Simply..clearing....

15/1/2024

This time it is papers.

I am sure there are people who simpy deal with them without fuss, but I seem to need to make a project of it, so I am doing a vatiation on the 30 day challenge where on day one you gat rid of one item, day two two items and so on...

I have written the numbers 1 to 30 on a sheet of paper and will put a line through one number each day - a low number if I am busy, a higher one if I have more time. I have already scored off number 30.

By the end of the challenge I will have got rid of 407 bits of paper from drawers and files and shelves!

Meanwhile, am waiting for snow..

14 Comments

Grace

15/1/2024 11:34:04 pm

I love this idea! It's amazing just how much stuff can accumulate in a drawer. I'm going to follow your lead.

Freda

17/1/2024 02:52:29 am

Hurrah!

Susan inDorset

16/1/2024 12:03:36 am

Likewise, I have to attend to paperwork, as a project.
January is my month for this.
So, thank you for the impetus. And, it's encouraging for me, to imagine us decluttering in tandem.
I do employ your timer idea, plus adding bribes (tea and shortbread) to the end of each time period.

Freda

17/1/2024 02:54:11 am

Yes to the bribes, and to doing it together .

Rosemary

16/1/2024 02:02:09 am

I shall be following your lead too. I have de-clutter on today's list & will use Susan's bribe system too.

Freda

17/1/2024 02:54:57 am

That three of us so far.

Gail

16/1/2024 02:34:20 am

Clever of you to do the # of items based on your available time.
Never made sense to me to do only 1 items the first day when I have the most to remove and the most motivation

Karen

16/1/2024 04:48:58 am

Totally agree, Gail, no sense to that. Think I may try in reverse - 30 first day etc. I see Freda has already scored out 30.

Freda

17/1/2024 02:56:40 am

Knowing some of you are doing it to motivate me!

Freda

17/1/2024 02:55:46 am

Good point. It’s not my own idea, but I can’t remember where I saw it

Mary B

16/1/2024 12:12:27 pm

I'm most impressed by your planning and organisation. I think paperwork piles must breed while waiting for attention because there's always a bigger pile than I thought.

Freda

17/1/2024 02:57:37 am

Every piece represents a decision to be made. I very quickly get decision fatigue.

Sheena

16/1/2024 12:38:34 pm

There must be something in the air as I have also been clearing piles of paper. Not administrative paperwork but more paper memorabilia some of which it has been quite difficult to put in the recycling as they awaken so many memories . Your method is ingenious for working through the task , Freda.

Freda

17/1/2024 02:58:38 am

I find old study, papers, difficult. All that work!

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