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11-11-2014, 01:35 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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| Decluttering Right now I'm sitting down to take a break. I'm surrounded by STUFF Where did all this stuff come from??? How did I get so much of it??? I'm at the point now where it is more than a little overwhelming to look at. My house looks like I need an intervention from the hosts of that hoarder show! Most of my drawers are empty so stuff is piled EVERYWHERE! Literally every flat elevated surface is covered with something. I figured empty everything out and go through it piece by piece. I dragged in totes from the garage and have one labeled for every room in the house, plus one labeled donate, one labeled discard that is lined with a contractor size garbage bag, and the last one labeled repurpose. If what I'm going through belongs in the room I'm in, I'm putting it away in its new designated space. Has anyone else done a major Declutter like this? Any advice or tips that worked great to get organized? And what kept you motivated to keep going? I ordered a bunch of things from the Container Store, which were delivered yesterday. They spurred me to get stuck it, but I'm not even a quarter of the way through and I'm already getting burned out.
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11-11-2014, 02:17 PM | #2 |
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| Oh you go girl! I am envious of you. I need to follow your lead!!
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11-11-2014, 02:28 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| OMG, do I got stuff, I promised myself this week I will re-organize and find homes for all this stuff. It is a bit over whelming lol. Hope you get some tips, I sure could use some. Happy decluttering.
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11-11-2014, 02:34 PM | #4 |
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| Great subject! I need help too. Most of my mess is clothing-for some reason I had to have 2 or 3 of everything. The most successful thing I've done is DON'T BUY ANY MORE STUFF. It's embarrassing. good luck and keep me posted. Maybe we can keep each other motivated. I just start and then stop. |
11-11-2014, 03:19 PM | #5 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | Yes, I inherited some of my parents things, and while it wasn't my taste, it had "sentimental value". Actually, watching episodes of "The Hoarder" kept me motivated to do a major decluttering. I recorded it and watched it during breaks. I tried to limit myself on what I could keep, I refinished my Dad's wooden office chair that I remember as a child when we visited his office, and now it looks great and brings back fond memories. Giving things to Goodwill really helped me to let go of things, I can't bare to throw certain things in the trash, but to think someone else will enjoy them brings me happiness. You sound like you have a great plan and sometimes just setting the timer and telling yourself, to work for 15 or 30 minutes will keep you going. If the decisions get too hard, put those things in a box and revisit it a month or so.
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11-11-2014, 04:14 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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| Glad to here I'm not alone in this experience. I downsized from a house that was around 3,600 sq ft to one that is less than 1,000 ...but that was four years ago! And I have held onto soooo much stuff all thus time. The last house had a nook and a dining room, a living room and a family room, three bathrooms and a finished basement. I had duplicates, or triplicates of everything! And while I was able to pass on a lot of the big stuff to help furnish both my kid's college apartments, all my stuff from the various rooms I'd kept for the most part. Now, I just have one living room, one kitchen/diner, one bathroom, and every one of my current rooms is much smaller than the previous. My bedroom is half the size of my last, and my bedroom closet is a quarter of the size of the previous, so I was literally busting at the seams. I have 3 huge contractor size bags to throw out thus far. My garbage day isn't until Friday, so I reckon I will probably fill another 3 by then. I also have two totes overflowing of items to donate, so I'll be heading to Goodwill first thing in the morning to empty those. *having the empty totes to sort things into is really working out great! It's much better than piles on the floor. Everything is contained neatly and I just walk a filled tote to the room it belongs in and grab another empty one to take its place.
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11-11-2014, 04:29 PM | #7 | |
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11-11-2014, 05:14 PM | #8 | |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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While the cleaning gene skipped me, my mum has it in spades. She is one of those strange individuals that LIKES cleaning! And not just her own home, she enjoys coming over to my place to "help me out". Now that she's semi-retired she likes to come over more frequently, so while I have lots of stuff, it's clean stuff. In fact now that I think about it mum might be a bit disappointed to have less stuff to dust and wipe down. She'll be over Thursday, so I'll let you know how she takes it.
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11-11-2014, 06:39 PM | #9 | |
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| I am the opposite of a hoarder. Having too much stuff makes me uneasy. However . . . Quote:
I have some sentimental items too. We are down to 2 regular size closets of stuff that we can't let go of. For instance, I have a couple of largish soft dolls that my mother sewed for me when I was a child. They have aged to the point that I cannot give them to another child, and they are not something I would display, but I don't have the heart to let go of them.
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11-11-2014, 07:19 PM | #10 | |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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I'm even decluttering ZoE's things! I have a little tub of bows, sweaters, hoodies and harnesses, I don't use. Sentimental items are tough. I just can't part with some things either because of my memories attached to them. But I'm okay with storing those things in a tote in the basement. I built two storage rooms when I finished my basement, one for my regular storage stuff, (holiday items, winter/summer stuff, etc) and one for old things of mine and my children that I want to keep. I even have the purse carrier I used with my last yorkie, Chelsea, stored there with her sweaters, a few bows, and a lock of her hair. I bawl every time I look at it, but I just can't part with it.
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11-11-2014, 07:20 PM | #11 |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | Oh yes . . decluttering takes place around here quite often. Just last weekend cleaned out the garage and boxed up a ton of stuff from years of collecting for garage sales. What family doesn't need or want will be taken to our local Good Will store.
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11-11-2014, 07:24 PM | #12 | |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | Quote:
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11-11-2014, 07:39 PM | #13 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: TX USA
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| If you haven't heard myself and a couple other YT members have a resale page on FB called Waggin Tails Resale for this type of stuff. You are welcome to join. OOO! that's a terrific idea! Ok, I'm following this discussion - I really, really need help decluttering. Awesome! |
11-11-2014, 10:12 PM | #14 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: FtWorth,TX,USA
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| While getting rid of stuff,we also started a new rule at our house. If you bring something in , two things must go. Buy a pair of shoes then two items from your closet must go and two socks does not count. Everytime I start to purchase something for the house I have to think of two objects that I am willing to get rid of. I am still going through what came in our house when I cleaned out my parents house. I'm hoping that by the time all of my kids move out and take their stuff with them, I will have things trimmed down enough for a smaller house. The only place that this does not apply is the three little furgirls wardrobe. |
11-12-2014, 04:27 AM | #15 |
Donating YT 18K Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Yorkie Zoo
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| I'm constantly decluttering! I've made great strides but always find that something I gave away is now needed! Always reminds me of this George Carlin clip.
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