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Post by peaceseeker on Jan 6, 2021 7:13:11 GMT -5
Thank you, ausmel. It took me months to get and keep current mail, current. I still have 7 (I think, as I'm not getting up to count them) U-Haul boxes of old paper to go through. I released 4 boxes worth of paper last year. This batch of mail further motivated me to keep mail current as there were checks I didn't expect. Yay.
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Post by goldenthreads on Jan 6, 2021 23:30:55 GMT -5
Wow, ausmel, entire boxes and bags counted as one each! peaceseeker, good job on all the papers. I'm glad you discovered checks in the mail. I'm always hoping that I stashed cash in some of these boxes, but it's rare. 17 previous 13 miscellaneous papers 1 plastic bag 2 books*33 so far *One of these I bought at a church book sale. I was very excited, because I thought I'd bought a compact music encyclopedia. As I skimmed through the book, I started noticing that there were lot of entries beginning with the letter B. Well, there are a lot of composers whose names begin with B. Then I looked closer. Of course! I had bought one volume of a set of encyclopedias. Oh, well. (No, the rest of the volumes were not at the sale.)
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Post by ausmel on Jan 7, 2021 5:36:03 GMT -5
Thank you for your encouragement golden threads. I find if I tell my husband the story of why I have kept something for years it is then easier to let it go. I have soooo many things to get rid of I'm embarrassed to count them individually as I move them out, and I probably wouldn't remember the number of things anyway.
Today I didn't think I would get anything done but this evening my husband came with me for a drive to a new place I have found that takes children's books to give away free to encourage children to read. I dropped off 10 books.
That makes 36 items in total out of the house ( 1969 to go.)
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Post by mynicehome on Jan 7, 2021 22:38:05 GMT -5
Hello to everyone who is counting this year! Good luck to all of us! I'm coming in pre-loaded with 1194 items . I am determined to make the 2019 tally which I started two years ago. At the moment I am 825 items shy of this goal. If I want to catch up to 2020 I am 2845 items behind, and if I set my sights at completing 2021 I am looking at finding 4866 items to shed. Think I'll just work on 2019 for another year! Total items so far - 1194 Let's do this thang!!
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Post by ausmel on Jan 8, 2021 6:44:24 GMT -5
Feeling fairly good...although I could have done more, today I got...
100 children's books to a charity 4 manuals to recycling 5 small bags filled with paper bits into recycling 2 pieces of fabric to material recycler 1 item to compost bin 1 small bags of old smelly craft pieces in bin 1 document in recycling 3 old banking documents shredded
---- 117 items today (153 items to date ) ... 1867 to go
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Post by peaceseeker on Jan 8, 2021 8:11:50 GMT -5
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Post by ausmel on Jan 9, 2021 4:09:05 GMT -5
Big contrast in results today....I did get several bags packed with books, games and other stuff read to take out hopefully in the next few days but I won't count them until they are out..so I can only count..
1 letter shredded and into recycling
Total items to date..154, ( 1866 to go)
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Post by peaceseeker on Jan 9, 2021 16:35:00 GMT -5
You are doing awesome ausmel. Give yourself a little grace. 2021 divided by 12 = 168.42. If you get 169 items out in January, you are on track to achieve your goal. Of course you can get rid of more, but please be kind to yourself if you don't have huge numbers every day. I want you to stick with us this year and not burn yourself out.
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Post by ausmel on Jan 9, 2021 17:25:15 GMT -5
Thank you peaceseeker. I realise some days will have better results than other days. Just those last two days were extremely different. Just resting now and then I intend to drop off some of the things in my car
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Post by ccd on Jan 9, 2021 21:31:26 GMT -5
--1 unworn sweater with a hole in it that isn't worth mending because it's two sizes too small and I'll never lose that much weight --2 dead plants
2018 to go
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Post by ausmel on Jan 10, 2021 1:59:20 GMT -5
Only one small bag of paper into recycling bin. I did pack another few boxes and bags with thinga ready to move out..but I'm not counting those yet. I wasn't able to drop off the things in my car today. I will try tomorrow.
So..155 things to date. 1865 to go
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Post by ausmel on Jan 10, 2021 5:04:25 GMT -5
I sorted through my bag and filled 1 small box to paper bits and pieces and but them in the recycling bin
So
Total to date...156 items, 1864 to go
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Post by ccd on Jan 10, 2021 22:04:59 GMT -5
Cassette of bird songs and calls Pair of shoes that don't fit
2016 to go
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Post by ausmel on Jan 11, 2021 8:49:50 GMT -5
3 shopping bags of goodies donated to op shop
159 items to date ( 1861 to go )
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Post by ausmel on Jan 11, 2021 19:21:11 GMT -5
2 bags of items donated to charity 2 boxes of items donated to charity 2 bags of children's books given away
----- 6
165 items to date. ( 1855 to go)
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