the old curtain rod and old laundry tap made their way out of the basement and have been picked up by residential garbage service.
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I have been itching to get a few more things out of the house - so a bunch of housewares (a LOT of tea candle holders) will find their way to Goodwill. The box is in the car.
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1/2 shelf of beads, culled and cleared. I have the tin for craft thrift donation about full. Beads are terrible, there are a LOT of them per 1" and itās fussy to separate out culls. So, Iām proud of myself. Gave DH the other half of the shelf to use. When I put the beads there originally, his office was upstairs and his craft stuff mostly was too. But recently, heās been using the office downstairs and his craft stuff and other misc. house project pieces have wound up in the downstairs office.
Thereās a large pile on the floor which needs to move before spring, as we have people coming to replace the front window in that roomā¦
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We are working on decluttering my momās house (we being mostly my sister, but I help when I can)āitās the same house we grew up in and she grew up in, so there are three generations of crap! While I was here for Christmas we went through two boxes of stuff from my dadās office (brought to us when he passed away four years ago), as well as several shelves of games and miscellaneous. My family is going home with a box of stuff, my sister is going home with a box of stuff, and several bags and boxes are being donated/trashed/recycled!
There are a few things that my mom chose to hang onto for now and decide later. Itās nice to remember thatās an option. She has the space for now (at some point sheāll move to a smaller place, but not yet), and sometimes letting stuff sit helps your subconscious work out what it really wants.
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Have you ever watched the Space Maker videos on YouTube? Iām constantly impressed by how patient and non judgemental she is.
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I have decided to modify the challenge for myself. Instead of counting things every day Iām going to commit to decluttering one area or thing! I donāt want to get into the weird mental math of āI decluttered the water bottle cabinet and got rid of 9 things but itās only day 3ā
Like I said itās not that serious! Excited for a season of shedding/decluttering. Iām doing a mini version of eating down my pantry so I think the amount of stuff in the house will decrease dramatically.
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Here is my list of areas. Some of these might be too big of projects and will likely be broken into smaller chunks
Above microwave
Below master bathroom sink
Below kids bathroom sink
Entry closet
Toddler dresser
Baby dresser
Toddler closet
Baby closet
Our dresser
Closet
Basement closet
Basement work bench (can break into chunks)
Desk
Documents box
DH night stand
My night stand
Toy bin kitchen
Tv stand
Book shelf TV room
Cabinet above washer
Cabinet above dryer
Work bench garage
Wire shelves in garage
Under kitchen sink
Upstairs pantry
Downstairs pantry
Basement Storage shelf 1
Basement storage shelf 2
Basement storage shelf 3
Junk drawer
Kitchen cabinets
Kitchen above fridge
Blanket ladder
Shoe rack downstairs
Shoe closet upstairs
Couch end tables
I keep thinking of more and for sure have more areas than days in January. How on earth is there so much stuff??? We live pretty minimally compared to friends and family and only have 2000sqft in our house (well plus a garage). Wild bananas!
In my defense little kids go through things so quickly and most of the stuff was acquired second hand or through buy nothing. Iām looking forward to some of the buy nothing items to go back into circulation.
Anyone else feel like joining? Iām not sure if this thread is hidden like the journals, if it isnāt I will start a new thread in the journals section to post my pictures 
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Iād join in a project, and areas are easier for me than item type. We have some problem areas and items both, of course.
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this works better for me. Iām struggling because issue spaces are all undifferentiated, ābasementā, āback roomā - which is part of why they are an issue
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I dont think it is, please feel free to start a thread fpr it in Journals section
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It helps me to keep a donate box or bag near the door and I tend to pull things to donate when I notice them. Coupled with specific decluttering efforts it helps me get rid of some āout of sightā items because I know I wonāt remember to cull them later.
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I havenāt, but she sounds worth checking out!
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I have the donate box and a bag, but might need a separate challenge started that is āactually donate the box/bag of things you put in your car 6 months agoā
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Yes - this too. One option might be to put it in the front seat so you see it every time you drive the car. But I drove around with a sewing machine to donate for way too long!
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Iām part of a group and we do an annual swap and anything left at the end of the event gets divvied up and donated. Certain members are tasked with responsibility for donation of their category of stuff: books go to the Friends of the Library, clothes to the shelter, craft/random stuff goes to the cool junk shop.
Weāre doing a Rummage Sale at the end of January and similar concept where anything left will be donated. Also for the folks who donāt want to bother with the work of selling they can give their items to an officer and proceeds from that stuff goes towards group costs.
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I love this! I wish I had something like that here. One of my issues is trying to optimize the donations, so running shoes + specific clothes to the womenās shelter, other clothes to Savers, books to little free library, etc. Then I get overwhelmed with the errands and I end up with a trunk full of bags.
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Same here! Or in my case, the boxes in my room and furniture in my garage.
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Christmas will never not send me spiraling. How. And why. and how. Does my MIL find the LARGEST toys humanly possible. This thing is rated to 200lbs. I have owned a mini horse literally smaller than this.
I donāt have a pasture. wtf am I supposed to do with this
naturally my children fuckin love these things.
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Wow she got as close as she could to giving you a literal horse. Giddyap.
I got my house pretty clean and decluttered right before Christmas and now I feel like a bomb went off. So much stuff.
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Mils are the worst for that. With mine it was a loud stuffy toy. A baby toy. She gave one to each family (we have no babies), and said, āhaha this one is for the moms so they can really kill me later.ā Bitch that thing is getting donated before it comes in the house. Why is pissing us off the GOAL?
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