Stopped at the bank on my way to work and cashed a check with a complicated back story I’ve been avoiding.

2/300

Lila, I’m hoping you won’t mind if I add my own twist to the counting to this thread. At first it made me aware of focusing on getting things out as soon as possible, but for me that requires leaving home and sometimes going to specific places, so it is complicated.

But this morning, I was thinking about all the things I need to do that I don’t prioritize because I put routine maintenance first and then run out of energy - like last night, I managed to run laundry and dishes, but I didn’t get my slabs rolled or my seeds started. If I had done one of those first, I probably would still have found enough energy to do at least some of the maintenance stuff.

So, I want to focus on �one thing� if I do one thing that is solid progress every day, I will have done 365 things in a year. However, I want to set myself up for success so I am going to build in some slack and aim for 300.

And I’m going to give myself credit for yesterday:
Brought home the clay mixer. 1/300.

Hope you enjoy the extra space in your glasses cabinet tonight!

Way to go! It's hard. Keep at it.

Welcome, Dave!
Three more items left last night: old meds and a plastic tumbler I have hung onto for years but don't really like. I have several nicer ones.

165/1000

Hi Dave!

Bicycle, Small refrigerator, Shoe seat and storage, computer cables, few other small items.

Worked in my bedroom a bit more today and donated 13 more items. Stuff like a camera case, some unused film, a couple of wrist straps for cameras, a wooden spoon, some pens, some little plastic containers, a tin... can't recall what else. But I am chipping away, making space...

162/1000

Six more items out tonight. Some weird part of a dog toy I was saving, a drinking glass I don't really like, a random sock, some other stuff.

149/1000

Did another round in the bedroom, sorting bins and boxes - got rid of 11 more items, including pens, hair things, packaging I was saving, 2 pairs of ear buds (I have many), a few other random items. I started a new donation box and tossed a few things in the trash.

143/1000

I drank some caffeine and got in a mood and worked on my bedroom. Donated and got rid of 22 things! Including nail polish, unused covid masks, some dog stuff, a CD, a new notebook that's too small, a little plastic container, some coasters that I've had new and unused for like 8 years, other random things. I filled the donate box and put it into the back of my car so those things are OUT of my house forever.

I also sorted receipts and papers in there and threw out more than half of them but didn't count those.

132/1000

Today's tosses:

Threw out 2 reusable containers that were not ideal and just taking up space but not really donate-able, plus a ruined stained plastic bowl I was hanging onto.

110/1000

Returned something I bought a few weeks ago, before I started this challenge. I had considered keeping it but decided to send it back before the window closed instead. So I am counting it. Also threw out a microwave, which I was not going to count, but I considered saving it and decided I would rather get it out of here and not save any part of it.

107/1000

Found an old phone book to get rid of, and a catalog.

Roommate passed on a half dozen or so mass market paperback books to put in my box with the others to try for trade credit and then donate remainder. I did not latch onto any book from her to keep for myself, as I sometimes have done when I end up with books from other people (for example in years past if I had a garage sale and someone brought theirs to put in).

Good job SubC! We are getting lighter!

Donated: 2 more remotes and a shirt that is too short.

105/1000

Yesterday I dropped a paper grocery bag of recycling off.

Lol at the possible wanton buying of books - one of my favorite activities (exclamation)

Lila, post away, you’re doing well.

I dropped a small plastic grocery bag of trash - mostly diapers- off at school yesterday. I took the time to add a few broken kiln stilts from the firing cart before I threw it in the dumpster - the stilts are sharp, so I tend to leave them on the cart because I am afraid they will tear holes in the classroom trash bags and it never seems worth walking them out to the dumpster.

I also took my box of things to school and unpacked it in my classroom.

Nice job CM!!

I know I post on here a lot, but I need it for motivation. Eventually it will be less often.

Donated two TV remotes.

102/1000

I am enjoying having this tally.

Today I made it to the used bookstore, they accepted about 1/2 cu. ft. of books and gave me $8.00 in trade credit, which I promise not to use wantonly.

Still have a little over 1 cu. ft. of books in the box which shall be donated elsewhere. Maybe more books from the storage unit will be found to add to that total. It is quite possible.

Weather is predicted rainy tonight and into tomorrow, then in a couple days snowy (yuck) so I won't be doing storage unit any time soon. But I can either just donate what is in the box in the van should the opportunity present itself, or wait a little longer. I promise I won't wait too long, though - we know how procrastination can be!

Into the donation box today:

2 dvds and a hand towel

100/1000 yay! I am at 10%!

last item of the day - donated a towel

97/1000

Threw out a bag of dog treats I think my dog is allergic to.
Donated a stupid, big muscle roller thing I have kept because it is pretty new and I "should" use it but never do an it is just taking up a big spot on my floor.
Donated a dog toy.

96/1000

Good plan, CM! Glad you are posting here.

SubC, you are making good progress!

I am motivated to hit 100 items gone today. I woke up and folded a shirt that is becoming threadbare and put it in the donate box. They recycle clothes with holes or something, I am told.

93/1000

Thought of something - I had found another book to go, so it is now in the box out in the van. I'll be doing something with those books soon - I have that one to see if I can get trade credit for at the used bookstore, and it occurred to me that a few of the others might also be ones they'd want. The ones that I can't trade, I'll see if I might sell at the senior center bazaar, and then at the end of it all donate the remainder to the senior center and/or the library bookstore.

A few more things today:

9 more items to the trash
4 more items in the donation bin - a wood ruler, a dog poo bag holder, a cup I don't like, and a pillowcase that's too short.

92/1000

Good job!

I dropped off another plastic grocery bag of trash. I am generating more trash these days because I am cleaning out in the studio and becoming more resigned to not spending the time and water that would be required to clean some of this stuff enough to recycle it. Also Bean is wearing pull-up style diapers and they are bigger.

oops, forgot to actually tally it.

79/1000

Well, I wanted to get another bag out before the trash truck came so I went into my hall closet and went through supplements and stuff, tossed many expired (but not all, it is still hard) and then went into my bedroom and had 2 tubs of nail polishes. I determined to narrow them down to 1 tub. It was kinda hard but I went through quickly, tossed the ones that I know are really cheap like $2 polishes and any old/discolored. I got it down to 1 box, barely. Tossed 43 items. Adding to the Daily Tally.

Trying to get some momentum going to declutter today.

I threw out one long zip tie. I have no idea how long I had it or why I had it.

36/1000

One paper bag of recycling
One plastic bag of trash