The Minimalism Game February edition!

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Time for a new thread! The aim is to declutter your home, removing 1 item on the 1st of the month, 2 on the 2nd, 3 on the 3rd, and so on up to 28 items on the 28th. By the end of the month, you will have decluttered over 400 items!

I will be posting daily.

Day 10;

• 10 pairs of too small socks to rags

Day 10:

Clearing out my bathroom cabinet. Way more than 10, didn’t count!

Also de cluttered a grey hair off my head. Little fuckers.

Forgot to update yesterday.
Day 9 - 9 items school uniform
Day 10 - 5 items school uniform, plus 1 hanger, 1 candle, 3 bits of kids "art"

Dc2 emptied his desk onto the floor yesterday so I added lots to my running list rather than put it all back.

I missed yesterday so need to find 19 things today to play catch up.

1 old pair of trousers -
1 recyclable coffee cup
1 out of date guide book
1 craft book sold on Vinted
1 one mouldy bath toy
1 kiddy cup
3 ramekins from Gu desserts
1 empty biscuit tin
2 dog toys
1 glass ornament
2 magazines
2 kids books
1 defunct remote control
1 ball

Result! 👊🏼

I’m on an absolute mission. Every time I open a cupboard I’m hoofing stuff out. Hoping I don’t peak too soon 😂

@Sexnotgender I was frightened of that too but there is so much crap in my house it's unlikely

19 today; Hat, jumper, stickers, store card, hangers x2, envelopes x5, corks x2, keychain, books x2, pyjamas x2, tin.

Why on earth was I hoarding two bottle corks🤦🏼‍♀️

Day 11;

• 10 temporary paper blinds to dump now that shutters are done
• 1 pair of ugly colour DH jeans to clothes bank / charity shop

Day 11:

A shit load of dvds to the charity shop. Not sure how many but definitely more than 11😂

1 odd glove.

14 packets of out of date medicines. (In addition to the 7 or 8 I found the other day.)

Seriously?!! Where are all these meds coming from? Are they breeding in my cupboard?

I am completely failing so far this month! February has been one family or work crisis after another.
I've finally got a fairly quiet weekend (touching all the wood I can see) so hopefully I can get up to speed!

Day 12;

• 4 more wooden pellets from new garage cabinets to dump
• 1 unused lip balm I don’t the smell of to charity ( I thought I’d already found all these but it was in toiletry back stock box )
• 1 half used same kind of lip balm to bin from makeup bag

-1 open packet of blood sugar test strips from old monitor to bin (now have a much better one that seems reliable )

• lancets from same monitor kit
• iPad box from DS birthday present to recycling , ditto the box from the pen and the cover ,why do the kids try to keep all kinds of packaging always ?!
• 1 packet of dog treats he won’t eat they’re too big
• 1 dried up pen from junk drawer
• 1 long sleeved T- shirt of mine to rags

5 purchases have come into the house today so feel like I need to do 12 items + 5 extra items to keep on top of things.

Clutter is just never-ending?!!

Today’s been a bust. Fucked my neck so just survived the day. Will double up tomorrow…

Ohh hope you're feeling better @Sexnotgender

I can't even remember where I'm supposed to be so I've over compensated today, Dungarees x3, books x2, magazines x11, moisturiser, kinder egg toy, DVD, paperwork x14, expired medication, pens x13, measuring tape x2, jumper, purse.

Was aiming for 17 yesterday to try and counteract extra stuff that came into the house. Managed 11 things - so slightly behind the curve. Cleared the following:

5 old pairs knickers
1 bra
3 ramikins
1 travel book
One bag of old misc paper
One broken storage box.

Get well soon @Sexnotgender

Thanks for the well wishes. Currently got a heat pack on my neck. Unfortunately also looking after a toddler and a 10 month old who is roughly the weight of a small hippopotamus.

Day 13

• 13 more paper blinds to dump

Argh I'm falling behind, had ds birthday abd just not been on top of things. 2 days extra work too. So I need 11, 12 and 13 to catchup. I do have so e stuff already sorted but was trying to save that for the end of the month.

So, wish me luck, I've got an hour free. 36 items...

Phew ok I've done it!!

Days 11, 12 and 13 done!

36 items to include 2 pairs kids socks, 1 old lunchbag, 1 broken lunchbox, 7 paper aeroplanes, nipple cream, tiger balm, 3 slimes, dinosaur skeleton toy broken, several party bags, book, and Christmas tat.

2 chipped cereal bowls
4 Towels
I plastic part for a toy long since chucked
6 toy cars
1 happy meal toy

Not quite as much stuff as I want - but time has been my enemy today. Will catch up later in the week.

Day 14

• 7 last paper blinds to dump
• 7 pairs of old socks to rags

Horribly busy week/end so I am behind. Working backwards I had completed day 9 with 20 items. Day 10 - 9 shirts to charity, worn out trainers to recycling, 9 old instruction booklets for items we don't own! 19 items. Off to do 11th now.....

Also very behind. Time is the enemy here. I've stripped out the obvious stuff and further declutter needs time - tricky during half term!

Today:
4 magazines
4 assorted cardboard boxes
1 plastic cup
1 mug
1 cushion cover

Day 14

• 10 more pairs of socks to rags
• another pair of too small unused UGG slides from my wardrobe to charity
• a few bags of kids old snacks to food disposal
• 1 casserole dish that came with a meal to charity
• 1 pair of pyjama bottoms with holes to rags

I’m now nearly done with all the items on my list that I’d decluttered before so I’ll find it harder to keep up since I’m sick but there might be some items from clean laundry plus I might be able to drag myself to the attic to look at kids clothes since we’re going to run an errand near good charity shops end of this week so could take them …