Another 40 Hours of Decluttering Using Flylady's Timer Method: Jan. 29-Feb. 29, 2020

[Tybee]

I have kind of given up counting because work has been hectic, but I have definitely been getting in 1/2- 3/4 hour a day, working on barn and shed decluttering now.

[Teacher Terry]

I have never counted. Purged more from the kitchen and clothes. I have another box for the thrift store.

[Money and Mountains]

I am so impressed with all the decluttering!! It can be a TON of work and feel so overwhelming at times. I see a ton of others have been on the de-clutter train so I just wanted to mention that my husband and I had an online yard sale and made close to $2000 selling a bunch of things we were just going to throw out anyways. It is such an easy thing to do.Much less work than a traditional yard sale in my opinion. We moved into an RV from a house so we had a lot to get rid of, but we didn't have as many years of build up as I am sure others do as we had only been married 4 years when we started to get rid of things. Would love to hear if anyone else has been able to make some decent money from the decluttering!

[ejchase]

I did another hour today going through the boxes in my office. Surprise surprise, 98% of what was in the boxes went into the trash.

I had confessed before I had 18 boxes of clutter in my office (from a move 3 years ago, I never unpacked from). I'm now down to 14. In other words, progress is slow, but I'm still really happy I've begun.

New total for this batch of 40 hours: 14.5.

[Teacher Terry]

We decluttered our motor home. We had fun with it for 12 years but now with 2 little dogs I need motels). So happy it sold!

[rosarugosa]

M&M: I recently made $350 selling stuff to an estate sale clean-out guy.
EJ: Four boxes less, that is definitely progress!
TT: Didn't know you had finally sold the motor home. Congratulations!
After the clean-out guy and a recent trip to Savers, I am feeling pretty pleased. I currently have just a few outbound DVDs in my donation box.

[Teacher Terry]

Rosa, we had taken down the ads because it was winter. We started trying to sell it last August which was too late. So Thursday night I decided to put them up again because our weather has been in the 60’s. 2 sisters came and both were older and newly divorced and needed a place to live with their 3 small dogs. They loved it and we were asking 7 even though blue book was 10. They said they wished they could afford it but didn’t have 7k. I asked what they could afford and they said 5500. I said sold and they were so happy. 1500 is a lot of money when you are poor and it felt good. They came back with the money a hour later. We threw in everything we had used in it because I am done camping.

[rosarugosa]

That's a good story, TT. Not only did you sell it, but it sounds like it is going to bring much happiness to those two sisters!

[ejchase]

Rosa, we had taken down the ads because it was winter. We started trying to sell it last August which was too late. So Thursday night I decided to put them up again because our weather has been in the 60’s. 2 sisters came and both were older and newly divorced and needed a place to live with their 3 small dogs. They loved it and we were asking 7 even though blue book was 10. They said they wished they could afford it but didn’t have 7k. I asked what they could afford and they said 5500. I said sold and they were so happy. 1500 is a lot of money when you are poor and it felt good. They came back with the money a hour later. We threw in everything we had used in it because I am done camping.

Wow, a big decluttering AND a good deed. Win win.

[JaneV2.0]

So glad for the sisters and pooches!