February Purge

[ejchase]

I'm aiming to give away at least 100 things a month this year. My 5-year-old picked out two things to hand down to a 2-year-old we know, so that's two so far this month.

[Gardnr]

Although I not much of a keeper or collector of "things", I've decided that this year when I open a cupboard or drawer, I really look at what is in it. I have a box in my spare room meant for filling. At this point it is in fact nearly full of odds n' ends.

3 flower vases-where do these come from? DH does not buy me flowers. (and I even kept 1)
1 curling iron
1 table runner
1 candle holder
1 set of queen sheets
1 hardback book (I'm rereading the books I kept my last purge).
3 kitchen utensils

The box is full so time to head to the trunk for my next drive-by at the thrift store.:cool:

[JaneV2.0]

I handed off a trunk full of donations yesterday, so starting a new pile. It goes slowly. My kitchen gadget collection is growing apace though, and I have a kitchen the size of a phone booth (remember those?) It's like Jenga to cook anything around here. :~)

[leslieann]

I think I am maybe doing this by default. There is something about February that calls me to clear out, clean up, and pare down.

I managed to put eight items from the kitchen into the donate box yesterday, including a useless basket (really useless and not even attractive), two dollar store dishes that served their purpose and are no longer useful (or pretty), and a few more items of the like. I was watching decluttering videos yesterday while in the kitchen, so that was motivating. I am a little sick with a cold, and so not going to the gym. My DH thinks watching decluttering videos and declutterinig are both a little crazy. He might be correct. We do not live in a disorganized, chaotic mess but I still feel a little stuck and overwhelmed with stuff. It does depend on my mood, I have to admit.

I haven't done a full KonMari on my house. My clothes are done and they stay pretty well managed. Books require frequent purging. Household and especially kitchen stuff gets overwhelming because the house is really tiny. I think I have TWO phone booths in my kitchen, Jane, but I feel you.

I love to be able to come here for a bit of inspiration (but maybe you're all compulsive declutterers and therefore crazy, too.....) hehehe

[Gardnr]

I'm rapidly sewing through "gifted" quilting fabric and pieces I've received in the mailbox over the last year. Does that count?

I'm a quilter and donate most of my work to local charity.

[ejchase]

I went through my cupboards where I keep my tupperware and my pans yesterday and today and found about 20 old pans and pieces of tupperware to give away, recycle, or throw out. New total for the month: 22.

[pony mom]

Today I shredded tax returns and 1099 copies from 1993-2010. Gosh, it's sickening to see the amount of interest I was getting---I'd be rich if it had stayed so high.

[ejchase]

I took 27 items to Goodwill yesterday. New total for month: 49.

[iris lilies]

I took 27 items to Goodwill yesterday. New total for month: 49.

good job, wow! You are going to meet your monthly goal.

[19Sandy]

I have early spring fever and have 2 bags to toss in the dumpster. I tend to stay up late thinking about things and start to declutter. The sun is shining and by the weekend, it will be warmer - so more will go out the door.

[Gardnr]

Tossed 1 tupperware bowl that hasn't had a lid for 10 years. Tossed 2 items into recycle bin that didn't have the other half.

bit by bit I'm going through cupboards.

i've walked holes into 3 cotton socks in the last month. That's what happens when ya buy a stack at a time...........all garbage. DH has enough old socks in the shop right now.

[19Sandy]

10 years - sounds like me! I tossed out 2 huge bags of stuff and thanked some of the stuff like Marie Kondo says to do. My home felt so much different when I walked back in. Stuff does have energy!

[ejchase]

My five-year-old decided this week that she was ready to get rid of the "doll station" in her bedroom, so we packed up the dolls and their assorted outfits and accessories and took them over to give to a three-year-old we know. It was about 30 things in all so new total for month: 79.

[Florence]

I am clearing out of the my closet everything with buttons and zippers. I have a neuromuscular condition that will only worsen so since I can't do buttons or zippers now, I won't in the future. 10 pairs of LLBean pants, all in good condition to Goodwill. Someone will get some really good slacks.

[rosarugosa]

That's too bad that you can't wear them anymore Florence, but it's good to not just have them languish unused by anyone.
I did some work in the cellar today, nothing dramatic, but a few things tossed and a few things in the donation box. Feeling better able to let books go, so I've also been slowing weeding through the bookshelves.

[rosarugosa]

Culled 2 shirts from the difficult category of it fits, it's nice enough, but I never choose to wear it.

[Tiam]

Two years ago I lost my job as a preschool teacher. I got a new job as a therapeutic teacher to high level trauma affected children. Most of my old supplies just don't seem to fit into my new job. So, yesterday was a biggy for me. Getting rid of twenty plus years of teaching supplies. About 6 boxes and garbage bags. It feels good, but it also feels like goodye to a part of my life that is over. :(

[beckyliz]

Tiam - Perhaps look at it as opening up a space for your new life going forward!