Decluttering (starting June)

[ceb]

Out:
* 1 pile of paperwork to recycling
* 12 plants to permanent homes in the garden
* 1 pile of badges back to work
* 1 record of achievement to recycling/bin
* 1 pile of plastic to recycling
* 5 cross-stitch kits to ebay
* 4 VHS tapes to recycling
* 1 candle to freecycle
* 1 shower rail to freecycle
* 7 bits of clothing/sheets to recycling
* 3 things that freecycle didn't want to the recycling shelf
* 7 CDs out to ebay
* 1 pile of dead bottles from the bathroom windowledge to recycling
* 1 T-shirt out to ebay
* 1 pair of boots out to ebay
* in 1 box which has been taking up floorspace for ages
* 2 packs of dried-up plasticene into the bin
* ditto 1 set of dried-up highlighters
* ditto 1 set of dried-up felt-tips
* 3 T-shirts out to ebay
* 1 dress out to ebay
* 1 top out to ebay
* 1 puppet kit out to ebay
* 2 pairs of jeans out to ebay
* 1 CD out to ebay
* 4 things that freecycle didn't want out to the bin
* 1 mathom out to ebay
* 2 CDs out to ebay
* 3 presents out to C&M&I
* 8 books back to dad
* 2 tops out to fabric recycling
* 1 set file dividers out to freecycly
* 1 set in-trays out to freecycle
* 1 wheely bag out to freecycle
* 2 dead plants out to the bin
* 1 blind attached to the house
* peacock feathers out to crafty friend-of-a-friend
* 1 bag out to ebay
* 3 books out to D
* plastic sheeting out to D
* 2 patches out to ebay
* 1 rubbish xmas cracker yoyo out to the bin
* 1 toy out to ebay
* 2 books out to ebay
* 1 DVD out to ebay
* 1 dead bag handle out to the bin
* 3 CDs out to ebay
* 4 books out to ebay
* 1 cross-stitch kit to P
* 1 bag cross-stitch bits to P2

total: 109

In:
* 1 book (OOTS)
* 3 books (OOTS)
* 1 pair stripy fingerless gloves
* 1 book (OOTS)
* 1 book
* 1 set of pipecleaners for pigeon-building
* 1 pendant
* 1 pile jewellery bits
* space invader ribbon!!1!
* 1 book (OOTS)
* 1 nail varnish remover pen
* 4 CDs in from DV8
* 1 T-shirt in from DV8
* 2 books in from DV8 (Hardy, films)
* 2 books (O&M)
* 3 books on loan from C (SF/US)
* 5 books on loan from D (WWII asstd)
* 2 books from M&D (Elmer Gantry, needlecraft)
* 2 books from the Baltic (paper, horror)
* 1 book from J (Twain)
* 1 book from N&A (Oulipo)
* 7 books from G&G (engineering, accountancy)
* 1 tile from G
* bundle of fabric from G
* 2 hairclips
* 2 lots fabric from JL remnants bin
* 1 sewing pattern
* 2 more hair clips
* 1 knitting machine
* 6 bags fabric from gran's, who knows how much stuff? erk

total: 57

I refuse to count this:
* plastic storage boxes for the loft
* stuff bought as presents which is living in the presents pile
* packaging bought for posting stuff
* jewellery bits bought for commissions
* consumables

Comments

[kake]

Hurrah for decluttering!

[ceb]

I'm trying to see if I have the staying power to join you in your 2014 year of decluttering :-)

[kake]

I've been very tempted to start early, e.g. now, but I must stick to my 2013 resolution of no new projects. It gives me something to look forward to :) I wonder if it would be a Bad Thing to make an Unclutter community on Dreamwidth. The technical infrastructure is better here, and some of the original Unclutter people are here, but not all.

[ceb]

I would use it; I was a bit surprised one didn't already exist here. It depends I guess on whether you think it would be splitting a small community into two halves which are too small to be self-sustaining, or whether both halves would collect enough people to be workable.

[kake]

I'm mainly concerned that the LiveJournal-only people might think we were stealing their idea. There are still people who think moving to Dreamwidth is some kind of betrayal.