get rid of all my clutter

i extended the deadline for this goal to be no1 priority in my life for one more month becouse of Xmass. i want to do as much as possible in each zone before i give up this goal = i need to get a life!

so i’m giving this one more try. i was up late last night doing as much as i could after the choir rehersal. (i stayed awake since i was angry to our substitute conductor, i don’t want to work with him any more, he acted unprofessionaly on several occasion.)

i want to achieve visible result so i need to invest many hours. we need. i told my SO that i’ll give up on this if i’m the only one who cares about the home. he reassured me that he cares too.
{i want to feel like living with an adult. so i remind constantly to act like that (and like one lol) and be patient.}
it is high price but it is worth it. i only hope intend – after 5 years of decluttering and giving all i had to this goal – i’ll finnaly start to get visible results.

i have hard time parting with extra things, i need to find a way to overcome this. i need to coordinate amount of stuff with space available.

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 managed to clear out a good deal of clutter from two of the rooms in my apartment. I had no idea just how much “stuff” I had! Most of it didn’t even serve a purpose or I had completely forgotten that I had it. Even though I felt emotional attachment to some things, I decided to let them go anyways. This was two weeks ago and I haven’t regretted anything yet!

Have worked a little bit each night for the past few days and pretty much all day today. I took my drawing/coloring stuff that was previously stored in a cardboard box and placed it in a drawer in the new coffee table; did the same with my calligraphy materials, as well as with my incense/oils.

The spare room is all clean now!

Reorganized books on the bookshelves, so there is room for all of them now, except for the books that reside in my little crate for bedside reading.

There are still a few more things to I need to place, but I should be able to finish that by next week! :D

Threw out a trash-bag full of crap i don’t need to be cluttering my room.

Cleaned up an area of the living room by the front door that included things to donate to make room for a shelf (to further organize). I’m just going to drop it off by good will on my way home or something. Cleaned and filed paperwork that was previously stored in a shoebox to where it belongs in the filing cabinet.

I feel motivated! I’m going to our extra room to put clothing away in the dresser and in the closet! Hurra!

Got all the clothing put away now! Went through and got rid of a few more outfits.

what constitutes clutter?

I donated some clothes I never wear anymore to St. Vincent De Paul’s today, hopefully that will inspire me to get rid of more stuff! I am unfortunately a packrat, so this will be a hard one.

at my SO’s place – we emptied everything except 2 small rooms (we put everything in) and his relatives helped clean the place. my SO moved to my place. so now we have only 1 place to organise. and attic someday.

yesterday he brought majority of his stuff (el.appliances).
day before yesterday we browsed trough a tower of boxes with old books and decided what to keep. need to get out the rest. old paper would be the easiest solution. maybe the easiest is the best for now.

i organised my clothes (brought up the best), released some of my summer clothes (i could let go more, i know, i know.) i also organised my shoes and scarves. even ironed scarves! i plan to dress up (and that is great news), but in the morning i don’t feel like it… at least, it is all there in prime space, sorted. all sport clothes i removed to hall cupboard. and reorganised hall cupboard. yeah. :-D

now we plan to put the newest furniture to our living room and move the oldest one to his place. we want to surround ourselves with the best things possible.
too much stuff; i don’t have a clue how to do it all, i admit… but one step at a time will do it.