Dithering - Xmas stuff or desk? | Unclutterer Forums

Unclutterer ForumsWelcomeHello!

Dithering - Xmas stuff or desk?

(18 posts) (12 voices)

Started 3 months ago by Buzzy bee
Latest reply from poodle
RSS feed for this topic

Overall Rating: votes

Tags:

a thing a day

Buzzy bee
Member

Ok, Xmas is over but the stuff takes up five huge plastic containers! I know I have too much and cleaning it out, paring it down is needed, I am ready to get rid of most of it and would gain so much space....

But, there is the desk, or rather the two desks...one is glass and chrome, minimalistic bit no drawers, storage whatsoever , the other one is square, two deep drawers,and old fashioned type metal with wood top and a pencil drawer too. If I geek rid of metal monster I will have more clutter form the contents, if I get rid of the other one I'll have to move the metal one into it's spot and move a lot of other stuff including all the Xmas stuff...

Posted 3 months ago #
candy
Member

Take care of the xmas stuff first. If you don't get rid of it now, you will most probably just store it for another year until next xmas which seems silly since you already know that you want to get rid of a lot of it. Then decide which one of the desks you actually like the most, and keep that one. If it's the one without storage, you can deal with that problem at that moment.

Posted 3 months ago #
Buzzy bee
Member

Candy, I knew there was a reason I posted the question here, duh me, you are so right! The Xmas stuff it is. I'm going to set an alarm and give myself 15 minutes to drag it all out I to the living room, stop and breathe and repeat until there is one container left, the rest to trash or donation box.

Posted 3 months ago #
candy
Member

Wonderful! Good luck!! :)

Posted 3 months ago #
ninakk
Member

any progress yet? well done for having identified a key factor!

Posted 3 months ago #
irishbell
Member

In your flurry of Xmas decoration decluttering, try not to get rid of stuff just to get rid of it,
or just for the end goal of going from 5 bins down to 1. If you still love some of the things and know
you will use it again, you might not need to be rid of it yet.
I'm not an anti-declutterer by any means, I just don't want to ever be sorry I got rid of something. And so
far, I've not been.

Posted 3 months ago #
snosie
Member

Wow that's a lot of Christmas stuff! I love Christmas stuff, i just hate the idea of 11 months of storing it somewhere... Mine all fits in an oversized shoebox (with any leftover christmas cards, this year there were NONE yay!!). I do live in 66 sqms though!!

I'm with nina, any progress?

Posted 3 months ago #
Buzzy bee
Member

Ninakk, Irishbell, Snosie, yes progress indeed, 2 boxes left now of Xmas stuff and only because some things are oddly shaped. I figure when I empty some of the other stuff filled boxes I'll probably get it all into just 1 at last. So now to tame the desks and their clutter 1 desk has to go - but I have not decided the matter yet. 1 was given to me and has a matching rollable file folder cart with it but zero storage, the other is a metal/wood behemoth I bought for 10 dollars at a sale, butt ugly but strangely reassuring with its bulk and multiple drawers...weird how I am seeing the emotional attachment suddenly for what it is, not really rational but undeniably a part of it.

Posted 3 months ago #
susanintexas
Member

I would have made the same suggestion about the XMAS stuff -- do it while it's fresh in your mind.

As to the desks -- my experience is that desk drawers become graves for stuff -- unneeded, unsorted messy stuff. It's just too easy to shove things in there and forget about it. If it were me, I'd get rid of the desk with built in storage. I'd abuse it.

Posted 3 months ago #
chacha1
Member

@ susanintexas - Me too. I don't even really use the drawers in my desk at work. My thinking is, "that is why there is a supply room."

At home, all I really need is a couple of pens, my laptop, and a writing surface. We have a computer table with a keyboard drawer in the home office and it is much more pleasing to work with than the old rolltop desk with its infinite hideyholes.

If I had a sleeker desk and a big butt-ugly solid desk, and if I had a living room/den and a garage/workshop, I would put the sleek desk in the house and the big desk in the workshop. If, however, I really only had space for one, the big one would have to Go. :-)

Posted 3 months ago #
Buzzy bee
Member

Susanintexa, chacha 1, ok confession, the sleek desk is glass and chrome but was given by an evil person - I wonder if there is psychic residue attached to it, I feel neutral toward "it" as an object but it kind of is not me in style though admittedly it looks way better than the other one...and really - I don't actually use either except to work from home for now, so to be brutally honest I could get rid of both as I also have a card table I forgot I had that would do that duty until I find a job that doesn't require a desk at home. I have a laptop and iPad and neither requires a desk really...

So, I'm inclined to do away with both though butt ugly could go in the garage as a potting table and hold all for gardening supplies...

Ok, that does it, the standup freezer is going on Craigslist and butt ugly is migrating to the garage and sleek is going bye bye. I never did like it and certainely don't need to be reminded of evil person everyday I sit at it.

Thanks to everyone who helped declutter my thoughts to see what I REALLY wanted to do with the office room. You all are great!!!

Posted 3 months ago #
chacha1
Member

Bravo!

Posted 3 months ago #
Jennifer
Member

Way to go! I love reading through a thread and watching the clarity unfold! Just "talking it out" seems to work so well for many of us!

Posted 3 months ago #
grey
Member

it's so fun to watch you sort this out! i was going to suggest selling them both (if they are in decent condition) and using the money towards a desk you like more.

Posted 3 months ago #
luxcat
Member

I'm with grey... craigslist both of them and buy something new (or new to you) that you really enjoy- life is short, you should have things around you that inspire you and make you happy.

I got all my Xmas stuff down to 2 medium size boxes, it's a workable amount for me because we don't do the whole house up... just enough for the mantle and a tree (and we don't always do a tree)

Posted 3 months ago #
candy
Member

Bravo! This is amazing progress!!

Posted 3 months ago #
bandicoot
Member

you are going marvellously!

if you don't require a huge home office, then how about keeping an office tray instead?
a pen, a stapler, some envelopes and stamps, (or whatever you require) and your laptop, on a tray.
carry it to wherever you feel like working, and it is done.
put it all on a shelf when you are finished.

Posted 3 months ago #
poodle
Member

I have 7 bins FULL of Christmas stuff. Every year when I de-decorate my house, I go through things that I didn't put out that year. If I haven't put it out in 2 or 3 years, I get rid of it. The only things that I don't get rid of if I've had that don't put out is family decorations. And, of course, things never get packed away the way they come out.

Posted 3 months ago #

Reply

You must log in to post. If you do not already have an account, you can register here.