Pre Xmas De-cluttering Pledge support requested

JMitch

I agree, let’s never stop buying books.

I’ve got the decorators starting Monday so will HAVE to declutter .... there’s nothing like a deadline to force an issue!!

Hi there. What a brilliant idea, and i will join in. But - huge request, please do not stop buying books, lots of people depend on us all to keep buying so that they can eat too - for example, the printer, the bookseller, the delivery person etc. By all means use a Kindle but never forget that the money has to circulate for us all to survive. Sorry to be so heavy handed, but I think we forget the basic principles of economics sometimes, which is why we have empty high streets and Amazon is thriving, without contributing to the tax bucket.

If you have items that are too large to get rid of you could always try Preloved, Freecycle, Gumtree or Facebook marketplace to give them away free.

Plenty of people would be willing to come and take them off your hands.

I’ve just got rid of a tv unit, a perching stool, a double bed frame and a walking machine. All too big for charity shops, but have gone to people who want them.

The house feels a lot bigger already

am so glad other people hoard just like me. i know when i die my daughter will just bin everything, not that it will matter to me then!! I have bags already to go to either a charity shop, xmas fayre and even the food bank, but i have so much more to sort. last year i got rid of 20 years of old paperwork relating to all sorts of things now irrelevant

I've started too. I will finish this time if I have to force my family. I hate clutter and I am certain that I can get rid of the 10 boxes I bought to fill.Mostly books, films and computer games!

I'm in !! I have far too much "stuff". I'm at my daughter's today on Nanny duty but tomorrow will be "declutter day" Thanks for the motivation newnanny.

I keep trying! Filled a large bag with about a dozen items of clothing last week and waiting for collection day. I also have a stack of teaching books mainly Key Stage 2 which have loads of photocopiable worksheets in. I must ring my local school and see if they will be any use. If so I shall cart them down in my trolley!

Definitely I will join you newnanny.
Teachers are the worst, we hord things because "they might come in useful someday." I threw away all my folders and teachers' text books. Everything becomes out of date and changes so quickly. Kids would laugh at some of the old worksheets today!
I've just put a coat and a lampshade in the charity bag. Make up and toiletries next.

Newnanny,I’m in!A few days late so will try and sort several things today.I got a lot of sorting out done earlier in the year but then lost motivation so hopefully this will get me started again.

I have just turned out a drawer full of user manuals for things we haven’t had for years, all paper suitable for burning in fire lighting pile, rest in recycling.

Just hope I haven’t been a bit too keen, and next week we’ll be looking for something I’ve lit the fire with!

I love the idea of noting down each time you put something out. I have a large carrier bag by the door of things to donate to charity. I haven't added to it today. I have been rather busy.

I took a bag of things to the charity shop this morning. I always have a large bag in the spare room and gradually add to it and when it's almost too heavy to carry it's gets taken to the local charity shop. I will try and add something to it each day. What a good idea.

I volunteer at a Barnardo's shop, which is quite small, with limited space for donations, so we cannot take large donated items. However, it encourages me to offload items of clothing that I have not worn for some time. We also have a collection of 'rags', which contributes towards the charity and gives me the opportunity of dispensing of my other half's offloads!

Today's item is a pair of pink skinny jeans bought a couple of years ago because they were reduced and 'such a bargain'. Problem is that I wasn't a size 10 then or now so I have never worn them.

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This is a good idea newnanny.

I’m making a charity shop pile.

Added today some necklaces and scarves I know I’m never going to wear again, as I haven’t worn them for at least ten years!

I am with you as well! Started last week by going through my books which had overflown the bookshelves and were marching up the stairs...........so that was 420 of them to the local Oxfam book shop. They seemed really pleased if a bit overwhelmed! I still have about 100 so I will start reading those at the weekend.......next stop are my clothes - I love the idea of 1 item a day so have positioned a small suitcase outside the spare bedroom and will put 1 item of clothing (or more) each day for the charity shop.........

I've been trying to declutter bit by bit for several years but have yet to see a significant difference! I think I will try this one a day idea and write down what is going out so I can look at the list and know what I've achieved. However, I may need a list of what's arriving too as a book arrived today which I'd forgotten I ordered!!!

I LOVE having a clear out! I hate clutter generally so I don’t have much but it is so therapeutic creating space in wardrobes and cupboards.

I have been through medicine chest today and thrown out 2 bottles of cough syrup that look all stickey and very old and any medication out of date. I have also binned 2 old bun tins and a lampshade that is faded. I have also thrown out to recycling 17 plastic takeaway cartons and lids and just kept 3. I am going through my linen cupboard next. I am going into spare bedroom this afternoon where we tend to store stuff. I dread to think what we will find.

Newnanny

I fear I might struggle with this challenge, because I’m not one of life’s horder

However, I have thrown away a plastic bubble machine, that’s been on my kitchen mantelpiece for about a year, it’s never going to work because the back of the battery compartment is missing!

Yes,I am with you I cleared the top shelf of my daughters wardrobe yesterday ( she has only left home 10 years ago) and I took 3 lots of things into the charity shop.I intend to have a try on of my clothes and intend to be ruthless .
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Actually that's a very good idea. I will have a go too. I have too much stuff, but I come from a line of hoarders!