Decluttering your life

Berserker said:
Heavens! What did the neighbours think! You can get arrested for that. :p

Another bag of tapes went to the tip today. Loads to go - I can probably fill a skip, or two.
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To be honest, it was a mild exaggeration :p I did take all the essentials, like clothing and some cutlery and all that. Pretty much things like curtains, pictures, furniture, and decorative items didn't make the grade.

It was extremely minimalist for a while. But I felt so much better.
 
I sell as much as I can, and if it doesn't go on auction, it goes to the charity shop or tip. I absolutely detest clutter. It is one area where my g/f is convinced that the rainy day will come and indeed the clouds out the window are a sign. I take the other view - as long as I leave the house with my phone, wallet and car keys, I can pretty much make do.
 
Bin bin bin or give it away. I have also made it a mission not to hoard. Thankfully Im pretty disciplined naturally when it comes to that. However sometimes Im a goof and impulse-buy PC games without doing the research first (reading reviews). All the games Ive researched and bought have delivered. The ones I didnt....deserve to be drowned in 10 tons of elephant crap.

Turok
Soldier of Fortune: Payback

...amongst others....

Nuff sed
 
The problem I have when I attempt to de-clutter is that it ends up taking FOREVER and I get all nostalgic.... you know, like I'll be sitting down in a room surrounded by stuff, and flick through it as I go, and then 2hours later I've hardly made a dent in it, and it all gets rather overwhelming.

It's amazing how much better an uncluttered house looks but we never seem able to get it anywhere close to that state. As an example, I would estimate that our living room probably has at least 80 objects in view (excluding dvds/cds in racks etc). The Kitchen/utlity/breakfast room is probably even worse.
 
Yetiii said:
+1

Most of the "junk" we have in our house is because it is connected to a memory or was once owned by another family member who gave it to her instead of throwing it away.

If she will not let you throw it away, you may be able to strike a compromise where it is put in the loft :P
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I've found that the loft isn't any form of comprimise though, instead of being a handy place to store stuff that you DO need but only occasionally (xmas decs, suitcases, etc) you just end up getting a mountain of crap up there. All it means is that in 10 years time whne you realise you need more space in the loft you have to carry it even further downstairs to get it to the car/skip.

My parents had a clear out a few years back and were very much "oh we'll keep that in the loft, just in case" kind of people. My dad hired a van and we took it to the dump. The weigh bridge said we'd used about a quarter of a ton.

I dont really keep anything for sentimental reasons either. Just the other week I recycled all of my 18th and 21st birthday cards, put all the real pointless 21st gifts (4 paperweights, 3 bookmarks etc etc) into a charity box. Don't buy me "something i can keep" because that usually means "something with no function or usefullness which wont wear out or break through use because you cant use it for anything"

Keeping something just becauase someone gave it you me is an annoyance. do you use it? are you likely to use it? dump it.

I'm tempted to create a flow diagram for proper de cluttering.
 
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