I really struggled this week. I'm in pain and I'm tired and the easy stuff has all been done. In some areas I am now on the second or third pass.
Initially, in every area of the house, there are things it is easy to get rid of. With some areas I would race through the easy stuff then shy from the hard decisions when the easy wins were had. My heart would cry nooooooooo! In some cases I ploughed on but it often resulted in a resistance to declutter anything at all, anywhere. The oppositional child reaction. So in order to maintain momentum, when I hit a really tough emotional response, I move onto to an area where the emotion isn't as deep. It is an exercise like any other, as I practice I get stronger and everything gets easier. The later passes have been much easier. This works for me, it is certainly not the advice in the decluttering literature.
Also, honouring the impulse to create last weekend, even though the things I sewed were small, helped a lot. I gathered all of the fabrics of the type needed. I used the ones that appealed to me the most. This week, looking at the ones I shied from I figured I'd already made the decision and offered them to friends first and op shopped the rest. I guess it's Marie Kondo's "spark joy" concept, but I needed to demonstrate it. Just holding the stuff isn't enough. My thought process are "Every piece of fabric is useful, right?" and "I can totally make something out of that!" These things are true but when given the opportunity I chose not to use certain fabrics.
IN
| 2 | stencils | Ebay | ordered in a moment of Bullet Journal envy |
| 1 | painting | op shop | Forgot to list this from a couple of weeks ago. |
| 1 | calendar | Etsy | |
| 1 | washing basket | The Green Shed | Forgot to list this from a couple of weeks ago. |
OUT
| 27 | Fowlers Jars | bartered | honey and veg - great deal |
| 1 | t-shirt | op shop | stained and ill-fitting |
| 3 | dog harnesses | op shop | none of the neighbours wanted these recent eBay mistakes so off to the op shop. |
| 4 | Tupperware cups | op shop | and as I had to take the dog harnesses to the op shop, I decided that everything else could go there as well and I didn’t have to bother listing for Buy Nothing. |
| 2 | Tupperware mugs | op shop | |
| 4 | draw string bags | op shop | Projects bags for knitting that I don’t like or don’t use |
| 6 | tops | op shop | I will end up with a capsule wardrobe in the end, I suspect |
| 4 | dresses | op shop | |
| 8 | pieces of fabric | op shop | |
| 3 | key rings | op shop | |
| 13 | doilies | op shop | |
| 1 | pair of pants | op shop | |
| 47 | dvds | bin | downloaded, dodgy burned discs. We have been through our DVDs at least twice in the last 2 years and yet I still find more. |
| 1 | pair of socks | bin | handknits with an irreparable hole |
| 1 | phone charging cable | bin | the cheap ones die so readily |
| 1 | quick-unpick | bin | Blunt and had lost the little ball from the end. |
| 2 | vintage linen teatowels | gift | |
| 36 | doilies | gift | |
| 5 | pieces of fabric | gift | |
| 169 |
NETT OUT 164
total out since 27 August 2018 = 4072
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