Very hard things. From the closet in the little bedroom/storage, things that belonged to Teen.

Sent to Teen, she will probably get rid of:
costume parts
hat
small new bulletin board
pins
hair things
black suede boots she just HAD to have, like new
concert sweatshirt
blankets

Donated:
many sheets and blankets
handmade quilts
costume parts
pillowcases

33 things in all, so far.


266/360

Hereee we go...

From the little bedroom/storage room:
3 pairs dance shoes
clothes
costume parts
toys
canvas bag with handles
violin starter book w/dvd
remote control
17 items in all


233/360

I got stressed in the little bedroom so started organizing the playroom. Picked up and organized a lot!

Donated:
8 toys (a play phone, a xylophone, a toy bird, a couple of hats and gloves)

Trash:
2 play costumes, a damaged book, and a play wig that were pretty ruined


216/360

gahhhh. Chipping away at the hard stuff in the little bedroom. Now that everyone else's stuff is gone, it is down to really hard stuff.

so far, donations:
mini dvd player
router
modem
cable I don't know what it goes to
disney movie

also, I forgot from yesterday:
keurig (works)
TV sent to Teen


204/360

Thanks SubC! It does feel good to move it all out.

The bed and frame came from the little bedroom I've been using for storage, so now there is room in there to sort! The bed was piled several feet high with stuff, and the floor covered in bins and boxes. I donated several things from that room.

The rest came from my bedroom, the garage, and the outside storage room. So now there is space to start moving things out of my bedroom that don't belong there, don't have space for right now, but want to keep for when I move out. Plus I will keep on decluttering as I go.

Oops, I forgot, I came to confess two cookie cutters I ordered for pottery.

+24 for 2025.

I swear I will start downsizing again eventually!

Oh Lila, that was such a big lift! But you were very brave!

You must have a bunch of space! Is it all in one room?

ahhhh. hard hard hard.

Gone today:
bedframe
mattress
sheet
elliptical
3 dressers
1 nightstand
1 lamp table
1 speaker
1 amp
1 plant in a pot
1 saucer to go under the pot
1 picture off the wall
1 milk crate full of ex's stuff (counting as 1 item)
1 starbucks cup


197/360

Decluttering is hard today.

Donated:
large new plastic water bottle
2 sets of sticker labels

Given:
blue ceramic baby booties
pet surgery cone
bag of dog food


Sent to Teen:
jewelry making wire
lanyard
pink ceramic booties
wristband
peroxide spray
comb
poster hangers
new deodorant
box of witch hazel wipes


181/360

I worked on my bedroom, and the little bedroom/storage room. I gathered some donations and also put some boxes together to be taken to Teen. I did not count anything that was already packed for her (many boxes of her things, from months ago) but I am counting things that I find while I am sorting my room and little bedroom, which I was saving, but have decided to just send them with ex to her.

Today

Donation box:
new 3-ring binder
antenna
plastic food

Boxed and sent to Teen:
clothing
a coat I was going to save and wear
2 laptops
a lot of books
skirts
box of shoes
porcelain doll
her towels, quilts, etc from childhood
hats, gloves, a camera
stuff we got at concerts
backpacks
lamp
milk crate
arm and ankle weights
record cleaner
I don't even know what else

Total of 78 items gone.


166/360

still working on my bedroom. More things gone.

donated:
new square nail file
another sunglasses
new pack of photo paper

trash:
6 partially used, but still good, nail polish, because I have so many and almost never paint my nails. So I tossed my least favorite colors until all my polish could fit in one small plastic bin.


88/360

from my bedroom today

donations:
mirror
thermal cup lid
brand new package of braces gum


trash:
square nail file
bag of raisins I don't like
bottle of old cough syrup I was saving

given away:
bag of almonds


79/360

from my bedroom:

donated -
2 sunglasses
2 water bottles
1 insulated coffee cup
1 ceramic coffee cup
1 Christmas box
1 tea infuser ball
1 sweater

thrown out -
1 roll of old masking tape that just sticks to itself and is annoying



72/360

Lila, you are doing really well.

I went to a market with ddil and Birdy.

One little pot and one hanging plaque

+22 for 2025.

Christmas ornament (new, given to me)
Necklace (new, given to me)
bouncy ball
all donated.
Box of batteries - tested them all, put away the good ones, got rid of the box of bad ones, counting as one item


62/360

4 more books donated


58/360

1 king sheet set
3 towels
donated.
1 sock
1 shirt
trash.



54/360

One of my students made me a tyedye shirt during our anniversary celebrations last week. It is now washed and dried

Net +20 for 2025.

2 more books
2 book ends
1 small heart that someone gave me a long time ago
donated.
3 large sheets of fake grass
1 large plastic tray
into the trash.


48/360

You are making good progress Lila. I know this is a really hard time, and I am proud of you for channeling your feelings in a positive direction. I know it would be easy to stay in bed or make unhealthy eating choices.

Staying active and working toward your goals will help at least a little with your mood.

15 books
1 binder
2 plastic containers
donated today
and
10 mostly used or expired items from the hall closet
into the trash


39/360

Four items tossed or donated today.

11/360

Time to get rolling on this again.

One heavy but small rubber ball, donated.

7/360

Found one book to part with.

+19.

Forgot to count in my paper sorter. Also the last of the books I ordered came yesterday.

+20

Donated a pot to a fund raiser. 1st of what I hope will be 200 pieces of pottery out of my studio this year (I'm not counting how many I make - I'm just working on improving the outflow - sales, donations, gifts, and having the sense to just smash the ones that aren't that good.

3 more books arrived +18

That's what I think Lila. Sometimes I ask myself "do I really want this? I will have to tell my tribe."

You are doing well!

one jeweled hairpin I was saving to fix, into the garbage
one box with two snowman mugs in it, brand new. someone gave them to me but I really don't need them - donated.

6/360

Even keeping a tally is a win, SubC! It means you don't have your head in the sand.

Donated: fruit mill that someone gave me that I don't like (they only paid $2 for it so no big deal)

3/360

Two books arrived.
2025 = +15

Broken lid recycled

+13

5 books from the library warehouse shop

+14

Lila, I am laughing because you are cheering for me for adding less that two items a week.

The goal is supposed to be net out!

I don't really have any energy to work on clearing out at the moment. But I am being mindful about what comes in.

Keep it up, SubC!

I cannot believe I have not done better at this! I have been overwhelmed with other things. But I put one thing in the donate box yesterday: a little metal shot glass/measuring cup.

2/360

Two more lids in a larger size (they are unfortunately made in ch8na, so I squeezed the order in)

Also completed my winter reading challenge card and picked up my library mug.

And claiming the two brushes from the teacher workshop.

2025: +9

Recycled cracked lid.

+4

I've been doing some online shopping.

I ordered six replacement silicone lids for my Pyrex dishes, because Dh doesn't like the stretchy ones and the plastic ones break. I think when I put the broken plastic ones in the recycling, I didn't count them out, but I'm count8ng the new ones in anyway. I'll count out if I f8nd an6 more broken ones.

I also ordered a new candyland game because Bean and I have been playing one with a crushed box and a random collection of assorted cards of different vintages but, I'm not getting rid of the old board because it is so much prettier.

So plus 7 things,

Net +5

Potpourri pillow out
-3
Sweater I didn't order in (the person sent the wrong thing but just refunded me. The sweater I got is very snug and has been mended in several places, but it is also very soft. I think I'm going to keep it as an under layer for barn work.
-2

Two snowman mugs out.

-2

+4 - two grandson made decorations and two empty Christmas tins I'm keeping.

Back at zero.

I found another book to get rid of

4

Returned the Christmas gift from my mil - article of men's clothing in a size too big for me and a color I don't like. When I opened it she said "I know that's not your color, but they were out of the maroon ones. Maybe you can exchange it." Had to take a gift card even with the gift receipt because it was on clearance when she bought it.

3

Good job SubC!

I tossed my first item for the year today... a letter I have been keeping on my nightstand for MONTHS, that I intended to keep keeping, but it was so irritating I finally ripped it up and threw it out!

1/360

Puzzle

2

Another book - just a kids book this time.

One.

Lol! That is one of the ways the tally helps me!

Also why it is good to get the boxes out asap!

I've been cleaning out trash, recycling, and extra food - so nothing to count out, but today Bean gave me a picture dsil took at Christmas and dd1 framed of all three of my grandsons on my couch with my son and Dh.

So I'm net zero. Which is ok right now.

Nice start, SubC.

I have nothing out yet, but a small victory. I had the donation boxes in my room and on top were two brand new items and I kept looking at them thinking, omg, why did I put those in there?? I could really use them for xyz. But I already counted them in the tally for 2024. So, I searched around and found 2 other items to donate and swapped them out of the box. That is a lot better than how I used to just take things out and keep them. Same amount gone for 2024.

0/360

Good morning.

I have a couple of ideas about how I want to use this thread this year, but I think I'll let them sort of float around for January and start one in February or at the end of the month.

I do know I want to keep a running tally of net out for the year, so with that in mind - I finished a book yesterday and tossed it in my out box. - the out box is a new invention where I put things on their way out, and then I can take them various places later - I'm a little worried that I might remove something from the out box, but if I do, I will just count it back as an "in" this way I can take things to the places or people I choose when I go there or at the appropriate time (for example, Christmas items should go to the thrift store at the end of October.)

Book.

Net out: 1

Everyone is welcome to join this thread as a way to count anything as progress!

You can count items gone, square feet cleared, minutes or days spent decluttering, net items out, whatever you like! Come join in so we can celebrate all our progress.

Happy New Year! Happy new Daily Tally!

My goal for this year is 360 items gone from my home, not counting trash.

2025: 0/360

2024: 600/600 items gone!

2023: 1002+ items gone!