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?

Ruthless, married to someone who aspires to be a hoarder, but I rein in the tendencies.

Moving house at the end of last year and downsizing, certainly concentrated the mind.

Sounds like what I do.

But I am definitely a hoarder 😬

I was a hoarder until I moved house 3 months ago. I got rid of so much stuff and love it now that there is no clutter around. I would like to think and hope that I’ll never get back to hoarding again!

Somewhere in the middle.

Too much stuff makes me anxious and I've got too much stuff. Even after decluttering with 3 moves in 4 years there's too much. It's a process though and over Easter I'm getting rid of as much as possible. I don't need most of it and what I do need I've not got a lot of like new knickers!

Like others I've been through a whole big house full of stuff for my DGM and I don't want that for my DS. I've told him I'd like him to keep my expensive jewellery but the rest can go.

Have you tried Anglo doorstep collections? They will pick up a box of donations from the house. They are in our area around once a fortnight. They take a wide range of items, listed on their website, and you choose from a small list of charities for the proceeds to go to. An added bonus is you can get rid of unwanted boxes as well as the donated items.

I am the same as 35965a

Have a big declutter this weekend and looking forward to it

I’m ruthless. My husband is prone to hoarding. I throw his stuff out when he’s not looking.

Ruthless! I feel like I can’t breathe with clutter around me. I mean I like stuff and I’m not minimalist by any stretch but if it doesn’t have a place to go it’s binned/donated.

Mostly ruthless and I tend to routinely go through rooms and have clearouts.
But I am turning into abit of a clothes hoarder (I blame major weight loss but Im hoping I might 'calm down' soon!).

I don't receive things as gifts unless they are edible, quaffable or doable

How on earth do you manage that, @Mikart?

I keep getting books related to things I like. Think 'funny' cat books and the like...

I'll come round and chuck it all out for you.

I can't cope with piles of things. Too hard to dust.

We have WAY too much stuff. I wish we didn't. But every time I clear a space, dh in particular puts stuff in it. Grr.
My lot are away at Easter and I'm looking forward to being able to do a bit of decluttering then!

I'm neither. I have held on to some pointless stuff that I don't need but mainly I get rid of a bag or two every now and then and don't overbuy.

Hoarder but with ruthless aspirations. I throw about 5 items a week but it’s not enough to have a super super tidy home. It’s okay-ish. Not cluttered massively. Could be better. I have little indecision piles that is the problem. One by my bed, one on a window sill, one downstairs. I hate throwing things away that can’t be recycled, I feel guilty throwing. I’m good at selling clothes on Vinted.

Ruthless. My house still isn't tidy though,!

I have stopped all gifts from relatives/ friends except adult dd and dh. Have done for about 10 years.

Ruthless. Another one with a husband who leans towards hoarding.
I have been known to throw his things away when he isn't around. He has never noticed anything in the 21 years we have been together so it obviously isn't that useful!

I do throw alot away, and regularly have a tidy up of the pile of post etc, most of which a month or 2 later you realise you don't need so goes in the recycling bin.

I am a hoarder but I don't apologise for it and I don't aspire to be ruthless. I like holding on to memories and always having bits to hand and a wide selection of things to choose from. Things are more disorganised than I'd like right now, but that's down to lack of time (which will improve once dcs are all in school) and I'd rather still have my things but have them more organised than a completely decluttered home. I'm in the process of buying another home though, and part of that is to have more storage space!

Ruthless -- as much as my DH and my kids allow. I get rid of a lot and like to be able to clean surfaces easily and to know exactly what's in my cupboards. My DH is more sentimental but I seek out stuff we're not using and move it on.

I started reading about minimalism after I moved a lot when younger and then cleaned out my parents' house that had every storage space stuffed with junk that was often broken or filthy (old rat poo!).

Absolutely ruthless. It’s not that I’m constantly decluttering but we are all just not big on loads of ‘stuff’ and don’t really bring loads into the house.
Way easier now that the kids are all older (2 are now adults then there’s one teen).

I'm ruthless and I love it. Clutter is not good for the mind, especially broken kids toys and clothes that you'll never fit into again. Take loads to charity shops 😁

I agree with @Milkmani8 and @Bikechic that the best approach is not to acquire too much stuff in the first place.

I don't love shopping, so I don't end up with loads of clothes and shoes, and we tend to be quite low key about celebrations so there's no massive pile of presents for Christmas and birthdays. That way, you can get away with a bit of mild decluttering every now and then rather than having to be really ruthless.

Neither!