I don't know what you intended, but what you're showing us in the picture really looks great! Great job!
Thanks!
For cables, you can use toilet paper/paper towel holders to stick up under your desk until the ones you want are in stock.
A former colleague of mine was using soda bottles to do that. I think I will just wait for now, I don't want to do this twice. I should take care of screwing the power bar to the desk this week though, assuming I can find where I put my box of loose screws. (I thought it was in my locker downstairs, but didn't see it yesterday.)
but then asked myself if I would ever really get to doing it. When the answer was, "no" then out they went!
Been there. This is a question I ask myself a lot these days. Congratulations on taking the 'no' approach
My partner is selling her house, and we have been purging. So many things donated. An ultimate dump run will happen when we vacate, but it won't be too much. The weirdest thing to purge was my dad and my SCUBA equipment. All about 8-15 years old. 3 bins worth. The money spent on it was several thousands of dollars. We got our money's worth out of it for sure. It's an expensive hobby, and I probably won't be getting back into it ever, and if I did, I'd just buy new equipment. SCUBA equipment degrades and loses value extremely quickly.
So, dropped the 3 bins at a local dive shop for them to salvage or destroy. Weird.
The weirdest thing to purge was my dad
Out of context theater presents... patricide!
I was coming here to boast about finally getting rid of our hometrainer, but am now inspired (by which I mean, you raised my anxiety levels) to declutter some more. Especially the old DVD's, games and magazines stuck in the attic.
tuffalobuffalo wrote:The weirdest thing to purge was my dad
Out of context theater presents... patricide!
Things have slowed down somewhat in the past week or two. There are a few items that I wish would sell, as they take up a lot of space in my "to-get-rid-of" bookcase.
I've finally finished sifting through all of my DVDs, and the only ones I will keep are the Star Trek tv series and movies, plus the few movies that I would include in my all-time top 10. Everything else is good to go! I'll need to call my friend so he can stop by and pick them up (probably next weekend).
Things have slowed down somewhat in the past week or two. There are a few items that I wish would sell, as they take up a lot of space in my "to-get-rid-of" bookcase.
At some point it is worth it to take it to the local used buy shop and take whatever they will give you, or just donate it to get it out of the house.
I've started to 'stealth declutter' all around the house, without telling the missus. I'm curious if and when she will notice Today I put some pillows away that lay beside our bed for about a year or so, finally started to tidy up the suitcase with kids' toys still open since we came back from the sea and while on a Teams call (without video of course) I scanned the shelves in our home office and threw away some old paperwork and CD's.
Yesterday I cleaned up our DVD-filled TV cabinet, and got rid of 2/3rd of the collection I built over the years. Absolutely nobody seems interested in going through them looking for hidden gems, something I loved doing for years when retail was still a thing that existed! Or maybe they are on to my questionable taste So to goodwill they will go, if they want them. At least I got to put my PS VR stuff into the emptied space...
dejanzie wrote:I've started to 'stealth declutter' all around the house, without telling the missus. I'm curious if and when she will notice Today I put some pillows away that lay beside our bed for about a year or so, finally started to tidy up the suitcase with kids' toys still open since we came back from the sea and while on a Teams call (without video of course) I scanned the shelves in our home office and threw away some old paperwork and CD's.
Oh I bet that's a fun game to play!! If you really play it stealthy, you could get rid of all sorts of clutter in areas that are not visible, but still get a lot done! Mwahaha! :)
... But unfortunately five shopping bags full of DVD's are not easy to hide I'll keep at it of course in more subtle ways, so NOT like this:
I drilled a few holes and plugged some coatrack thingies in there, to hang my gaming laptop and our girls' school bags on. Looks much nicer in our little storage room without those bags laying around!
and digital doesn't take up all that physical space or need to be dusted!
This is true, but moving music onto a Plex server has gotten me side-eyeing all of my digital clutter... Things are duplicated oddly, file systems are a mess...
It's been very gratifying to be able to find recipes and knitting patterns more easily. I also made an alphabetized list of all our spices and taped it to the cabinet door so I can more easily mark off what's low or out (I... have a spice problem. That's another reorganizing task for another day.) Further tidying has taken a back seat to studying for a professional licensure exam, but I'm loving watching everybody's updates!
With advancing search capabilities, digital clutter is less of an issue these days. But it's all too tempting to just let go and use search as a crutch... and that's not good either. I've also been using a mix of Dropbox, Google Drive, local storage and OneDrive over the years so sometimes I lose track of where to find that specific photo or document. I've been 'decluttering' towards OneDrive lately.
Today I've been reorganizing the plastic map holding thing (no idea what it's called) that holds our tax/house/car/travel papers, and threw out a lot of old paperwork. And during a conference call (viva wireless headsets!) I was able to empty one shelf completely in our attic closet. Apparently I still had all the course material for the Veeam VMCE 7.x lying around, even though v10 has just been released and I recently passed v9.5u4
Good luck on your exam ActualDragon!
For some weird reason (long weekend, probably), I sold a bunch of things on eBay this weekend, and some stuff on Kijiji as well. I'm especially amazed at the speed at which my Futurama DVDs sold.
Digital clutter is one area where I've been failing for years. I built a whole to-do list of what needs to be done to get in order, but for some reason I never get to it. Someday I might.
Just discovered this thread and this is something I’ve been desperately needing to do but keep saying “I’ll get around to it”. Very motivating, I’m going to join in the “fun”.
Just discovered this thread and this is something I’ve been desperately needing to do but keep saying “I’ll get around to it”. Very motivating, I’m going to join in the “fun”.
Yesterday I emptied the cutlery shelf, vacuumed and cleaned it.
But Wednesday had a bit more oomph to it. I found the bag of personal stuff my grandma kept of me. I hadn't looked at it since she passed away over 5 years ago. She kept the cards I sent as a 6 year old from summer camp, and the note I wrote for a Christmas present (Clark Gable movies and fleece blanket :-)) she not only kept but framed as well. And to think she had 13 grandchildren! She was such a sweet lady, and I miss her dearly still.
The project for this weekend is to figure out where to put the new cat tree, and then vacuum and clean the floor. My place has been a mess (outside of the small part of my office).
I ordered some cable organizers from Ikea. I was supposed to pick them up last night, but I never got the confirmation email that they were ready for pick up, and now I'm not sure what to do. I might end up calling them later today to see what's up. (Order status says 'Order received', nothing else.)
Surprisingly, my Futurama DVD sets sold in a manner of hours, and the person who bought them was exactly on time, which was pretty amazing. I also managed to sell my DS Lite. This weekend, I should be able to list my Dreamcast accessories (2 controllers and 3 memory cards). No idea if they will sell. I also have a bunch of video games ready to be listed as well.
I got rid of all my PS1, PS2 and Dreamcast games earlier this year. I'm currently working on selling the Wii and GBA games. PSP games are next. Funnily enough, I sold both my PSP-1000 and my PSP-3000 earlier this year, and I only have a PSP Go remaining, which I cannot use to play games on UMD. Good thing I ripped everything a long time ago.
One thing that I did not realize at first is how stressful listing stuff on Kijiji/Craigslist can be. I find it somewhat tough to manage me going out (for walks or errands) and trying to figure out when someone will come to pick something up.
bobbywatson wrote:One thing that I did not realize at first is how stressful listing stuff on Kijiji/Craigslist can be. I find it somewhat tough to manage me going out (for walks or errands) and trying to figure out when someone will come to pick something up.
That stress is why I tend to donate everything rather than sell it. I'm impressed at your persistence!
Or greed
Still waiting on my Ikea order for cable organizers.
Finally managed to vacuum and clean the floor today, after postponing it for a few weeks. Also managed to wash my comforter. If all goes well, I will finally catch up on laundry tomorrow. *sigh*
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