Paperwork declutter in progress - not counting sheets or weighing it, but lots of paper to recycle. I am going through medical receipts and logging them in a spreadsheet for future HSA claims. So doing some organizing too.
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The Great Unpapering is happening over here, too. Four full paper grocery bags have gone out the door. Mostly old bills and (unread) magazines.
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Good work!
Paper is just such a pain, small, you really have to look it over to figure out if you can toss it, or do you need to shred it (with everything hacked now, maybe this is a waste if my time), or should you keep it so now you have to file it.
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I decided not to bother with shredding. As you say, itās all out there anyway. I decided to simplify and tossed a few yearsā worth of medical receipts - mostly $15 or $30 prescriptions/copays. I figure there will be large enough expenses later to drain my HSA I donāt need to bother with these little things.
Iāve filed the things that have homes. The struggle is always with the one-off papers I want to keep that donāt already have homes with like things.
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I have a hard time as well with the one-off paper filing. There are always a couple of stacks around mostly because they donāt have a home. By the time I get to tackling it, though, time has worked its magic and some/most of the stuff gets tossed because itās no longer āimportantā.
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Progress was made!
I have various giveaway piles for throws and have whittled down what I am keeping to a manageable amount.
Today I hopefully have some organizing supplies coming so that I can really tackle my room and my closet.
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Poo. Shipment delayed until Wednesday.
Today I culled:
Necklaces
Koozies (often thrown at parades, I had a truly unreasonable amount. I think I kept 4 nice ones. Gave 3 to Boyfriend to rethrow as theyāre for his krewe.)
Sunglasses (also often thrown at parades; the free ones are good to wear out to festivals and parades and other places where itās a good chance they could get lost or broken - but again, unreasonable amount.)
Every little bit helps but there is SO MUCH.
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AW YEAH!
I have a taker for a giant box of pool noodles that are taking up space in my craft room. I do need a few for a costume but not THIS many, good lord.
Letās hope she picks up! That will free up a ton of space!
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In odd decluttering news:
I got this box of pool noodles on BN. They came in a box that is about waist high on me. When I emptied the boxā¦ I found an expired bottle of salad dressing in the bottom. Not a flavor that our household uses! I guess it had fallen in there and the person I got these from did not know! Thank god it was sealed. How random! Also ew. Glad it wasnāt opened, what a mess that would have been and also stinky.
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I feel kind of stalled in the organizing because I am waiting for my storage bins and boxes to arrive. Clearing off one surface means piling shit on another surface. So it doesnāt actually look like I am making progress. Even though stuff is getting put in the donate pile or tossed or awaiting BN pickups.
What I really need to do is empty out the entire room and vacuum but that will have to wait for a weekend.
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I am hogging this thread! Sorry!
I sure have a fuckton of fabric scraps for someone who does not sew. Most of them were acquired for free or very cheaply, like in a $5 for everything you can stuff in this bag deal.
Why am I so resistant to tossing them? I guess out of some pride I take in stating āI made XYZ using only stuff I already had in my house that I got for nothing!ā
Except Iā¦ just donāt use fabric a whole lot.
Maybe I can start with tossing fabric in colors I donāt often use.
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I couldnāt find this thread, so thank you for bumping it up
The basement is bad. It is so bad that we arenāt just going around the outside, but there is a middle section, so we have two aisles, one on either side. Not helped by the ceiling getting shorter in the area where we used to store tools & old paint so the old shelves donāt fit any more, which is why they are now in the middle of the room (and the shadowy one decided they like the clothes drying rack there now, so we canāt put shorter shelves back in that spot)
These do not make a dent in the volume, but they take things off of shelves, which means the shelves can be moved to better spots and take on the things that belong in the basement.
- threw away the old thermostat
- threw away the old alarm system we never used
- threw away the leftover containers and dried up brushes that the person who stained our floor left
- threw away the dead light bulbs that were in the basement
- threw away the dried up putty filling
- threw away the dried up popcorn ceiling repair stuff tube
moved the tools back down to the basement that were used for the bathroom repair in Dec
Next week is recycling and we can put out some cardboard that is piled up against the wall
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Maybe do a quick search to see if there is a local quilting group that might want them, or a place thar recycles clothing / fabric.
I have gotten of of fabric on Nextdoor - to someone making kids toys or kids clothes.
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There is but the dropoff hours are only during times I am working, so Iāll have to finagle something. Iāve got quite a bag of useless-to-me scraps, and this place takes that sort of thing. Out it goes, if I can make the time to get there!
I also gave away 2 masks that Iām not going to get around to decorating and using for anything. Full face masks. Minimal nose holes. Kinda creepy. Goodbye!
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3 boxes brought upstairs for the shadowy one to break down
1 pan with wonky handle to go into garbage. it is sad because it is the perfect rice and small soup pot, but it doesnāt work on my stove and nobody will want a pot with a wobbly handle (I tried gorilla glue which worked for a couple of months, but none of my attempts at fixing have lasted for long)
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3 more boxes for recycling this week. I brought up a 4th, but the shadowy one would prefer to keep that one for now.
I have pulled out four window screens and a heat vent cover to go out next week with garbage. Again, not a huge amount of space recovered, but reducing the general sense of disorder.
not decluttering, but unfucking space, I have moved the outdoor shoes from right in line of sight at the back door to under the shelves at the top of the basement stairs.
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There is a clothing swap on 3/31 so I need to have gone thru my closets and drawers by then.
Tips on coping with feelings re getting rid of clothing that is too small?
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It always seems so silly, but I really do find it helpful to thank the clothing and think about letting it go on to some other person who will wear it.
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Books to the antique store. Unsold comics pulled, will be taken to the comic book storeā¦ tomorrow.
Thursday I have a full agenda: pick up a check at an auction house where we sold those extra bins, donate excess craft bits at the craft thrift shop, drop off the Russell Wright china for the antique dealer who will buy it at the antique store in the same town. All of that results in: 1) extra stryofoam packing and a box out; 2) another handful of comics ā out; 3) unused craft supplies ā out, 4)unsold china ā¦out!
Proud of myself I thought of all that, all I need to do is remember to put the craft stuff in the car, the china is there already, so are the comics.
Oh yes, and I need a few colors of embroidery thread, so Iāll buy those at the craft thrift shop ā cheaper than Michaelsā and supports a good cause too.
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I do the thanking thing and sometimes text friends old pics of me looking super hot in it/fun memories.
Others I know search for the same things but bigger on poshmark etc
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