#Decluttered living

[suchananewsblog]

Minimalist décor: making more of less

We are drowning in possessions. If you disbelieve, check any drawer, closet, cupboard, or chest of drawers in your home. Chances are, it’s filled to bursting capacity. Same goes for the many tables, surfaces, and counters — everything’s drowning in a surfeit of possessions. In 2023, perhaps the best thing you can do for your home is to make it the year of less, and embrace minimalism and…

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[gendervapor14]

inspired by the fic Matching Set because it's been around for almost 9 months and i'm still ill about it

#thank you for the disease crowbar #i know you just kind of whipped this up on a whim #but i live and breathe this story #idk if you'll even see this post tbh #anyway. yeah sorry this isn't the prettiest i made it in like 30 mins #just had to declutter the visions in my brain #one piece fanart #gensart #fanfiction fanart #fanfiction reccomendations #one piece fanfiction #donquixote rosinante #corazon one piece #bellemere #bell mère #corabelle #corabell

[bootyful-seventeen]

i am too mentally exhausted to even deal with this shit anymore with my mom and grandma and low key wish i'd go comatose for a few years to be left alone tbh

#had a clean up service come by to see the damage and give a quote on the estimate and my grandma wasnt having it #she got upset and started crying to them about she has only 1 daughter and is trying to help her and they're trying to tell her that keepin #all that junk isn't gonna be helping anyone especially my mom but she wasn't getting it and i said i'm not helping clean the junk that's #all around the house cuz i'm tired of it all and having to manage my emotions since i am for sure emtotionally stunted from my childhood #and have to deal with a schitzophrenic mom and an absent sister who's balls deep in denial while i'm struggling to find a job here #and my grandma always stressing me ot saying she's gonna kick me out isn't fucking helping here at all like she thinks it does #so when they left she spent all day sobbing on the phone how i'm a terrible granddaughter who wants to throw out good stuff #when i'm not gonna keep helping sell shit for my mom cuz my sister can do it as her family contribution since she did nothing since dad die #and the thing is i gave them all options on clearing shit out cuz i know this family by now and shit doesn't get tossed but it migrates #cuz i said months ago i can ask some friends if they could come down and help sort and declutter #grandma said no to that and said she'll kick me out if i do it and she didn't want to pay for my mom's shit to get moved into a storage uni #she leaves the clean up to my mom and i think the backyard got worse but she didn't call anyone to throw out the junk like she threatened t #so i call a fucking hoarders clean up service cuz that's what my family is on my mom's side at this point and the city will be called too #and she has this reaction cries all day and calls everyone to say i'm horrible and yells at me saying i'm the one killing her with stress #when she's already been doing that for months to herself when i'm just tired and possibly mildly depressed or something idk #i barely leave my room and don't go outside except to walk my dog but idk cuz my family's attittude was we don't go to doctors cuz #cuz they're for crazy people but of course it's gotta switch up for my mom and no one else and i'm just sick of it all #grandma doesn't accept free help and she won't accept help that i pay for myself with my money set aside for school so i'm done #unlike her when i say i'll do something i stick to it so i'm not doing shit anymore unless i can call a friend to help with this mess #it's gonna sound like such a horrible thing but i can't wait for my family to die so i can live in a clean home again and get help #like deep serious help cleaning and big time grief councelling cuz i barely had time to process my dad's death and being the one to find hi #and that was just this february like god i am going to need so much fucking therapy in my future it's almost rediculous #and probably say screw my mom's side and visit my dad's side a lot more since they seem to be the normal ones in this shit family tree #at least they're not stupid and leave junk everywhere where one neighbour getting sick of not being able to sit outside and enjoy their yar #without mountains of junk staring them right in the face and landing a notice from the city to clean up especially since #we have chainlink fences and at least 7 neighbours can see the backyard and everyone can see the front porch when passing by #i'm just tired of living in these suffocating households and even wanna file a report myself to kick them into gear #its horrible living like this and no one should live surrounded by junk and things they never use or even garbage

[failfemme]

hmmm it seems like nearly every problem i was having was solved by having almost a full week off for the first time since june. who could have guessed.

#this weekend i have done 6 loads of laundry changed my sheets and reorganized/decluttered two large shelves #*kisses my bicep* don’t ask what my room looked like a week ago. live in the now with me.

[j-nn-ly]

declutter:

your closet

your room

your schedule

your habits

your time

your goals

your mind

and your life.

- @ letslassothemoon on IG

#life #quote #quotes #literature #reading #christian #cottagecore #homemaker #lifequotes #decluttering #declutter #goals #house #homemaking #slowliving #slow living

[tarinb]

the big 4 to keep house

its been almost 2 years since I left working outside the home. I've learned a lot about keeping house and managing family life.

I heard on a podcast that if you can move forward with TDL (trash, dishes, laundry) every day, you will be able to maintain a functional home. Maybe not perfectly clean, but functional.

I'm obsessed with figuring out how to spend less time on housework and really just making it more effortless. I want to make progress even if I get interrupted in between tasks (which is highly likely). Here's the order I've been doing these tasks:

Layer #1: trash & recycling. After breakfast I grab a Target bag and walk through the whole downstairs picking up literal garbage. Wrappers, egg shells, paper towels, toddler art (not sorry).

Guess what? If I get interrupted after this layer, at least I'm not living amongst trash.

Layer #2: dishes. This is the one I want to leave for last, but I've realized how important it is. For me, the state of the kitchen is a microcosm for the state of the house. Cooking most meals from home, the kitchen is a war zone. I empty the dishwasher then I collect all dishes from the family, living, and kitchen. After all the dirty dishes are in the dishwasher, I clean the kitchen sink. (This has been the most satisfying result from this whole process)

If I get interruped after this layer, at least I have clean dishes and a place to cook later.

Layer #3: laundry. I've moved to doing one load a day. But not on weekends. I collect the laundry from upstairs, and dirty clothes left downstairs, then put on a load. Then I bring up the load that is dry from the day before and fold it/put it away. It sounds like a lot, but this whole process is probably 10-15 minutes a day.

If I get interrupted after this layer, at least we have clean clothes and don't have dirty clothes laying around.

Layer #4: everything out of its place. I added this layer myself. Now is the time to put the toaster away, replace the couch cushions, help toddler put toys in shelf, etc. This one is honestly my last priority because I know that the main beasts (trash, dishes, laundry) have been slain. But it does feel nice to return everything to order.

I skip some layers on the weekends: laundry and everything out of place. I really can't skip trash and dishes. Without clean dishes, I have no motivation to cook!

This sounds like it would take a long time each day, but each day that I do it, it gets shorter and shorter. Plus, I only do this process once a day. I am not a night cleaner. Morning is when I have my best energy for these types of tasks. I have no qualms going to bed while the house is messy.

What are the tasks you have to do every day to keep your household running?

#cleaning tips #cleaning #declutter #minimalism #simple living

[noodleblade]

haven't felt motivated to do anything creative this past week but a reminder to myself and anyone else that begins to feel bad about that: ITS FINE. THIS IS OKAY AND NORMAL. FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS AND DONT STRESS ABOUT THE CREATIVE BLOCKS. GO OUTSIDE, READ A BOOK, LISTEN TO MUSIC AND DONT FORCE CREATIVITY TO HAPPEN. ITLL COMEBACK.

#im going home early today to deep clean and declutter my room #usualy when i get the day off or a half day i try to write but i dont feel motivated so im not going to get emotional and sad about it #imgoing to appreciate the opportunity to just get my living space back in order #enjoy the nice weather #rambles #probably delete later but this feels important to me rn

[b-courageous1010]

Day 19: Digital Decluttering

So I am long overdue for digital decluttering. I recently mass-deleted emails for 2 of my older email addresses, and I’ve been unsubscribing to emails daily.

Photos

I also have been going through my photos and deleting useless screenshots. I started with over 3k pictures, and now I'm down to 1400. I went through this phase where I would screenshot every time I caught an Angel number, and the photos stacked up over time. I still want to get my pictures to a reasonable number. I also want to make use of sorting them into different folders so I can keep up with what I have.

Work Desktop

On my work computer, I archived all my old folders and started fresh with the PARA method, and I did the same thing with my OneNote. Archiving the information was helpful, especially with my OneNote, because I can retrieve old details as needed.

Outlook folders

So I went through my action folders to clear out useless emails and combine folders to simplify my system. While doing this, I identified folders that I could do without and started deleting ad emails. This made my inbox much more manageable, and I am confident I can find what I need.

Tumblr following

I’ve been on tumblr for over 10 years and at one point I was following 750 accounts. I started using the blog subs to start my dash over because I didn’t want to delete this account. I decided to reclaim my dash so I went through all the accounts I follow and it was interesting to look through all my phases. I went through an intense studyblr phase as well as being active in the cheer community (RIP, iykyk).

It was also interesting to see accounts I follow that have not been updated for years.

iPhone storage

So I cleared out my browser history and deleted Tidal because it took up to 25GB?! Also thinking about upgrading my phone just for storage purposes. Plus, the back of my phone is cracked up, so it s a win-win.

Conclusion

Before decluttering, I felt like I was suffocating digitally. I had so many files that I had no idea what I had or who I was following, and it took up a good amount of my storage. My digital life now feels manageable, and I’m implementing habits to clear out my phone regularly. My world is in my phone and other electronics, so clearing it out feels like I can breathe again… digitally.

#soft black girls #leveling up #self care #self improvement #mindfullness #mindful living #declutter #decluttering #organization tips #100 days of mindfulness

[girlscience]

the RAMPANT consumerism on the section of youtube I have ended up on recently is actually kind of disgusting to me. if I see one more video of a perfectly manicured hand with a hint of a sweater sleeve putting things in a target cart or using 100 bottles for a skin and hair self-care day or using 50 different cleaning products in an enormous, pristine, white home while a random pop song remix plays in the background I'm going to start destroying things.

#I know exactly how I got here #there is a specific crossover of decluttering/production hacks/workout plans/minimalism/motivational videos that leads directly #to very wealthy stay-at-home women doing sunday resets and target hauls and restocking and organizing the guest bedroom #and 4 hour pre-vacation self-care videos #but it is so BAD. I am not saying don't buy things or take care of yourself or anything like that #I literally have mentioned several times in the past two weeks that I was waiting on packages in the mail! #but GOD. the difference between buying a set of dvds I'm going to use until they fall apart #and literally having 4 bookcases of skin care products is ASTRONOMICAL #I cannot imagine a single reason anyone would ever need that much stuff #and it's All so sanitized and perfected and nothing can be out of place and it's just awful #that girl aesthetic/it girl/clean girl aesthetic/etc etc #and every single woman in these videos is perfectly shaped and tanned and hair done up #and they all wear these matching set workout fits #just oh my god girl!!!!!! what are you doing????!!!!!?? #I don't know. I don't know that there's a point to this besides me complaining and being upset #but it's just so antithetical to the way I want to live and I know it's so bad for the environment #and I know it is encouraging so many people to look and act just like that #and I hate it!!!! it feels like we are never getting out sometimes for real #maybe I'm being mean. maybe they are actually very conscientious of the environment #and maybe they are only showing a once a month shopping trip #and maybe they have just been sent a ton of PR packages that they have to figure out how to store #but. it really doesn't feel or look that way

[pigeonflavouredcake]

Life and adulthood has been catching up to me and I just want to declutter my thoughts in this post.

So a bit of personal info, I still live with my parents, my sibling aswell. We're both in our 20's and can't afford to move out so we're basically stuck here -I'm of the mind that it's indefinite, my sibling believes it's only temporary.

The average price of rent per month for a 1 bed flat in my burough is about £540 (or £750 if you want to live in the city centre) and houseshares are often the same price for the room. I earn about £600 a month that just isn't enough to live independently anymore.

I pay my parents a share of the rent (thankfully much lower than average) and we all share housework and run our own errands and take care of our own stuff just like you would in any house share situation. The term we're often given is 'adult children' (which I can't tell you how demeaning that sounds) and the only support I can seem to find is from the parents perspective. There isn't much support for us, there aren't any beigecore housekeeping blogs that teach us how to communicate with stubborn parents and manage our time with them. We're kind of on our own.

People see the term 'adult children' and assume we're still living with our parents because we're lazy and jobless basement dwellers on reddit when that's just unrealistic. Existence is so expensive right now we literally do not have any other option. Many of us have one, two sometimes three jobs and still can't afford to live independently and there's nothing we can do about it.

And I'm renting from my parents who are just renting from the council! Even they can't afford to own a home and they've both been working for over 30 years.

We're a generation of working class losers who can never climb the ladder of success because the rung snapped under our feet before we had a chance to start climbing.

#decluttering my brain #still living at home #living in late stage capitalism #anti capitalism #cost of living #cost of living crisis #fuck the tories

[is-not-a-unicorn]

I started cleaning the kitchen over the weekend

Everything in the sink was covered in mold. Black slime?? The bottom of the sink was thick with it. I had to use s scraper to get it out. It was pretty gross. I'm not doing their dishes so I just put them in a big tote on the floor.

When I lived here before, I just started cooking in my bedroom because everything downstairs smelled like dog pee. When I stopped cleaning up after my roommates it got like this downstairs. (Actually it was worse)

My partner wants to get the kitchen usable again. It's bullshit that I was confined to one room of the house for so long and I'm slowly trying to regain space again instead of hiding away. I haven't tackled the cabinets yet. There's nowhere to even put clean dishes because the cabinets are full of their food now :(

I think my stove top may be ruined forever because I couldn't get the 5 years worth of burnt on food to come off :(

Got this text from my partner while I was at work last night, which.. . I really need to figure out what to do for the long term. I might call my real estate agent and ask for advice so I can find a way to move out in the future. Or kick them out. We've put so much money & effort into fixing the upstairs but I don't want to keep the house because I'm terrified of what they've done to the basement.

We have to stay here for now, for financial reasons. Rent is crazy high everywhere, buying a different house is unattainable with the current market. But I don't want to live with these people.

#audhd #decluttering #hoarding #cleaning #depression mess #adhd #autism #hoarders #unsanitary #Kitchen cleaning #Worst roommates ever #Bad living situation

[brynnmclean]

This is a note for future me: having a clean apartment is SO nice and improved my feeling about being Alive SO much. Here's hoping it'll help this week feel okay. Present me, please report back later, thank you.

#this has been a post #i cleaned some significant things in my living space #(took out piles and piles of recycling vacuumed swept and mopped floors decluttered common area) #(cleaned out my fridge did some laundry went grocery shopping did dishes) #anyway! here's hoping

[theirloveisgross]

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#Decluttered my room a bit #Gotta work a full shift tomorrow before continuing with the living room and actually cleaning the floors and shit #And then a concert lol #Why do I do everything last minute #Anyway... She'll be annoyed #I know it but like... When depression hits its so hard to do anything #It's not that bad... I just keep a lot of stuff #Whatever. It'll be nice to pay half rent next month #Excited for the show tomorrow #Local boy who opened for sun room 2 years ago #He's so good #His name is 'young friend' #Okay... I'm sleeping now #I'll dream with Zaynie singing right now because I have the audio to support my dreams thankssssss

[modern-alebrije]

i'll get frames for the two new ones eventually

#ugh im so happy to get some art up in my room #when we moved practically all of my wall art ended up out in like #the living room and the hallway #bc i had not figured out how to lay out my room #and i do not have a lot of wall space #but now my room is a lot more established #and i can start planning out the wall space #and as i get things out of storage #i can put other things away to declutter my room #its perfect it all works out #it WILL get a little cluttercore maxpill in here though because the walls are not big #like already on that little pillar in the picture im getting up close and personal with the ac vent #oh yeah! i bought these at crafty wonderland in portland oregon 😎

[ujusttry]

Declutter Your Digital Life: 3 Simple Steps to Organize Your Photos and Documents

From blurry selfies to forgotten tax forms, digital clutter can weigh you down like a backpack filled with bricks. But fear not! This guide is your roadmap to a streamlined, stress-free digital space. So grab your virtual broom and prepare to reclaim your

Declutter Your Digital Life: Is your phone bursting with blurry photos of your cat? Does your computer desktop resemble a digital landfill? Fear not, fellow internet dweller! Today, we’re diving into the art of decluttering your digital life, specifically focusing on those photo and document mountains weighing you down. Declutter Your Digital Life: 3 Simple StepsStep 1: The Great Sorting Spree –…

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[tarinb]

musings from whole house declutter

Recently I've been reflecting on how often I am touching the possessions in my house. How many seconds, minutes, hours of my life am I wasting rearranging my belongings in my house? The only solution I see: get rid of the things I am tired of "managing."

I found a kid book that I just don't like reading. Into the donate pile.

Toddler keeps pulling out her shoes to practice dressing. Shoes are always all over the floor. Limit number of shoes and donate the least favorites.

Tired of having to stand on a chair to reach my crockpot. Decluttered an accessible cupboard to be able to store it within reach.

I don't iron clothes or sew anymore, so my mini ironing board can leave the house and go be useful to someone else.

Another realization: things are meant to be used or admired. When they are sitting in a basement, on a shelf, hanging forgotten in a closet, they are NOT serving their purpose. I know objects don't have feelings, but imagining them feeling disappointed in not being helpful motivates me to find them a better home.

Still so much to go. The last frontier is the basement.

#minimalism #declutter #simple living