eliminate clutter

Let’s just say I eliminated many things from my room when I left—so that the possessions I now have there and carry with me are all important. Nothing is junk. So this is over. Perhaps the only thing I have not done is burn my old journals, but all other purging is done. So off it goes.

Or at least, to identify when it is done. So, in order to qualify this as “done,” I will:

1. Remove the old trunk with winter clothes for my room
2. Give back all the books that don’t belong to me
3. Not keep any file or piece of paper on my desk
4. Burn my old journals

Once these three things are done, this item is off the list! My idea is to move away from home and not accumulate unnecessary belongings (in the form of books, paper, and the like)—specifically, to be able to take all the contents that I own in a suitcase and a book bag. So once I eliminate clutter in my current room, I am free.

I helped to clear out the shed today and although all my stuff is boxed up nice and out of the way I started on the family junk and filled the trailer.
What is the point of having my things organised if everyone elses isn’t?

Ok, I hate clutter, I don’t think I’m a hoarder. I know I’m lazy. The problem is I want to keep some things, and I want to file them away or just use them in a week or 2, but then I just don’t file it away or throw it away when I’m done using it.

That’s bad right. But now I have all this junk/gunk and I also have a boat load of stuff too file/store. Where do I being???

Took all the stuff this morning into the drop off bin. Felt really good hearing it thud at the bottom knowing that task is done. Some of the bags had been waiting to go for years.
Also made a start on the unorganised paper junk when I couldn’t sleep last night. Not much to go there now!

Cleared out all the old clothes I no longer want/wear and it’s a lovely feeling. I have so much more space for everything now and draws slide shut without having to cram stuff into them. Will offload everything at the chartiy shop tomorrow.

i have been workig on this for the past few days and i have been making good progress. i’m getting better at throwing away stuff. my deadline is this friday, january 2nd. i need to work a bit faster to see if i can make it. my only setback is my mother, she wants me to help her at her place. i want to help her but i feel torn between her needs and mine. also, everytime i try to help her with her clutter we end up fighting because she wont throw ANYTHING away, and this exasperates me so. keeping clutter is a disease of the mind and i wish there was a little pill to cure it.

I’ve been good in recent years as I have been moving around alot but I’ve still got alot of junk from my school days. A few minutes every day and I’ll be done in a month.

i started going thru plastic bins and throwing away bills and statements from as far back as 1993! my hands got so tired from ripping paper that i took a break to blog on this list. the first step is changing my mindset and stop keeping stuff and start throwing things away. i think im making headway. i will get there. :-)

i have this old habit of puting too much sentimental value on everything and saving it all. i am working on changing my state of mind and simplify by letting go, i will feel lighter and better for it.