declutter my life

.... Yesterday I “packed” (read threw in boxes) heaps of stuff that i could of parted with but just couldn’t be bothered thinking about. This morning I regret it, because i will just have to go through those boxes at a later date and address the clutter. I should of just done it yesterday. Man what is wrong with me? I can be so bloody lazy at times – it really is very frustrating!!

Only two weeks to go until we move and then a week to clean the house….
While I have parted with a lot of stuff, there is still so much left… I am so overwhelmed.
Went though my clothes again and reduced. Went through a “computer” box and got rid of outdated cables and software. Dumped all my old makeup. Started a “stationary” box that im puting all the radom pens, paperclips, staples in…. how does this stuff get all over the house??
This site is motivating me though – every morning I log on and re-read my goals and see the declutter one…. it reminds me to go clean something!!

Well I went through my underwear/sock draw and threw out an entire bag full of old stuff that either doesn’t fit, or is so old its just silly. Also i went through the bottom of the bathroom cupboard (big) and reduced my stuff by 75%.
I had old college work in there from 12 years ago that I will never refer to again, I kept a couple of special peices and the rest went!! I kept my reference books, cos I can’t bear to part with them.
We move in six weeks, and we are moving into my partners parents house….. I am determine not to move any clutter. So when we buy a house in about 18months time we can have a fresh start and hopefully keep on top of it!!

Tonight after work I will go through all my clothes again, and hopefully my college work from this year and see what I can get rid of!!

I thought that I was de-cluttering…. but maybe Im just cleaning?? Making my clutter look cleaner. Last post I said that I’d de-cluttered the front porch. Well if I wasn’t me I would think that I was lying!!!
What I will do is really de-clutter the bathroom cupboard, see if Im a cleaner or a de-clutterer…. wish me luck!!

I find flylady a little bit full-on and I can’t quiet understand why she is the only one that seems to do any housework….
Anyway Im doing a variation of a flylady routine today.
15 minutes decluttering in one zone, then 15 – 30 minutes me time.
Today is my only day off this week, so while I want to get my house in order, I also want to get my homework done and have a bit of time to myself…
Man its hard to find the balance!!
I’ve already done the front porch, next is the laundry, then I will sit down for half an hour and do my communications assignment!!

Finally got around to buying a filing system, and I’ve de-cluttered my side of the desk. It only took me 30mins…Yah.
The only thing left on my side of the desk that shouldn’t be there is a pile of cd’s that I want to put onto my mp3 player – another one of my 43 things!

I finally emptied out all my junk and either found a home for it or threw it out. Now I just have to go through my books and figure out what I want to keep and what I will get rid of and that room is done.
We never go in that room, so It shouldn’t become cluttered again – unless my partner dumps his junk in there (highly likely).

Next area the bathroom cupboard!!

Ive been saving the gardening pages out of the weekly local newspaper (cos I cant afford gardening books), well for about two years now…..
Yesterday I finally trimmed them all up and stuck them in a book to make my own month by month gardening book….

Still so much to go, but I am getting there slowly!!

I re-organized one of my kitchen dressers, so I could fit all my cook books in there aswell, so now most of my stuff is out of the back room, and its just up to my partner to do his bit!
I also have “MY” room nearly to myself, so I know that I will have a clutter free area, even if my partner doesn’t want to live that way!

Well, even got my boyfriend involved with this one.
We went through our wardrobes and threw everything that didn’t fit, was out of fashion, or hadn’t worn or thought about in the last 12 months.
We have an entire spare wardrobe now….