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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 11:09 am
K I'm in. What do I have to do? Make a list of what I chuck? Gotta warn y'all. I could win this thing if you read the conversation I got going in the advise thread. No prize is necessary. If you give me $10 I will just buy more clutter <wink>. Applause and accolades are welcome though.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 11:32 am
The email alone could win it for me. Yes I am a pack rat there too. I am embarassed to tell you how many email accounts I have.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 11:33 am
Gidget: On one account I have 24000-plus emails awaiting sorting and deleting. I just invested in !Treepad, and am now sorting and arranging a lot of snippets of information to put into their correct place.
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 11:34 am
I have boxes and boxes of clients' files. If I organize them and return them to the clients office does that count? Each box weighs ---, well, a lot. Have to get my scale out. Does it count if it leaves my office and goes into the storage shed, or does it have to leave the premises all together?
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 11:35 am
Well, poop, I'm about two months too early for the de-clutter! We have a big home and I'm not hiring cleaning people any longer, so I needed to make it as easy to clean as possible. I went ballistic about two months ago and de-cluttered so much that I can clean this sucker in two hours! I took all the nick-knacks off every table, nook and cranny and THREW THEM OUT! I downsized my china closets and threw out everything I pulled out of them. I still have some bags of stuff in my office to 'physically' throw out, but, you know what? I feel great about all of this! GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE!! 
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 11:36 am
Citrus: If it goes to the client, it counts. Can you move around in your storage unit? Is it something you have to keep for X number of years by law? Are you going to be decluttering your storage unit? Are you putting it in your storage unit because you are avoiding the idea of getting rid of it? In other words: what is your motivation? KSTME: Congratulations!!!!
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 11:47 am
Holy, Moly...Lk, how can anyone have that much email???????? YIKES! <i thought 5 a day was a lot, mutters and shakes her head in disbelief...omg...wow...oh, my... >
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 11:57 am
I have about 75 MB in Yahoo alone. This is going to be fun. Wish we had more than two weeks tho. I may have to forgo the electronic for the physical.
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 11:57 am
Storage shed is on our property (we own our house). Yes I can walk around in it, so far. Some of what is stored there belongs to DS - he lives in an apartment. He is doing a lot of decluttering - setting a good example for mom! I have two filing cabinets in the storage shed (one fire proof). Most of what I would be taking to the shed from the office would be prior years tax records and medical files that must be kept.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 12:01 pm
KSTME: LOL. Five? That's like 5 minutes worth. Gidget: More than 2 weeks would lead to burn out. Concentrate on the physical. I have more plans for the electronic clutter down the road. What's yours consist of? Mine is mostly art-related, or religion-related....i think. Citrus: Then, yes, you can count the removal. And if you can get DH to remove more of his stuff, you may count that.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 12:09 pm
Mine is mostly personal conversations. I told you I save everything. Electronic decluttering would be a nice dreary winter activity. Though you dont get dreary winter where you are do you. Does DH's stuff count? I have 40 fax machines in my garage I am just dying to put out at the curb. And boxes upon boxes of stuff I have asked him to come and get. I wouldnt toss any of his personal or sentimental stuff. Just stuff I know he is unlikely to ever use.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 12:18 pm
You're going through a divorce...does he have an attorney yet? I would send him (and his attorney), a certified/return receipt requested letter telling him he has 5 business days to remove them from the premises, or you will be getting rid of them. That way, you have a paper trail for the court. Courts don't generally like spouses disposing of the other one's property without giving them a chance to claim it. No, no dreary winters here, but plenty of sultry days that you need minimal activities to sit and keep cool during.
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 12:20 pm
Unfortunately, I can't wait 'til Aug 1st to get started. I couldn't find a file I needed for work on Friday. Even with all clutter, I can usually find what I need. It scared me enough that I started sorting Friday night. I need to do more today, then get back to actual paying work tonight. But, you've renewed my energy and I'm sure I'll still have enough "stuff" left to participate in the challenge. I wish I could take time off work during that time. Being self employed, there is no one to whom I can delegate. I'll allow myself a break later so I can come see what's been going on here.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 12:27 pm
Yeah I kinda knew that Lkunkel. I have asked him repeatedly to get his stuff out. We both have lawyers but neither of us has been particularly aggressive about wrapping things up. Me moving is going to be the catalyst to get things moving since I have to dispose of the house. I have not pushed the issue about his "stuff" because I am trying to avoid any rancor or nastiness. But obviously he too is going to have to cope with the reality soon. He wanted me to sell the stuff. I did not have the time or the inclination.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 12:36 pm
Citrus: I'll likely be starting earlier--doing 3 or 4 27-Fling Boogies, instead of 1-2--but I also know that I need to get things wrapped up here with paperwork. I also know I need to have ideas for meals--DH does like to eat! Since August 01 is my first fall festival, and Mabon (Autumnal Equinox--September 22) is the second fall festival and is the equivalent of Thanksgiving, I will actually be doing fall cleaning and scrubbing while I am decluttering. That will also when I double/triple up on pain pills/caffeine. Gidget: Mail the request--with the 5 days--to your attorney and his, C/RRR. If he choose to do nothing, then it is headache, and you have the papertrail.
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Grandmato2
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 1:05 pm
Gidget: 40 fax machines is a lot of clutter. If you divorce DH during that time, that should count as decluttering. LKunkel: No one has any many emails as you do. Surely you belong in the Guiness Book. I am in for the challenge. Have to declutter some library books back to the proper schools before classes start.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 1:12 pm
Have at it, gals. I'll be watching with interest. Leave it to Lk to come up with some project to motivate flutterers to action. Too bad that I have already dispatched the vast majority of stuff needing to be chucked. I'm sure that I would have won, otherwise...oops, except for Landi!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 1:21 pm
Actually, Rose, Gidget may have more. But I am happy with the deleting I did last night--after setting up the snippets in !Treepad. It will take time, but 20 minutes at a shot, I'll get it done. Vee: I'm proud for you--getting it done was quite an accomplishment. And we get to see pictures, when?
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 2:11 pm
m?X?Duttering all summer. My moving van comes on Aug 2, and unfortuneately I will be moving some of the clutter. Now, My office....I have to go through 12 file drawers, 8 bookshelves, and all the boxes of crap under the grand pianos. I'm in, but would like to start early....I'll still be in even if I can't count what I pitch this week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 2:52 pm
We'll go ahead and let anything tossed this week count. I just wanted to give people time to deal with commitments, meal planning, etc.
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Grandmato2
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 2:58 pm
Schoolmarm: You have a lot to deal with in your office. Good luck with all that stuff.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 3:00 pm
Wanna see pictures? Hmph! not very likely with the piece of $%%-#*&*& I am working with here. Draheid would be overwhelmed with my many complaints. Have been working on that since you last suggested it...niece got scanner back on, a new driver installed, but the computer still isn't happy. Oh well! Guess you are spared my little adventures in domesticity. Here's an interesting link for all those of you who are working on getting things organized. I found it very helpful and interesting. I especially found the part about the meaning of clutter...i.e., "if it is too good to use, it's clutter." Ouch! Help for Packrats Also wanted to share this workspace because it looks neat and not too expensive.

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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 3:08 pm
Good article, Vee. So, to whom does the craft room belong??
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