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   HelgaPataki | Mar 08, 2012 07:47pm | #1

   I'm inspired

   I decluttered a lot of stuff simply because I only have a son. My stuff is there because it is closer than the garbage bin. Ive saved cut collars from old sweaters because I was salvaging yarn, then there’s the gritty stuff in the drawers along with thread ends all tangled like washed hair without conditioner. Im really talking about garbage aren’t i? I gave a lot away to school when my son was 5 and its reaccummulated. currently before I buy I have to make a committment of having room for it or if I will ever use it and am I willing to wash it. when I buy yarn or fabric or any patterns, I consider how often I will wear it. Now its a real chore getting rid of everything because its also embarrassing to identify that the junk belongs to me. the only time I recall that we got rid of something quickly was my father in laws clothes when he passed away. we got rid of them so quickly that we had to buy him all new clothes for his funeral. such a joke. Anyways Mary Lambert wrote a good decluttering book that goes into time management and your wallet and not accommulate credit cards as well. I also opened ths topic on ravlery forum and received a lot of responses.  Thank you.  I do watch hoarders and it made me glad that I already started.  my home doesnt look bad its only because it is really tidy from the outside and everything is stacked up in bins. LOL  If decluttering was successful the bin people will go out of business!!!

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   stillsuesew | Mar 09, 2012 08:51pm | #2

   Several years ago we downsized from a large house to a much smaller condo.  I had to get rid of many many things.  But I still have lots left and my goal is to use it up or to give it away to someone who will.   There are people out there on Craigslist asking for yarn and fabric all the time to make things for homeless shelters and hospitals.  I gave books to a city librarian to add to the collection and to sell.  I gave bags of fabric to resale shops.    I realized early on that what I had really had not much of a monetary value.  It was more important to get rid of it than to try to find someone to pay me for it.   And I still enjoy making things and just giving them away for bazaars and silent auctions.   It is very freeing to simply give something  away.