40 Bags in 40 Days to give away.

[obbie]

Today, I have given 3 bags of clothes away, mine and the kids, that we don't need.

[astarra]

I just took another 3 nappy boxes to the salvos. 
And I have 2 boxes of newborn nappies leftover from the baby that I am giving to a pregnant friend, and 1/2 box of infant girl nappies that I am giving to another friend who's little girl is just one day younger than my bub but about 1/2 the size (poor thing has had medical issues.)
So I feel lighter already!! 

We don't have room for excess! 

[Katiej]

It must be spring!

I took a boot load of clothes and shoes to the Salvo's on Saturday and I have another boot load ready to drop off this week.
It's such a good feeling to clear out the things you no longer want or need.

[mcmich]

I'm on my second round of 40 bags in 40 days. I've been doing this to make my decluttering more fun. I'm up to day 28 of the second round. I started o the 1/8/13. I decided to document my progress this time as in previous times I've just lost count. The "bags" are items of furniture, 70 Donna Hay Mags were counted as a bag, tea chest sized boxes to donate and sometimes just a shopping bag of rubbish was counted as 1 bag.
So after 68 days I (and DH) have rid our home of 114 "bags" of things plus yesterday as we have council pick-up have put a box trailer load of things out for collection (which I haven't put into the count). I'm glad I've written it down and when I look back there isn't one thing I regret giving away or have missed.  

[judydawn]

You are doing so well Michele, I applaud and admire your tenacity and determination to get the job done.

[cookie1]

You are doing so well Michele, I applaud and admire your tenacity and determination to get the job done.

Me too. You and DH are amazing.

[gertbysea]

I love it. Makes ya feel good .

Gert

[mcmich]

It does make you feel good  I've read Peter Walsh's (Aussie on American TV show Clean House and Guru to Oprah) book
"Does this Clutter make my Butt look Fat?" borrowed from the library. Well I certainly don't have near what I use to although my butt is exactly the same size - BIG!

[Jamberie]

I sold some clothes rails this morning...it was easier for me to put a super cheap price on them than to drive out to the second hand drop off
Yes, it does feel so good! McMich, you are the inspiration

[Jamberie]

Getting ready for a garage sale. ..I have at least one dining table worth of um 'stuff' that I've collected in the last hour.... I'm going to search a room every day until next Saturday when hopefully it will all go!

[MEP]

We have also been de-cluttering since the start of the year, but more seriously over the last three months and it feels fantastic. Have donated many bags of clothes, toys and baby stuff to charity and friends with newborns and have also sold some pricey items on gumtree etc. Money made from the sale of goods is going into DS4's bank account so it's nice. So nice to be rid of stuff...still more to go though.

[mcmich]

Put more stuff out the front for council pick-up next Monday. I'm hoping a lot more will go before they come to pick it up. It's only supposed to be one trailer load and ours is about three now. Some has been taken already but still way more than what is allowed. 

[jo_nz]

Wow, Michele, sounds like you are doing amazingly well. 

I've done the 40 bags challenge a couple of times now - once about a year ago, and then about 6 mths ago.  Starting to struggle now to get more than a few bags of stuff.  Hopefully that means I've gotten a bit better at not hanging on to everything...maybe. 

We still seem to have loads of stuff - would love to be able to clear out the kids' rooms more, but they are down to stuff they do actually play with.  Will have another rummage through around Xmas time though, as they are sure to be well and truly inundated with new things.  I've asked for a zoo pass or similar instead, but I am not holding my breath. 
And my own weakness is craft supplies - I have wool and fabric stashed away, but sadly little time to do anything with it.  I do make/sell the odd thing still, but put it on the back burner these days as I found it too stressful at this stage (did some craft markets last year, and was more actively trying to sell things.  Now just get occasional order).

Good luck with the garage sale Jamberie.  They are a great way to get a heap of stuff out FAST.   

[mcmich]

It's funny really - everyone that knows us keeps saying "where on earth are you finding all this stuff? Your place was fairly minimalist to start with." The actual house hasn't changed that much apart from the storeroom, which has very little in it now. The biggest changes are in the granny flat and shed where we still had loads of things from when we got married and combined households nearly 4 years ago. The timing is right for both of us now and we are ready to pass things on or sell them. 

[Nikkit]

Helped my Mum clean out a very small part of her very large shed yesterday and we chucked 5 boxes of rubbish, found 2 very smelly dead rats   , 3 boxes of odds and sods to go to good sammies, a small box of glass and crystal came home with me   and about 3 boxes of stuff went on to the back of the old truck to go to my brothers place. He is setting up a museum (which basically means he is a hoarder and can not throw out anything and "it will be old one day")

Not 40 bags, but it was rather cleansing and Mum's shed is a little tidier.