Throwing things away is like having a dump. It can be a strain, but so satisfying afterwards.
I'm male: I'm a hoarder, I live in chaos and am proud. People who tidy up are just anal.
I'm male: I live in chaos and hate it. Help !!
I'm male: I can't bear a thing out of place, I ruthlessly de-clutter.
I'm male: I have one room that contains my mess but the rest of my space is "controlled"
I'm female: I'm a hoarder, I live in chaos and am proud. People who tidy up are just anal.
I'm female: I live in chaos and hate it. Help !!
I'm female: I can't bear a thing out of place, I ruthlessly de-clutter.
I'm female: I have one room that contains my mess but the rest of my space is "controlled"
For the rest: I'm gender non-specific and intend to keep DavidJames guessing.
I am trying to clean up my act in many ways, and one of them is to "de-clutter" - if you have spoken to me in the past 3 months it's pretty much my only topic of conversation.
This obsession has been driven by spending too many years in a small flat surrounded by boxes that contain things I have long since forgotten about.
I'm interested to find out if there is a "gender divide" on tidying up.
Could you vote?
Clive
Throwing things away is like having a dump. It can be a strain, but so satisfying afterwards.
Except that in the latter case, you never find yourself thinking,Originally Posted by El Salsero Gringo
"Damn. I wish I hadn't got rid of that".
ChrisA comes back from the wilderness that is the sensible threads and posts a damn good punch line.
I try desperately to keep things in order but it just doesn't happen. I need a bigger room- I have too much stuff for a single, even though I'm pretty ruthless about throwing things out. This is what happens when you're
a) A dancer- thus many dresses and shiny things and shoes
b) A bookworm- lots and lots of books
c) A bit of a film buff- lots and lots of DVDs
d) Into music- lots and lots of CDs.
I can win the hording. I have 4 sack loads of crap in bin bags i occassionally take out of hiding tip on the floor throw 1% away and then put all the 99% of crap back in black sacksOriginally Posted by Clive Long
Im the guy who nearly kills himself pushing a 3rd television set into the attic which i havent used in 5 yrs (why not bin it ?)
Im the guy who keeps red reminder gas bills from 1994, im not joking
The sad thing is my new house has relatively a great big attic
I dont like not being able to find stuff im as dis organised at work and its not nice !
Apart from pension stuff etc i could throw 95% of my stuff away but i hoard crap and its not easy for me to get rid of it.
I have recently tried again to make progress
, well not the dresses obviously, not being of the McGregor ilk, but outfits certainly. And pictures and gadgets for various hobbies (flying gear, motorcycling gear, etc, etc) and collectibles of various kinds... Help!Originally Posted by Purple Sparkler
And of course you have to leave some cupboards free for Cato to hide in...Originally Posted by Rhythm King
I de-clutter my possessions, in that I try to own as little as possible, and give stuff away via charity shops. However, I manage to create a lot of chaos with what I do own. I'm kinda ok with that - it just means that I can't invite anyone round to my place without taking a week off work to clear up.
I think I've got some of those too!Originally Posted by stewart38
Despite being single I've filled up a semi designed for a family of 5 or more.
As well as keeping junk of my own I love going to car boot sales to collect good bits of other people's junk.
If you keep junk long enough it might turn into a valuable collector's item, but that usually doesn't happen until the week after you finally get round to chucking it out. It doesn't apply to jumpers that I started knitting in 1995 and have no intention of finishing or wearing even if it was to be finished by miraculous divine intervention.
Visitors are good because they're a good motivation for a clean-up because I actually hate living surrounded by clutter.
We used to invite friends over on a weekly/fortnightly basis just so we had to clean up. I'm just not motivated enough to clean up for myself.....
Gosh and I thought I was the only slob on the dance scene ...........
We could have an annual "bring and sell for charity dance" have couple of muggle mates selling the stuff so it moves around so the following year we can sell the stuff we bought again
any stuff will do, but if the forumite girls are anything like me, I have about 30 pairs of dance shoes (25 pairs I hardly wear these days) a wardrobe full of skirts I never wear and dresses I am bored with and I could open a market stall with the tops I have bought (God bless George of Asda)
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Speak for yourself...Originally Posted by ChrisA
Through it all awayOriginally Posted by Rhythm King
There simply isn’t space for dancing and other time consuming interests
Bet your copy Pooley’s is hopelessly out of date
OK I admit in a recent clear out -I could not bring my self to get rid of my crash helmet or my wet weather sailing gear But my 10 year old copy of Reeds went in the bin
Last edited by philsmove; 28th-June-2005 at 02:23 AM.
Thank God I'm not the only one to do that ...Originally Posted by Aleks
Y'know, I read that and thought 'thats funny, I don't remember posting on this thread' - then I realised it wasn't me at all, it was PS. Not surprising we get on so well, we're so similar...Originally Posted by Purple Sparkler
I used to do this until I went out and bought a shredder. I had loads of fun feeding all of these into it and it felt so liberating.Originally Posted by stewart38
This is so topical - I visited a friends lovely new luxury apartment on Sun evening - looks so nice - but realised that part of the reason was it was all so tidy I really, really have to have a declutter and clear up - its not that I just don't put things away, I'm running out of places to put them!
Clothes - way too many - mostly charity shops and Primark sale - really need to clear out. (But I tend to do that and put out stuff I never wear anymore then 2 months later go looking for it to wear it!) Dance shoe collection lives in the spare room (along with suitcases, tins of paint, old computer etc)
Books/files - need to tidy up. Lots of lecturing stuff to be filed - builds up every year. I don't throw out or give books away as I always re-read them.
And anyone else got lots of paint tins/brushes/tools/bits of wood etc? Maybe the solution is to get a house with a garage!
COPY? - ONE! - I have just thrown them all out this morning as a result of your post. The resulting space on the bookshelf was immediately filled by several other books which had been lying around, looking for a home. At least I have an on-line subscription to Jeppesons now - no manuals lying round the house, just print off what I need that day, scribble on it without feeling guilty and chuck it when I get back- bliss!Originally Posted by philsmove
Originally Posted by jivecat
Cato, you imbecile - not now!Originally Posted by Purple Sparkler
Originally Posted by Rhythm King
Well I suppose there's always room in the fridge!
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