toonaspie
Just a poser
- Joined
- May 30, 2010
I know there are decluttering threads out there but I feel I need extra help with my attempts at purging. I have this little thing I like to call "landfill guilt" where I try to recycle as much as possible. (I'm getting better at it I swear .)
Before I go nuts with this, I would like advice on how you handle the following kinds of clutter:
I'm (intending to anyway) really committing myself to this purging/decluttering thing this year. The funny thing about it is that at least 10-20% of the stuff I need to get rid of in my house weren't even my things to begin with. They belonged to various relatives (plus one ex-friend/roommate) who lived in the house before me over the years and just left it there. I really want to get rid of stuff though but it's a constant struggle to have to go through things. Hoarding is in my family blood I guess. Particularly my dad. I have a bunch of old microwaves and vacuums he keeps hoarding and storing in my house that I want gone since I dont even know if they still work (plus they're dirty and I don't want to go through the trouble of restoring them) but as I mentioned above, I hate having to trash electronics/appliances.
This feels like a dumb thread for me to have start. As you can see I'm a newbie to this whole decluttering/purging thing. But thanks anyway.
I will be recording any progress that I make in the 2020 declutter thread. With the amount of stuff I have it wouldn't shock me if I reach +1000 items this year.
Before I go nuts with this, I would like advice on how you handle the following kinds of clutter:
- old electric wires/headphones - Do you just trash these or are there places that can recycle them?
- appliances that no longer work - Same question as above
- torn/unwearable clothes - This one is my biggest stumps cause I feel they can't be donated. Throwing them away feels wasteful but I don't know of any places that recycle just fabric. (I have at least a dozen pairs of jeans with crotch tears in them). There are lots of clothes recycling bins but I dunno if they expect wearable clothes or will accept any fabric, I also have gloves that are missing one, one bedsheet of a former set, etc
- worn towels and other torn fabric - See above
- old CDs - Can these go in single stream recycling or is there a special recycling I must do?
- broken/chipped ceramics - I would love to recycle these if I knew of any places that did recycle them
I'm (intending to anyway) really committing myself to this purging/decluttering thing this year. The funny thing about it is that at least 10-20% of the stuff I need to get rid of in my house weren't even my things to begin with. They belonged to various relatives (plus one ex-friend/roommate) who lived in the house before me over the years and just left it there. I really want to get rid of stuff though but it's a constant struggle to have to go through things. Hoarding is in my family blood I guess. Particularly my dad. I have a bunch of old microwaves and vacuums he keeps hoarding and storing in my house that I want gone since I dont even know if they still work (plus they're dirty and I don't want to go through the trouble of restoring them) but as I mentioned above, I hate having to trash electronics/appliances.
This feels like a dumb thread for me to have start. As you can see I'm a newbie to this whole decluttering/purging thing. But thanks anyway.
I will be recording any progress that I make in the 2020 declutter thread. With the amount of stuff I have it wouldn't shock me if I reach +1000 items this year.