Are you ruthless with throwing things away or a hoarder?

[Teapotteapot76]

Hoarder here, but after watching sort your life out, I am hoping to become a ruthless declutterer. My house is needs a big sort out. What is everyone else like?

Do you mercilessly throw things away that you no longer need or hold onto them?

I’m a hoarder of all things sentimental, or that might be useful one day. My DC are in their 30s and their old board games, books and craft stuff are still in my sitting room waiting for the day my DGC are old enough to play with them. Screws? Washing machine connectors? Combs? Hair bands? Never know when you might need one, so I never throw them away.

I need to declutter as it’s getting ridiculous. Unfortunately, my DC is a Womble who hoards actual rubbish “for crafts” and brings home sticks and stones.

After having a mother who threw everything away, constantly, including my own posessions, I hoard certain things. Treasured toys and children's books I have kept for my own DC but they are neatly packed away. I have a memory box where I keep cards and little momentos. I colelct books and art so I do have a lot of stuff in my house but I regularly declutter. It keeps everything neat and tidy and much easier to clean!

I am hoarder but I've sent aside the next 3 days for a ruthless clear out

Bit excited

I’m getting more ruthless when I have a clear out.
My biggest problem is my DH who likes to keep things “ just in case”.Drives me nuts

I am trying to be less ruthless. I’m just not attached to things. I think that’s down to how my parents were, we moved a few times and I think that makes you clear out. My mum would also not be the kind of parent who kept anything I made at school, I dint want it to be like that for my daughter.

Im ruthless can't stand clutter and stuff i dont need.
Im a minimalist some would say an exstream minimalist.
I have no guilt throwing stuff away.
Im not a sentimental person.
Sample of this is all you will see on my kitchen sides is a kettle.
I just cant live in chaos mess and crap i dont need.

Ruthless. If I haven't used it or had a reasonable opportunity to use it in the past 12 months, it's going to charity/in the bin.

I had to force my mum to throw out my school exercise books recently. She'd kept them for posterity. I hope my kids don't ever want to see everything I've kept from their school days 😬

I like things but I’m coming to realise that there’s great joy to be had in having a clear home and organised space. It gives you time back, and that’s more precious than ‘stuff’ to me. I am not great with clothes, I am constantly buying and selling on vinted. Every January I clear a bag a week to the charity shop and a bag to the tip until I have nothing left to get rid of, I find doing one bag a week only really helps prevent overwhelm and you soon realise when you can’t fill a bag that you’re done.

dh boards books and other completely valueless things, Won’t clear out old clothes etc but only his own things- he’s not fussed about home itens or kids stuff. Oh and anything ‘useful’ like the free Allen keys you get with ikea furniture, he bloody loves those

I'm really strict about what I bring into the house, then there's less to declutter. My dc are still in the growing through stage and I find it hard not to Overbuy clothes.

We have a nice decluttering thread over on the Housekeeping board if anyone wants to join!

I admire the ruthless types. May God bless all who sail in you.

I need a ruthless declutterer in MY life. 😍😍😍

I’m ruthless. If I haven’t used something for 3 months, it goes. I only buy what I need and nothing else. I have a place for everything and get annoyed if it’s not in its place.

My OH and boys are not like me, makes my teeth itch.

Our garage has become a dumping ground and I hate it, it doesn’t have to be like that, but it’s a battle I have tried to have over the years, unsuccessfully.

This summer I will be a successful, I’m getting a skip and 99% of what’s in the garage is going in the skip.

I'm totally ruthless. I have a one-in-one-out policy for everything and get rid, get rid, get rid!

I take things to the charity shop which are re-sellable, give furniture away for free on FB, and love a trip to the tip.

I am not completely ruthless, but lean more towards that side than the hoarding side. Probably because I have elderly parents living in a 5 bedroom house absolutely jam packed with stuff and I dread the day I have to sort through it.

I'm pretty good with clothes. I have a big sort out at least once a year and if it hasn't been worn in that time, it goes to the charity shop.

For sentimental items each person in the house has one box that lives in their wardrobe and if if gets full it's a one in one out policy.

Children's toys are kept in baskets in Kallax units from IKEA so they can be stored away neatly. One in the living room and one in each of their bedrooms. If they get full something has to go before more toys can come in.

Our house is pretty neat and tidy but we do still have a lot of stuff. Drawers and particularly kitchen cupboards are full so we're not minimalists, but at least things can be put away and the place doesn't look cluttered. I watch Sort Your Life Out and immediately want to get a bin bag and start throwing things away.

Hello, Soul Sister!😅

I’m somewhere in the middle
I hate clutter, it stresses me out. I also know we have too much stuff, so I try and keep on top of it. I’m also quite sentimental, but every now and again I get a little less sentimental and chuck loads out
I do a little bit at a time to keep on top
of things, like yesterday, I had a spare 10 min, so I went through DD’s sock drawer and got rid of any odd/old ones.
I can’t stand things shoved in drawers without some sort of organisation/system
Our garage stresses me out when I think about it, but I think it’s a case of “out of sight, out of mind, as I rarely venture in there!

I’m neither. I’m not ruthless in throwing things out but I don’t keep unnecessary things. I never keep cards or kids artwork. I get rid of clothes and books and anything broken just goes straight into the bin.
im a bit disorganised so have hoarded some expensive things that I know I could sell for good money but haven’t got round to doing anything about it.

There is a middle ground. I hate this current idea that if you're not some kind of minimalist then you must be a hoarder. It seems so common on threads like these.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with keeping things you like or having nice things around you. Hoarding is a serious illness. It's not about having a few ornaments or a few clothes you haven't worn in a while.

I get rid of things I don't like, no longer need or are broken. But do I keep some things just for the pleasure of having them? Yes I do. That's not hoarding.

Ooo this has made me itch for a clear out. Im
normally ruthless but my DH is a hoarder so we tend to go in cycles where I build up to a big clear out and then go mad and get rid of too much stuff. I do like the odd ornament and don’t have enough room for all of them but I store some in a box in the garage and rotate them when I get bored. My next target is all my craft stuff which has mostly just sat being unused for years. I need to decide which crafts I want to do most
and focus, but unfortunately I’m good at lots of them, so my stash is enormous!

And I don’t think anyone has suggested otherwise

Ruthless.
We downsized in December, losing 3 rooms. I really 3njoy getting rid of stuff...read a book, pass it on. I go through my wardrobe every 3 months. I know where every single thing is, what is in every cupboard and drawer and do not buy " stuff". I don't receive things as gifts unless they are edible, quaffable or doable.

Sadly I’m a hoarder and really wish I wasn’t. I do try to have a clear out as DH gets frustrated with it all so with his help we go through small batches and I try to be ruthless. It’s mountain we try to chip away at.

Part of being ‘ruthless’ is limiting what comes in to your home. No need to constantly buy tat from The Range, B&M etc, I wonder what people are doing with all that stuff. Make sure you organise any seasonal decor and if you have Christmas crackers you bought in the sale, put them away for next year and make sure you check what you have before the following Christmas.

Try and keep on top of children’s clothes - if they are too small and you are saving them for a younger child fine. But then put them in a labelled box with the age and season, send it to the loft. Pur your laundry away straight away so it isn’t lingering around. Shoes, coats and bags go away as soon as you get in. Although my husband isn’t one for cleaning he is actually very tidy and always puts everything away.

If you’re ‘saving’ something you haven’t fitted into in a few years with the hope of losing weight - sell it on Vinted or eBay. If it’s something you really like then track it down now in a bigger size so you can actually wear it. Stop with the ‘what ifs’ so many people are stuck in this cycle and it can really get them down when the house becomes cluttered. Best of luck!

Ruthless

The more you own the more you clean

And I hate dusting and dust so bring ruthless and getting rid of clutter helps that … cleaning is faster

Ruthless. Have been a minimalist for around 6 years and to say it’s been life changing is an understatement.