Purge 2015 February Declutter or 100 Items

[Chicken lady]

23 more empty boxes and a cloth bag out. 3 dolls in. (if anybody minds me writing the "ins" for any reason, just say so and I'll stop.)

[ejchase]

#59. Returned a book a friend of my daughter's lent her.

#60. Returned a book I borrowed from my daughter's preschool teacher.

[Chicken lady]

3 cardboard boxes and 4 hangers out. Nothing in.

[Float On]

#58. A broken picture frame into the trash.

I know it seems ridiculous to list it, but for some reason we were thinking of trying to repair it. Finally realized we weren't going to after having it around for a YEAR.

I don't think it's ridiculous at all. It shows you are making decisions. I have a few things that have been "waiting for DH to get around to fix" and well......he's not going to do that. If I find them....I'll toss them or let someone else fix them.

[Float On]

Nothing in.

Yes, it's ok to report when you have something come in or not. This is about our journey of making decisions about what is important in our lives and we should be careful about what comes in. I actually bought a few items of clothing this last week with some money my parents gave me for my upcoming birthday. I choose wisely and I've removed that many items from my closet (I just didn't report those things here on my list since it evened out).

[Chicken lady]

I've been trying to keep track of the in and out on an actual list since the beginning of December. So far there is a lot more in than out (mostly due to Christmas) but I am working on it. I don't track short term consumables. I've been crossing out things that match (for example I got slippers for christmas and threw the old ones with holes in them away.) but so far if it doesn't have an exact match it stays on the list.

today - bag of bubblewrap out, nothing in.

[ApatheticNoMore]

I've been keeping track since January, more outs than ins but not as many as you'd think. Was up to about 18 net outs last I counted (but did I count the latest book I got Saturday as an "in", huh? I forget ...).

But really I don't even know that the goal for me was ever to own massively less as I've never owned that massively much to begin with (it's obvious if you see the types of things I get rid of - completely pathetic - like shirts with 20 holes that I still double checked to see if I could mend since I don't' have many shirts). It was more just to motivate myself to get rid of the things that require WORK, you know effort and so on, to get rid of. Like things that have to be disassembled first, or taken to the electronic waste disposal place, or sold, things that I need to come up with a unique means of disposal like that for. Because those are easy to procrastinate "ugh, it requires some work, I can't just throw it away or something, I'll do it later ..."

[Chicken lady]

I do have a ridiculous amount of stuff - for example, I have a basket of clean laundry in my room that cannot be put away. well, it could be put away if I annexed one of the two closets belonging to people who are away at college, but I don't think that's the right direction. And this summer they will move back in. I have 9 pairs of jeans. I can wear jeans to work, but only two of those are in good enough shape. The others I wear at home to work on the farm. But they will eventually wear out right? So it's hard to get rid of them. What if I run out of work jeans before the "nice" jeans have to be replaced? - ug!

Thursdays are my trash/recycling days. So, I try to focus on those areas. I don't count paper, it ebbs and flows, but the recycling bin is full. Also threw out three bins from my old fridge i've been using for barn storage but they were cracking. I have to do stuff like that on Thursdays so they get picked up before I change my mind/think of a new use and rescue them.

Tomorrow's list will be longer because I have a goodwill pile to drop off. Nothing in.

[Onyons]

I have been trying to downsize my entire house and live on less. I have been doing so since 2010. I have gotten rid of about 60 percent of my household goods. I had ten occasional tables in a two bedroom house! I am now trying to get to the next level. I got rid of the following:
- Old and duplicate spices and condiments.
- Downsized my dish towels, bath towels, bath sheets, and pillows. Including decorative pillows on the bed.
- Got rid of all my steak knifes, downsized kitchen utinsels I rarely used or never used.
- Cleaned out the sock, bra, and stocking drawer.
- Downsized my books, and magazines.
- Been scanning in papers and transferring them to CDs.
I will go throw all of these items again just to make sure I did not miss anything durning the first pass.

[Float On]

I have been trying to downsize my entire house and live on less. I have been doing so since 2010. I have gotten rid of about 60 percent of my household goods. I had ten occasional tables in a two bedroom house! I am now trying to get to the next level.
I will go through all of these items again just to make sure I did not miss anything during the first pass.

Hi Onyons and welcome! Great job on purging 60%.
Feels good doesn't it? What started your journey in 2010? Do you have a "next" plan or goal.


I love the fact that it's getting hard for me to find 'extras'. I'm having to make hard decisions about things I still like.