get rid of all my clutter

I finished this two years ago and I thought it would be fun to look back and see if I’m still living clutter-free. I have to say… yes. Ok, not 100%, but pretty good!

I’ve moved house a couple of times in this period, but now I’ve bought somewhere and have settled in, the temptation would be to start accumulating stuff again. But I’ve been really good and not done this. Sure, I’ve bought stuff for my new flat but it’s been stuff I actually needed and when I buy stuff like clothes and shoes, I make sure to try and throw old some old stuff at the same time. I’ve just realised I used the word ‘stuff’ four times in that last sentence, which is perhaps a very healthy way to look at it all; at the end of the day it is just stuff and there’s no reason to keep hold of it if it’s in the way and is of no use to me.

I’m SO glad to have finished this!! I moved last week and had a huge clearout and got rid of so much stuff. I am (for now at least!) clutter-free!!

As I’m decluttering I’m finding lots of plastic storage boxes and containers which I’ve bought over the years. I’m not going to keep them and in the future will try to be aware that if I have to buy a separate box to store stuff in a closet, etc, I may just find it easier to get rid of the stuff in the first place!

As my moving date approaches and the piles of clutter remain, I have spent several hours having a massive clearout. I’ve put loads of stuff on eBay and have put together a huge box of stuff for charity. I’m finding stuff I haven’t seen for ages- I just unearthed a pair of rollerblades!!

And now it’s the turn of the books! Any academic books I no longer want have gone on eBay and I have a box which I’ve nearly filled up with all the fiction I don’t want any more and which I’ll donate to charity, etc.

I was packing clothes today for the move and ended up throwing away loads that I didn’t want anymore. It wasn’t even stuff I could donate or give away, just stuff I’d worn loads and wouldn’t again! Feels good….

I’m moving to Canada next month and have just started packing. A sure-fire way to get rid of clutter!! For everything I’ve packed, I seem to have found something that I don’t need/want anymore. This is a real incentive to declutter, as I don’t want to get to Canada, open all my boxes and think, “Why did I bring all this crap with me?”

I just listed some more clothes on eBay- every little helps!!

I’ve bought quite a lot of new clothes over the past couple of weeks, but as I’ve bought stuff I’ve got rid of older stuff which would otherwise have become clutter. This seems to be the way to prevent clutter from building up.

Ages ago I sorted out a load of books I didn’t need any more and they’ve been sitting in a pile by the door for me to put them on eBay. I finally listed them today!

I feel a sense of relief at having (nearly) got rid of them- I think their presence was kind of weighing me down and making me feel I had more clutter than I actually did.