25 Things You Can Declutter and Let Go of Today!
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- If you're not sure where to get started with decluttering, there are 25 things you can get rid of today that will make huge impact on your home and how you feel! In this video, we're going to go through often missed but easy to declutter things that you can let go of so you have a clearer picture of what's left in your home to organize, declutter and enjoy. Grab a bag and join me on this quick declutter!
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Some great advise. But having managed a foodbank I can say, please don’t give us your expired foods! We just have to throw them away and pay for the garbage bill. Only donate items that you yourself would use. Some people need to know to stop treating the less fortunate like less!
Agreed. We recently donated some soups that were perfectly good and didn't go out of date for over a year. But my daughter just bought too many and didn't end up liking it very much. Someone else may love it and it's safe and in date. That's what you want to donate, not expired stuff. Nobody wants that!
Stop treating the less fortunate like less. What a wonderful quote. I love it. Thank you for sharing such powerful words.
I worked in a job center. We had a closet of work and interview appropriate clothes. Often we received donations of worn, stained, torn, faded, yellowed, outdated clothes and worn out, broken shoes. These items went straight to the dumpster.
I think some people feel guilty about throwing things away. If you're getting rid of useful clothing that you no longer need or fit, please donate it. If it isn't good enough for you to wear, then it isn't good enough for anyone else. Throw away your own trash.
This might have been mentioned in the comments but unused makeup can be donated to funeral homes. Obviously not anything that looks funky but not all expired makeup is visibly bad. Just a thought. 💜
I could never get rid of my button tin. I inherited it from my mom when she passed away. It was started by my grandmother. I go through it from time to time and I can still remember some of the dresses or blouses my gram and mom took the buttons off of. I just used a mixture of different black buttons on a jacket that was missing most of them.
Would you consider putting your buttons in a big Ball canning jar with lid and set out to see often and enjoy?!
I did it with marbles.
@@kathykwilliams6457 Great idea. 👍 Thank you.
Same here, plus - I never know when I'll be making something that I could (re)use those buttons on, and all I have to do is rach for the tim and go through it for the buttons I need instead putting off the project until I cn run out to scour several stores for the right button(s)
Same here - I inherited my grandmas button tin. And I love it - it still smells like her sewing room. I often use them for cratfs. And from time to time buttons fall off of clothes. Then I´m always able find one in the tin that fits. AND buttons are quite expensive! Love from Germany 💛🐝💛
I sew and need my buttons!!!
A book I read a couple of decades ago completely changed my outlook on stuff. It's "Clutter's Last Stand" by Don Aslett. Also, piles of things can be stressful because it means work. If a room is a mess, it means I need to clean it. Whereas if a room is uncluttered it is calming and a pleasure to walk into. Piles of catalogs saved because "there might be something in them I need" just creates stress every time you look at it because it means there is a task to do. Not every room may be clutter free as anyone with kids knows. But I always had at least one room that was, so that I had a refuge to walk in to.
I love this!
A few months after joining WW, I went through my pantry and cabinets. I took the expired stuff, disposed of the food and recycled the boxes, cans and jars. Then I gave the non expired items, (I no longer wanted) to the local food bank. It was 134 Lbs of food! Felt great!
Were we twins separated at birth?😆
Your video inspired me to get up, declutter 4 pair of shoes, and straighten/vacuum my entryway... at 10:30pm! :)
Good for you, Anna !
I can REALLY relate to the old costume jewelry that accumulates! Hard for me to say goodbye, but I do! Cleaning out makes me feel so good! Outer order brings inner peace. :)
OK junk mail. I gather the envelopes along with pages from magazines, sew them into a “junk journal” even decorate them very nicely and put them in random places for people to find and enjoy. I have a note in it that says “so I have found you. love me or pass me along”. imagine their joy when someone finds something like that randomly! I know someone who used to do that with painted rocks just leave it scattered along the trail and she said she’d love to see the look of joy when people would spot them and take them home. I have one rock I found 15 years ago that I still use to hold paper napkins down on my patio table. I treasure it More than my jewelry
Use those free totes and bags as gift bags for friends or family. Instead of buying a new gift bags that just gets tossed when opened.
I cannot believe this. I began decluttering in January. I started with my jewelry and cases, then books, then makeup.
Thank you for showing the chapters. I wish more CZcamsrs would do this on their channels.🥰
Button jar is fun for the kids and grandkids. My grandma and mom both had one that we played with. My girls play with mine.
What a great list. A lot of the things are different from what I’ve heard before. Inspirational!
Great categories to tackle! Thanks 😊
I heard an idea to fill the totes/bags that you’re going to donate with more items to donate - can make it a family challenge to each fill a bag or challenge yourself to fill them in a weekend. Same idea with shipping boxes that come into our house can leave full of items we no longer need/ want
We won’t take a box from a food bulk store. We get like 12 items and push cart to our car and put in the trunk. Store clerk asked why not take a box? My family gets Amazon…don’t need more boxes. Also, one of these boxes work great if you bring treats or supples to school, or family holiday party, a box for gift bags, presents and another to carry a hot dish. No sense using plastic bags to carrying these awkward or bulk items. After party, one person can carry our gifts back in house. Then, we break down box and recycle it.
My husband and I made up personal care bags for the homeless in our area with all the free totes we got. We went to the local dollar tree and bought shampoo and other personal care products. We added new socks, small snacks and during the winter we went and cleaned our closets of gently used sweaters. By using the totes they have something nice to put their belongings in. It was a win for us. We were always taught to care for our fellow men and we taught our children to do the same.
Great idea!
Thank you!! I recently went through my jewelry & found pieces that were gifted to me, but not my style. I feel better knowing that someone else will enjoy them.
I agree about books, I have joined the library and love the variety x
Hmm, I see these channels often start with books. Does anyone's clutter or hoarding problem really come down to books? I feel like if anything can stick around it's books. Even if you continue to fail to take them down and read them, they still have a decorative utility.
I think clutterers are more likely to need to get ruthless on clothes and paper and containers etc
I think this just depends. My husband loves books but rarely reads them. He does read an occasional audio book. Some look nice in a book shelf but so do purses or shoes that you don't really use. I just think it depends on the person. I think books are really hard for a lot of people. Some are decorative and some are classics. Most can be found at the library. I've just found that this is a hard item to declutter for some.
@@michelleneuman579 The library isn't open 24/7, and if it were you might not be able to get to it, or feel inclined to if you're suddenly in the mood to read a particular book you avent gotten around to picking up in years, but have sitting on the shelf all ready for just such a moment.
And (and I say this as a librarian) library resources are finite - yours may not have the book you're in the mood for. Even if they can get in a copy on interlibary loan, it could take weeks, by which point, you're no longer in the mood for that book... Whereas if it's been sat on your shelves just waiting, you could have picked it up when the mood struck, read it, and moved onto the next one before you even had a chance to get tot he library to check if they had it in stock.
Everyone’s “Hoarding problems“ are different. Some people hoard stuffed toys, some people hoard clothing, some people hoard books. If you have a bunch of books that you don’t use as decoration and you never intend to read, get rid of them. Have a garage sale, donate them to a charity, give them to a friends of the library at one of their events (A lot of times they don’t keep them, either).
I’m moving and have purged all these things. I have a sweet glass bunny jar from a thrift store I keep all extra buttons and use it as a decor piece.
Great hints that inspire me to de-clutter. You might want to hold onto your tote bags, though. I'm glad I kept mine, here in NJ they recently enacted a plastic bag ban, so have to bring our own. If other states follow suit, you may need those totes. Or just choose to use them as more eco-friendly than single-use bags.
I keep some extra bags in my trunk. When my Mom passed, they certainly came in handy to bring some of the smaller items to church. The lovely ladies loved to receive a memento of Mom. Everyone loved her!
I tossed the ones that are too small to hold groceries or too big to hold gum or makeup aka small purchases. One was a gift with purchase from Macy’s.
Really excellent ideas! Always reuse, recycle, regift, and donate to shelters - homeless, domestic abuse, animal, etc...
Incredibly motivational video thanks a lot
Hi Katy! I just came across your channel yesterday. I have been decluttering for years, but I just recently retired and really want to tackle those areas that are really hard for me. My biggest issue is printed photos and “keepsake” items. When my husband and I were first married in 1987 there were no digital options for photos-and I took LOTS of photos. My husband is a high school coach of 35 years and we have two sons, so my printed photo collection is overwhelming. Having said that, I have somewhat began the decluttering process. I have gone through almost all of my photos and thrown away duplicates, triplicates, blurry photos and those that I had no idea who was in them or they just weren’t good. But…I still have so many 😫😫 I have no desire to scan them and create digital copies- that would take more time than I’m willing to dedicate. I’ve thought about doing another purge and just keeping the absolute best, but I get hung up on that sometimes. If you have suggestions or advice for this area of decluttering I would love to hear them. Thanks so much!
Thanks Katy! You're amazing 👏 I'm still getting rid of clutter. I'm very frustrated with all this clutter around me. I really don't need all this stuff! You really tell it like it is.😍🙏🤩🙏
If you’re still struggling, I found a life-changing hack. Take a before & after pics, EXCEPT, not just once. Work for a while, stand back, take a pic. It’s not about finishing. It’s about seeing the progress you’ve made. I swear it’s amazing.
Then I delete the pics when I’m done. They aren’t for anyone except me. Hope it helps. Keep fighting the good fight.
I had a really serious clutter problem. I decuttered and decluttered. It took me a really long time, not only legwork but emotionally. The most difficult about downsizing was the newly exposed walls and floors. I was no longer cacooned in my mess. I felt exposed. I had to learn to sit in that, open spaciousness.
I was aquireing for my new condo to have it fully equipped. With everything I donated, I still had more than enough when I tripled my living space. In my new space, I am messy, but constantly decluttering. I am ready for another trip to donate. More importantly...I rarely buy stuff. I save a ton of money and I am not backtracking on progress.
Thanks for sharing and way to go 💕
I saw a video recently where you said people in sunny California should put away their winter things to gain more room.
Sunshine is only one factor in weather. We are closer to the colder waters of the Pacific (the Atlantic is warmer).
Mark Twain said “ The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco!“ The cold winds off the Pacific Ocean really make it colder. People in California don’t put their clothes away because the weather can be very variable.
I was visiting from Tennessee when we lived there for a while. At night, I went out with friends. I was freezing! That’s because the. Cold air are off the ocean. Moves in.
Summer start very late. This is June and it’s late night early morning low clouds. So we have to dress in layers. Yes, when the Santa Anna winds coming off the desert, it’s very hot. But we are too worried about fires starting to start put away our winter clothes. And we never know when winter and summer are going to start
I did keep my winter coat, and we were them about two weeks out of the year. Your video got me thinking about putting it away, but where? The houses in Southern California are much smaller.
Find what works best for you! 💞
I just found your channel. What an amazing video. Thank you.
I feel seen! Thank you for this!
I am going to start on this list today thanks for sharing #179
Love changing the question to have I had the “opportunity” to use. Working from home but hoping to go back and haven’t had the opportunity to wear or use clothing or jewelry. Great job!
yes, i haven’t had the opportunity to wear anything else then my PJs in the last 2 years basically xD
Just found you and am so happy. I’m always looking for more inspiration.🥰🥰🥰
I'm so glad! 💕
Love your decor !
Thanks for this very helpful video. I have so much clutter. Beginning my journey and am a fan now. I've sign up...for LIFE. 😊☺🥂🍾
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Great info. Thank you.
Thank you!
Good advice !
It's more difficult for a large family. I have 6 kids. I'm constantly decluttering. I'm ruthless with my own stuff.
Beautiful clip ! ❤️ Very nice Vlog, Can You make clip.. Organisation, cleaning office desk old Paper, mails, documents - Organization Declutter - sorting ripping crumbling..normal speed?
Decor is my problem!! 😫 I just have too many things I LOVE 😭
The struggle is real! 😜
Your a great landfill maker
Gratitude 😊😊
Thanks good info
I have a spice jar of buttons in my sewing box. It’s staying there. For your other items, I’ve never held onto to anything!
Just came across your channel. Very interesting. Thanks
Thank You 😢 I needed that !!
You're very welcome!
Yes to the bra inserts! I held on to bran inserts for YEARS and never used them once
Great tips. 👍
Inspired me to go through my makeup drawer. I've been meaning to do it for a while. Got rid of a ton of stuff I don't like or use anymore.
YWCA was asking for goods for women who have kids and are trying to setup a home after leaving bad situations. Things like kitchen stuff you do not need. Ask what they can use.
I have donated many household items that are in really good condition that I never use any more since my children are grown and have their own families, and I live alone. I donate to a local women's shelter. It makes me happy that I can help others.
You must not sew. I admit I have more clutter around my craft hobbies than I should have. I am working through some of it. You can't get me to give up my buttons, but you have inspired me to use it now, rather than keep it in case I might need it latter.
TFS 🥰
I always feel guilty about decluttering books. It makes no sense! So many great tips in this video.
I'm so glad you found this video insightful!
I keep a box in every room closet that I declutter continually as I try them on I take everything to the women shelter.
Good info.
Let there be gap between points else it becomes information clutter.
Mention all points again at the end so ppl can take snapshot to work on them else they forget.
Thank you. I just found your CZcams. Very helpful.
I'm so glad! 💕
Oh!! send me the little jewelry boxes and bags!! I will recycle them. I resell Vintage Jewelry and I am always hunting them.
I am just little by little getting rid of my mom's stuff she's been gone 20 years I kept them untily daughter had her home to give her whatever she. Wanted now I can let go.
My liquid soap went bad so make sure it is in a clear container and you can tell if it turns green.
Books done bags done shoes done towels done coats done cupboard done thank you
Woohoo! 🥳
I'm motivated,
But need someone that has good legs to help.
I've been purging lots by packing them up...problem is getting the boxes out of my house!
Going thru my art studio. OMG
😂 as I watch this video, I was decanting extra buttons! I finally decided these were worthless to my clothes...but Im a crafter...so "free" buttons!😃
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Declutter those boxes and bags at the same time you declutter the old jewelry. If you put it in those boxes, the thrift stores will have a much easier time selling off your costume jewelry.
Animal shelters would be very grateful for your clean, unwanted sheets and towels. They can be used for bedding for the animals.
Great idea!
Do you shred your junk mail? For instance your name and address being on all the credit card offers/applications. Thanks!!
I shred all mail
Makeup & beauty products become contaminated with bacteria in a matter of months of use. Your skin is where they live, then your fingers, brushes, and applicators transfer the bacteria between skin & liquids/powders and back. You should replace makeup every 6mos and wash your face or at least your hands before putting on makeup as much as you can. It's also helpful to replace or clean brushes and applicators often as you can.
When you get a new item that comes with extra buttons, it's best to sew the button on the inside edge of a seam or hem. That way, if a button is lost, you can replace it as soon as you pull out needle and thread, without ever having to wonder if/where a matching button is available.
The 'Outgrown Stuff' category is not just for kids; it can include those things outgrown by weight/dimensions, health restrictions, time/interest rediverted, etc. A middleaged man is unlikely to go snowboarding again. An 85-yr-old woman is unlikely to go backpacking for a week into the mountains. Demanding work or homelife schedules can make it impossible to get back to quilting. Even adults 'outgrow' things.
100% agree!
Our kids are in their 30s, my bride insists that we save all of their old toys and games for the Grandkids. Grandkids live 2/3 of the way across the country and we generally go visit them (rather than they visiting us). I want to scream!
We have a footstool that's been in our basement for nearly 40 years. Her plan was to recover it, the fabric matches a chair that sits in the corner of our family room and is never, ever used...ever. She refuses to let it go. I don't even know how to address stuff like this!
Just choose your battles. Sometimes it is impossible to win when it comes to clutter so just decide to bear with it if the rest of your relationship is happy.
@@joycewright5386 Yep, that seems to be the recommendation... I'm just getting tired of always being the one to give in (always being 98% of the time anyway).
I keep approaching it from the Swedish Death Cleaning perspective...maybe some day it will make some sense to her.
@@bb_lz9790 I hear you. Same here.
Can you donate bras? Where do i donate pillows? I don’t think organizations take these things
Books are my world… probably the last thing I want to let go of… dream is to have a library which is at least 1,000 books.
Me, too. Always wanted a library room with some comfy chairs. Yes, that is my dream! 🌻
That’s pretty profound about keeping those “might need them someday buttons”. I mean seriously how often does the button fall off your clothing? I just gave away 1000 buttons to Goodwill
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Perfume also has an expiration date and 3 or 4 bottles of perfume can take up a lot of room I know because I’m looking at them right now.
Very true!
Is that painting to the left of her head tilted? The mirror, and the door in the reflection look straight so I don't think its a lens distortion. Can't get my eyes off it.
I use the bra inserts in my leotards for ballet. Gives me privacy:)
How To Live In Harmony With Nature And Reduce Pollution
1. Many Production Which We Do Not Need Actually For Human Beings Has To Be Stopped
We manufacture so many products and it is creating pollution. So if we minimise our products, pollution would be less.
We produce so many things which we do not need, like cold drinks, leather products, potato wafers, chips, fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, ice creams, etc.
Cold drinks, fruit juices, pickles, ice creams, etc. Should be cooked at home only.
If we stopped producing this things which are not required for humans, so much pollution could be reduced.
If we colour the clothes pollution occurs. So if we don't colour our clothes, the pollution resulting from colouring the clothes can be stopped. Let everything remain in white natural colour.
2. We Should Cook Foods In Its Natural Form
We can cook rice and wheat in our homes and eat it. Rice and Wheat is produced in farms. Then it is packed and transported to big warehouses, then wholesalers buy from them and supply to retail shops.
But if a manufacturing company makes bread from rice and wheat, then to make bread a manufacturing company has to be set up, machines and working staffs are needed. When a company is built many other things are also needed. Then at last a plastic pack is required to pack the breads.
So if we start cooking eatable things in its natural form then we do not need many companies like bread manufacturing company, tomato ketchup, noodles, fruit jam, pizza, burger, etc., the things required for the company and the plastic pack, paper box pack and glass bottles. If done like this, so many companies will not be required and hence less pollution for the world.
Also we could save our money like this. If you buy a packet of bread, it would cost you more money than if you cook wheat and rice in home.
Previously before industrial revolution, we didn't have technology, but our foods were rich with nutrients. Now we have technology, but technology is polluting our foods and our foods are not rich with nutrients, and because of that also we have health problems.
If this is done, then many jobs would be lost. For that many peoples should do farming and they should be given loans if they do not have enough money to start farming on their own.
Food, Medicines, Surgeries and Education's should be made free to the world till the world settles down with farming. After that food, medicines, surgeries and education's should be stopped free to the world.
Many people should study botany subject so that they have knowledge of plants and they should do farming.
Is their any another solution, that humans won't lose jobs and also pollution would decrease. Humans have to take this step certainly instead of going on polluting the earth, making wildlife extinct and also mass extinctions of humans in future.
3. Electricity Pollution
We create electricity from many types of sources like coal, water, etc., but it creates pollution. If electricity created from windmill and solar energy then no pollution occurs in the creation process. But still to manufacture windmill and solar machines pollution would occur.
As I previously said that if we shut down many manufacturing companies which are producing things which are not needed for humans, then the world would not require so much electricity. If less electricity required, then less pollution generated.
4. Could We Stop Drinking Cow's and Buffalo's Milk
Whatever vitamins and nutrients we get from milk, if we can get it from other eatable things, then we can stop drinking cow's and buffalo's milk. As milk has to be packed in glass bottles and plastic packs and then transported to places. All of this can be stopped.
For infants whose mother's have died or mother's who cannot breast feed their infants, only for them cow's and buffalo's milk should be given. We use milk in tea and coffee. Instead of milk we must use lime with tea and coffee or just plain tea and coffee. A lime should be cut into a few pieces and cooked with tea and coffee or something else can be used instead of lime.
5. How Much Should Be The World's Population
Every place should have a single house. No buildings, everything ground floor. If we do this and the whole lands of our planet earth would be occupied one day with homes, farms, forests, schools, hospitals, etc., then we would come to know how much our planet earth can have maximum population.
Once the population is determined, then we have to maintain that population. For example if our earth can have a population of 10 billion peoples, then when the population reaches 10 billion, then everyone should have only one child till the population reaches 9 billion peoples. As if we have only one child then the population decreases. When population is 9 billion peoples, then everyone should have 2 children's till the population reaches 10 billion peoples. After that again we should have only one child. In this way population can be maintained.
I love books really dislike reading on any devise.
You might need to reset a button on clothing.
Sharen
1) Most makeup may expire, but I have never seen even decades-old lipstick go bad. 2) Thinning out the button collection makes sense, as w/ordinary white shirt buttons, but take the time to keep any distinctive ones that go with favorite pieces. Replacing those is a costly pain in the arse & requires sewing all new buttons on the garment.
Are you crazy! You don't get rid of books just because you haven't read them yet!! They're a future enjoyable experience waiting to happen!
Once you've read them, you can assess whether you're likely to read them again, and get rid of them if you're unlikely to reread, but getting rid of them just because they're still on your waiting-to-be-read shelf or pile is pure waste.
Just because they've been on the shelf a couple of years doesn't mean I won't get around to reading them when I'm in the mood for that sort of book. I (like a lot of people) don't read them in the order I acquire them, or based on how long they've been on the shelf, I select the next book based on what I'm on the mood for at the time. I'd be getting rid of four packed shelves of books if I were to junk the ones that haven't been read in over a year - That's just madness.
As a librarian, I agree - books are available from the library. But that's no help if your library doesn't have the book you're interested in (inter-library loans, if they're even available, take time - you could have finished the book from your own collection by the time the library could source and acquire a copy for you to borrow), or if you finish the previous one outside of library opening hours, or whatever.
Just.. No.
Wow! Do you feel better now? Do what’s right for you, Teddy. Maybe what she meant is, if you have books you have/haven’t read and don’t intend to ever read, get rid of them. You’re a librarian - we get it. I think you’re taking this a little too personally and literally.
@@susannovak8263 What a sanctimonious bi**h. You can take your message and the snide "Do you feel better now?" and shove it somewhere antatomically uncomfortable. Somebody (meaning you, in case you're too up yourself to figure it out) obviously hasn't matured enough to leave her petty Mean Girl behaviour back in high school.
I have some books that I never got around to reading, but I would check out others at the library or buy new so for me getting rid of those books that I didn't read needed to be donated.
I think this also depends on the books you own. Some people have specific collections,i.e. rare books or historical .
my little cat i accept your smile only
what does maximized minimalist mean??
Lol
OK with junk mail do you ever worry about contact information? I tend to hold onto the junk mail because my name and address are all over it and I want to shred it later on but then it becomes a huge project.
I´m not worried about that. They have my informations anyway out there.
I have seen organizers set up areas in an entryway that have a small table, shredder and a paper recycling bin so a person can immediately sort mail when walking in the door. It makes it a small daily task.
Some recycling places want you to remove that glycine window from those envelopes as they contaminate the paper recycle bin..
I don’t worry about contact information. It’s easy enough to find me on the Internet or to find out who lives at my address.
I always say to myself would anyone want this & if it is in very good condition no stains all buttons on shoes in good condition give to the Salvation Army because they give to those in your state, so you will feel like your helping your friends & neighbors
I love that! 💕
I think makeup and such is always a difficult one to get rid of bc you see couponers have a lifetime stash of body wash. But you literally saying “it’s not made to last forever.” How many preservatives would that take? Even paper eventually breaks down.
Sometimes jewelry come back in style.
I will share your CZcams channel to our friends
NO! Don't throw away the foam bra inserts! they make AMAZING rags, they soak up wet messes well and are perfect for polishing or doing mirrors and windows. So easy to wash out for reuse. I save so much on paper towels.
That's an idea!
Where can buttons be recycled? Anywhere?? This would be more helpful if you gave a list of where things could be donated or recycled. People are hesitant (rightly so) to just throw things away that still have useful life in them.
I just threw all of mine in a quart size ziplock bag and gave them to Goodwill. I figured some crafter would buy them.
It would be a hard job to list that information for every country where an internet video will be seen.
Gienne, since you are able to use CZcams - I trust that you are able to use Google too and find those information yourself. She is not your servant.
All great ideas except the junk mail. My husband opens ALL the junk mail because there is often MONEY in it. Could be a quarter or dollar bill and often a check for $1 or even $2.50. He often wonders how much is thrown away.
How is there money in it?
@@thesweetopia4826 There is money in the envelopes from some organizations. I don't understand the sender's logic, but they hope you send a donation back to them.
me, having eye shadows and lipstick from 15 years ago: 🌚
with liquid foundations and cremes i am more careful.
Give the buttons to pla es that teach people how to sew.
Replace a lost button: put the garment aside until you can get to a fabric store where you'll probably buy a card of buttons just to replace one lost button and toss the extras? Or, Hunt through a thrift store for a something that has a button that matches the
...one you've lost, buy the garment, keep the btton you need, and 'declutter' that thrift store garment? Or look in the bottom of that drawer RIGHT IN YOUR OWN HOME. How much space do a few extra buttons take up? Having them there is like having part of a clothing-first aid kit
It's possible to unsubscribe to junk mail and flyers through the post office
You don't do it through the post office. They only deliver it . You contact the companies.
Please madam!
Honestly ladies, you don't need makeup. You're beautiful without it. And most men don't like it. I haven't worn any makeup in over 14 years. And I have a question; why don't I see decluttering videos made by people who live in small trailers? 🤷♀️ Just wondering. Are there any out there?
The same principals apply no matter where you live :)
I have a " no junk mail" sign on my mailbox. Problem solved
Wow, that’s interesting. Postal workers are required to deliver everything that is addressed. 🤨
The problem is not solved. The mail carrier cannot determine what is 'junk mail ' to you. Their job is to deliver.
Buy 1 Get 1 Free is only a gimmick. It is used to keep people shopping longer.
Sharen
I lost you at books. 👋
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Same here! I have four ever-expanding shelves of "waiting-to-be-read" that I will read as-and-when I'm ion the mood for each type of book, not on the basis of whether it's been sat there for more than six-months, or a year, or whatever.
I'm not going to get rid of them and be at the mercy of the library's opening hours, stock restrictions, and weeks-taken-to-get-the-book that I'm in the mood ot read right then and there.
"Get rid of books you won't read again." Easy to SAY but... HOW? It seems insane to simply send to a landfill boxes of paperback books I read and enjoyed so much. Ideas for recycling? No 2nd hand books stores around here.
After reading this I wondered the same thing! (We live pretty rural and it was over an hour drive to a buy back store). I googled “sell my used books online” and found 3 or 4 companies that let me take a picture of each cover and they told me their offer, I could either accept or decline and they pay for the shipping if you decide to sell to them. The ones they did not take I donated to the library or put in a box at our local grocery store with a sign that said free books. The cashier said they were ALL gone by the end of the day.
The one thing I am having trouble with getting rid of is my grandmother's quilt. She made it for me in her 80s and it is not made well. It is yellow and more importantly, I didn't like her. She was really ugly abusive. I don't want to keep it. TBH, I don't want to pass it down to new generation because I want her energy away from the family. I feel guilty getting rid of something that should be treasured.
Another thing I had trouble with was something from my childhood that represented me never dancing ballet again. It realized was bad ju-ju and I tossed it.
That is definitely tough!
Get rid of it. Free yourself from bad memories.
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Shred the junk mail....
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You should converse with people you come into contact with every day. You can’t improve your speaking skills unless you speak!
Moving furniture around isn't decluttering it. That shouldn't have had it's own number.