Comments on: How to be ‘light green’ but allow yourself to throw junk away http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2007/10/08/how-to-be-light-green-but-allow-yourself-to-throw-junk-away/ permaculture on the new home front Wed, 02 May 2012 10:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Annette http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2007/10/08/how-to-be-light-green-but-allow-yourself-to-throw-junk-away/#comment-223 Annette Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:36:40 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2007/10/08/how-to-be-light-green-but-allow-yourself-to-throw-junk-away/#comment-223 Okay, okay...I get it. I have to declutter....but I don't want to! :) I just might need it down the road. :) But seriously, yes,....some stuff is just junk. and that's what needs to be tossed. Now to just go out and do it. Freecycle, freecycle, freecycle..... Okay, okay…I get it. I have to declutter….but I don’t want to! :) I just might need it down the road. :)

But seriously, yes,….some stuff is just junk. and that’s what needs to be tossed. Now to just go out and do it. Freecycle, freecycle, freecycle…..

]]> By: Robert http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2007/10/08/how-to-be-light-green-but-allow-yourself-to-throw-junk-away/#comment-224 Robert Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:43:39 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2007/10/08/how-to-be-light-green-but-allow-yourself-to-throw-junk-away/#comment-224 Hi, enjoyed reading what you all have to say about de-cluttering but I hardly throw anything away and instead I love the challenge to convert or re-use things, if you have a look at this web site, http://www.readersheds.co.uk/readersheds/share.cfm?SHARESHED=519 Copy and paste into the web address bar, and you can see what I have made from other peoples cast offs and so called junk. Do think of alternative uses before consigning potentially valuable materials to the tip. Regards, Robert Phillipart Hi, enjoyed reading what you all have to say about de-cluttering but I hardly throw anything away and instead I love the challenge to convert or re-use things, if you have a look at this web site,

http://www.readersheds.co.uk/readersheds/share.cfm?SHARESHED=519

Copy and paste into the web address bar, and you can see what I have made from other peoples cast offs and so called junk. Do think of alternative uses before consigning potentially valuable materials to the tip.

Regards,
Robert Phillipart

]]> By: Amanda http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2007/10/08/how-to-be-light-green-but-allow-yourself-to-throw-junk-away/#comment-226 Amanda Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:45:49 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2007/10/08/how-to-be-light-green-but-allow-yourself-to-throw-junk-away/#comment-226 Every so often I do clear out (sometimes just a cupboard, sometimes a room), I can see the stuff we don't need and I'm very good at getting rid of the rubbish, but sometimes things can be useful and I battle with this... I put these things in boxs and then try to 're-home' stuff when I can. Flylady does have really good ideas but she is a bit scarey!! Every so often I do clear out (sometimes just a cupboard, sometimes a room), I can see the stuff we don’t need and I’m very good at getting rid of the rubbish, but sometimes things can be useful and I battle with this… I put these things in boxs and then try to ‘re-home’ stuff when I can.

Flylady does have really good ideas but she is a bit scarey!!

]]> By: juggling mother http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2007/10/08/how-to-be-light-green-but-allow-yourself-to-throw-junk-away/#comment-227 juggling mother Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:47:56 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2007/10/08/how-to-be-light-green-but-allow-yourself-to-throw-junk-away/#comment-227 I've never heard`of flylady - perhaps I should sign Aggie up to her as he is now a house husband, and to be frank, absolutely awful at it:-) Even worse that I was as a housewife - which takes some doing (although I had three kids to look after too, so my solution was to do stuff with them every day, then i didn't have time for housework - he doesn't have the kids, so that excuse won't work)! I'm not much of a hoarder - in fact I often throw stuff out that a few weeks later I could have used1 oops. But aggie is awful - he wants to keep everything, just in case, or because it's got good memories, or just because he likes it. I'm hoping to move somewhere smaller next year, so he's under instructions to get rid of stuff. So far he has managed to suggest (but not do) a clear out of the kids toys! MEN!!! Hope you have better luck than me. I’ve never heard`of flylady – perhaps I should sign Aggie up to her as he is now a house husband, and to be frank, absolutely awful at it:-) Even worse that I was as a housewife – which takes some doing (although I had three kids to look after too, so my solution was to do stuff with them every day, then i didn’t have time for housework – he doesn’t have the kids, so that excuse won’t work)!

I’m not much of a hoarder – in fact I often throw stuff out that a few weeks later I could have used1 oops. But aggie is awful – he wants to keep everything, just in case, or because it’s got good memories, or just because he likes it. I’m hoping to move somewhere smaller next year, so he’s under instructions to get rid of stuff. So far he has managed to suggest (but not do) a clear out of the kids toys!

MEN!!!

Hope you have better luck than me.

]]> By: lib http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2007/10/08/how-to-be-light-green-but-allow-yourself-to-throw-junk-away/#comment-225 lib Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:39:41 +0000 http://www.becomingdomestic.co.uk/2007/10/08/how-to-be-light-green-but-allow-yourself-to-throw-junk-away/#comment-225 gosh..we seem to be on exactly the same page....perhaps it is the nesting instinct! and I just LOVE FLylady's theories. I am sooooo scared of her. But she is right and I do keep stuff that doesn't really fit in any category. Sometimes I wish I could close my eyes and chuck boxes of stuff from my childhood, say, but I always spy an old rubics cube keyring or some such desirable and I decided to leave it for another day! I think you've got it right..little and often. I shall try and live by your great example :-) (for the next 21 days anyway and then after that I shall be too knacked to care!) gosh..we seem to be on exactly the same page….perhaps it is the nesting instinct! and I just LOVE FLylady’s theories. I am sooooo scared of her. But she is right and I do keep stuff that doesn’t really fit in any category. Sometimes I wish I could close my eyes and chuck boxes of stuff from my childhood, say, but I always spy an old rubics cube keyring or some such desirable and I decided to leave it for another day! I think you’ve got it right..little and often. I shall try and live by your great example :-) (for the next 21 days anyway and then after that I shall be too knacked to care!)

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