Operation “Aggressive Declutter” April Progress April 30, 2012
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Not a lot of progress
April 30, 2012
I have gone through 5 more little boxes of dental floss and one toothbrush.
Took 114 bottles to the recycling center ($5.90)
Put 26 items of clothing from the kids closets into the donation box.
Before vacation
April 6, 2012
Cleaning for Easter was the highest priority at the beginning of the month but I did manage to declutter some items in the process:
1 bottle of bathroom cleaner, 1 pair ratty underwear, 3 socks and some leftover face wipes were all used in the process of scrubbing the bathroom.
I went through 4 bottles of lotion, 1 tube of hand cream and 1 box of dental floss (all of them sample size).
I have also tossed a re-usable water bottle into the donation box.
Selling fees (first bill) - $44.53
PROGRESS:
966/2012
159/100 April
$472.52
Operation “Aggressive Declutter” March Progress March 31, 2012
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Lost my momentum
March 31, 2012Decluttering was not my top priority for the second half of the month. I did manage to dispose of a few things, though. I took 140 plastic bottles to the recycling place ($7.15); I’ve used two more dental floss boxes and one more hand cream tube; I’ve tossed a dried mascara tube and one shopping bag full of fabric scraps (I’ll count that as 10 items) and one toy was put in the donation box. I’ve sold one more miniature ($16.02) and 5lbs of coins ($14.11), which I’ll count as 5 items, and used one more box from my stash.
Mid-month tally
March 16, 2012Donated 8 towels and one blanket to an animal shelter
Sold 2 miniatures, 44 stuffed animals and 147 books ($400.85) and used 6 boxes from my stash to send them on their way.
I had my youngest sort through her piles of letters and she pulled out a stack at least a foot tall for recycling (I’ll count that as 12 items)
1 pair of headphones in the trash; 1 pair of headphones in the donation box
I have decided to stop buying my favourite dental floss until I use most of the ones that the dentists gave out at every cleaning. So far I have used up 3 of them.
I have also used up one tube of lip butter I didn’t like to massage into my heels at night. And I have gone thru 3 sample tubes of hand cream I had around.
What I brought in this month:
3 zippers
7 spools of embroidery floss
one quilting square ruler
one pair of scissors $7.54 for all 12
one book $2
Selling fees (first bill) -$13.86
PROGRESS:
807/2012
378/100 March
$511.15
Operation “Aggressive Declutter” February Progress February 29, 2012
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Some Stuff Out, Some Stuff In
February 29, 2012I had the girls sort through the boxes of school stuff I have been saving for them since the beginning of time and they pulled out a pile of papers a little more than a foot high and tossed 31 items into the trash.
Then we went through some other boxes of mementos and pulled out another pile of papers about two feet high and another big pile for the trash. I’ll go ahead and count this whole progress as 85 items.
Sold 72 books ($80.93) and used 4 more boxes from my collection to send them on their happy way.
Took 101 bottles to the recycling place and received $5.10
There was actually some stuff coming In this month:
pack of 10 microfiber dust cloths $8.61 (got tired of never having a clean dust cloth when I needed one)
3 packs of big wood beads & one little wooden table (craft supplies) $1.45 (couldn’t resist the 90% off clearance)
a box of envelopes my daughter needed to mail her transcripts to universities she is applying to $2.14
And some things going Out to balance the incoming ones:
Tossed a magazine I was holding onto since 2009
4 socks with holes and 1 pair of ratty underwear in the trash
1 dried out permanent marker tossed without an attempt to revive it
Girl Scout vest in the donation box
PROGRESS:
429/2012
325/100 February
$96.42
February Progress so far
February 8, 2012Decided to do some sewing using stuff from my stash. Used three spools of thread and tossed the empty plastic spools instead of saving them as I would’ve been tempted to do earlier.
Sold a lot of 19 books on ebay ($18.44) and mailed them out, using a box from my enormous supply of saved boxes in the garage.
PROGRESS:
167/2012
63/100 February
$22.59
Vertigo
February 2, 2012Woke up with severe vertigo. Still managed to sort through some boxes of stuff I was keeping since my girls were babies. Put most of the stuff in the pictures in the donation box. Some of them got trashed (including the dried up umbilical cord stump that made my daughter gag when she saw it 
)
PROGRESS:
144/2012
40/100 February
$4.15
Operation “Aggressive Declutter” January Progress January 31, 2012
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Today was surprisingly productive
Besides keeping up with the laundry, dishes, tidying up and cooking/feeding the children I have managed to vacuum the second floor and all the stairs, a task that I have been skillfully putting off for at least a week. I have also managed to do both the Costco shopping and the farmer’s market. On the same day. Without keeling over from the effort. I just don’t like shopping. I didn’t use to mind grocery shopping, but now that’s over. Along with so many other things in my life.
Anyway, on this last day of the month I have managed to get rid of the following:
- tossed 4 magazines
- took 19 magazines to the library bookstore
- took a bag full of plastic shopping bags to the recycling box at the supermarket
- took 79 plastic bottles to the recycling place and got back $4.15
- trashed a broken gift bag I was holding onto for no clear reason
The only things that came into the house today were groceries, so they don’t count. So it looks like I have reached my goal for January.
PROGRESS:
104/2012
104/100 January
$4.15
Operation “Aggressive Declutter” Commencing January 30, 2012
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Well, the time has come for me to downsize my possessions. And here, January is just about gone while I haven’t made any progress towards that goal. Time for me to write down some goals and get started.
I would like to get rid of 2012 items in 2012. I don’t really know how realistic that would be, so I am gonna say at least 100 items per month. That sounds doable. The items that come into the house would reduce the count of the ones that left, so that would make it a little more challenging. Food items are excluded from the count. I am also going to try and recoup some of the money spent on said items by selling things I deem worth the effort on ebay / Craigs list.
And now all I have to do is get started. Only a day and a bit left to get rid of 100 items! 
PROGRESS:
0/2012
0/100
$0
