! all! the! Things! If so, we will celebrate the amazing achievements you have made.

fred_mouse

Tell us about one thing you have uncluttered this week!

Profile

uncluttering one day and one thing at a time

Navigation

March 2026

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

Syndicate

Page Summary

Style Credit

Base style: Fluid Measure by branchandroot
Theme: Rose Garden I by dancing_serpent

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags

Page generated Mar. 23rd, 2026 03:25 pm

uncluttering one day and one thing at a time

Recent Entries

it's the weekend!

new week, new check-in

weekend check-in

checking in!

weekly check-in

weekend uncluttering / check-in

weekend uncluttering / check-in

imperfect decluttering

How's your uncluttering going?

How's your uncluttering going?

Craft Supplies, Good Bye

weekend uncluttering

(no subject)

Weekend uncluttering

Weekend Brag Post

Weekend brag post

Weekend brag post

Weekend brag post!

Weekend brag post!

Weekend brag post

Profile

Navigation

March 2026

Syndicate

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags