How to declutter? Help

[peanutter]

We did the filing cabinets about 2 months ago ... we have been *ok* since then. Ok, but not super.

With buying/swapping/selling - we're yet to actually sell anything much. Quite a bit of stuff has been freecycled or given away to people we know. If no one picks it up from freecycle within a reasonably short space of time (a week or two) we donate it to charity if it's something they can realistically sell.

If it's something the Salvos can't realistically sell (offcuts of wood, something which needs repairing, etc) and no one from freecycle nabs it, we bin it.

[MrsFabuloso]

I am currently going through clothes (having a coffee break, lol) 2 big bin bags of Dh's clothes, 2 bags of kids clothes so far (still not finished theirs) and I'm yet to do mine and Will be going towels and sheets etc too. Dh is going through the toys today too. We have a gigantic 5br house, so it's not cluttered, but we will be moving to (likely) a much smaller 3 br house. Plus I'm not a fan of stuff for the sake of having it. This house WILL be put into ship shape order or else!!!!

[Mildez]

Yes moving is a fab way to declutter. I think we will be in our current house for a very very long time.

[AnyDream]

Great to hear the news of progress, big and small.

We still have a way to go, but when I think back to how things were at the start of 2013 I realise that we've actually come a long way. Interestingly, there have been relationship tweaks needed in order for the clearing to occur.

TT40 - for the very sentimental stuff, take a photo. Absolutely do not give your father the plaster cast of your arm!! My approach to selling stuff is that it has to be worth a decent wad of $$$ to be worth the time of listing it, etc. In order for things to be worth $$$ they really need to be something that someone is really going to want. So it's safe to assume if it hasn't sold readily after a couple of weeks, people aren't interested in it, so get rid of it. If it's in good condition, send it to charity, and if it's not, bin it. If you've got a lot to bin, ring the council to find out what other services they have or get a skip. Really. You pay more in the blockage to your energy by keeping it than you would getting rid of it.