LazyDaisy
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Jun 26, 2014 3:54:11 GMT
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Post by LazyDaisy on Jul 24, 2014 13:03:39 GMT
Ok, girls, I'm starting to get motivated again, which always seems to coincide with the very end of my time off. Must.get.moving. I did clean off the top of my dresser today and found receipts from Christmas several years ago buried under an unused exercise DVD.
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Post by mikklynn on Jul 24, 2014 13:50:12 GMT
I dread the day, and it's coming, that we have to move my parents. They have a 5 bedroom home, garage, and small barn on their property. It's all spotlessly clean, but packed with stuff. Every closet is full. I know my brothers will want to have a sale. I'd like to just donate it all.
I am determined to downsize myself before it's necessary. I do not want to burden my kids with it all.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 14:20:51 GMT
We're right in the middle of this right now as we declutter the house to move. We've already done this several times in the last few years, but it's amazing how much things continue to accumulate, despite your best efforts. I figure things will change, once my kids fly the coop, but who knows. I'm a bit of a hoarder.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 14:24:23 GMT
Its great that you have started this. I take a small area of a room and declutter before moving on...otherwise at times it seems overwhelming.
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Post by momstime on Jul 24, 2014 14:28:53 GMT
We are in the process of downsizing right now (we close on this house tomorrow and move next week). OMG I am sick over the crap we've kept all these years. I was a machine about getting rid of stuff...no emotion at all. I didn't even care if I used it occasionally. If there was dust on it, it was gone. I got rid of all but two Christmas tins, trays, bowls and the like. GONE! If I really need an extra tray I will buy one in December! I took seven full truckloads of stuff to my local goodwill. I got rid of entire sets of glassware. Why was I keeping those margarita glasses with the cactus stems? I don't even drink margaritas. I am allergic to them. Tequila makes me break out in a hangover! With the big stuff that won't fit in my new smaller home, I had a yard sale. I made nearly $1,000.00 which will easily pay for the move to my new digs.
I have vowed to make a rule of the one in one out policy going forward. The funny thing is, I am not a saver...so I can only imagine how much worse it could have been!
Good luck to everyone just beginning the decluttering journey. May I suggest a dust mask? You will need it.
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Post by gonewalkabout on Jul 24, 2014 14:39:53 GMT
Way to go! Starting can be the hardest part I think, sometimes, but you'll get there!
We've fortunately not had a huge task in decluttering as we move so often, it's almost impossible not to.
We just moved this week to a different state, and went from a 4000 sq' house to a small 1000 sq' apartment, with kids, a dog and 2 cats lol! (temp for at least a year). And we have had to declutter down to the smallest items, mostly kitchen stuff.
I've also had to become creative on organizing. A challenge, but fun too.
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Post by NanaKate on Jul 24, 2014 14:57:41 GMT
Good for you!
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Post by Bitchy Rich on Jul 24, 2014 15:20:27 GMT
Momstime - that's exactly how I felt when I started purging! Why am I keeping all these things that nobody uses or likes? The more I got rid of, the less obligated I felt to hold onto items. Brass candlesticks we received as a wedding gift - sold on ebay. Shoes I had bought myself that didn't fit quite right and I never wore - sold on a local FB board. That collection of dusty glass vases taking up space in my kitchen cupboard - taken to Salvation Army.
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Post by donna on Jul 24, 2014 19:33:03 GMT
I was just going through a bin I brought home from school over a year ago. Almost all of it was stuff I could throw away. Why is it so much easier to throw papers away after they are a couple of years old?
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 24, 2014 19:47:07 GMT
It sounds like you've made great progress!
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