Decluttering and Lifestyle Changes
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The need to finish the decluttering is preying on my mind so I spent most of yesterday deciding on different ways to deal with the remaining items.
The majority of it can go to the auction house I used before. It probably means at least two trips (due to the size of my car) but it's only 35 minutes each way so I could deal with all of those items in one day if I wanted to. I'll need help to load some of the heavier items at home but they will unload at the other end and I'm sure neighbour S will help me if I ask. I'll e-mail them on Monday to ask for an appointment - you can just turn up but I want to speak to their coin expert so need to agree a timeslot and date.
My friend's son will collect the items I'm happy to donate but I don't know when that'll be as he has Covid and is receiving treatment in hospital. I hope his recovery is quick for his sake, but I'm not expecting these items to leave the house any time soon. The majority of the remaining items are all engineering things which I don't really understand. Some of it is too heavy for me to move so I have contacted one of my late partner's friends for advice. I know there are specialist auction sales dealing in this type of thing and I'm hoping C will be able to help me sort it all out.
That will just leave the books and a couple of musical instruments, all of which I can deal with myself. There are five books that I will sell online and four first editions which I'll sell to the bookshop in either Bath or Malmesbury - I can't remember which one is particularly interested in the subject matter of these books. I'll also have a sort through of all the novels my sister has passed on to me as there are just too many that I never choose to read - any that Ziffit doesn't want can go to a local man who is asking for donations of books if he's interested, or to my friend's son if not.
There's still some of the photography equipment to deal with but that can all stay in the cupboard for now until I decide whether I want to keep it or not
So in theory, most of the decluttering can be sorted out very easily and quickly ... I just have to set the wheels in motion. It'll be great when it's all done! And then I want to decide on how I can tweak my current schedule for when the need to work on the decluttering is a thing of the past. I'm starting to appreciate the benefits from slowing down so will be making a few tweaks over the next few weeks to find my new rhythm. I know from experience that I do better in every aspect of life if I have some sort of structure to my day, nothing too rigid, and at the moment there are gaps where for the last few months (and longer ... years?) I've allocated time to deal with the decluttering but which I'm not doing at present. I haven't really given a lot of thought to what I'd like to see happening in my life now. Things are not yet back to normal following the pandemic so some of the activities I used to do before Covid turned our lives upside down still haven't started back up but I think I'd like to try a couple of new activities that offer a chance of meeting new people ... I am struggling to come up with ideas though. I need to put my thinking cap on!
I'm sorry about your friend's son - you don't hear much about hospital treatment for Covid nowadays. Hopefully her will respond well and recover quickly.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the decluttering plans. xx
I know there are concerns as the admissions to hospital are increasing again. My friend's son has other health conditions and we're hoping for the best. He's not in ICU so that's a positive.
DeleteThanks re the decluttering plans xx
I like how you have planned out your decluttering, Eileen. Very nicely organized! I hope it all works out just as you've planned. It sounds like the end of the decluttering is quite near! I hope your friend's son recovers from his bout with Covid without any serious complications.
ReplyDeleteThat's the thing though ... whether it works out! At least I feel I'm doing as much as I can in the circumstances and yes, the end of the decluttering is in sight!
DeleteThanks Bless, I spoke to his mum this morning and it sounds like he is responding well to the treatment, so that's promising news.
I hope your plan for the decluttering goes smoothly and hoping your friend's son recovers well from the Covid and his other medical treatments. Things aren't back to normal yet and we still have to remain careful but make your plans and I hope you can come up with some good ideas. Enjoy your weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks Eileen. The news from his mum is that he's responding well to the treatment.
DeleteThe numbers are really high again so we all need to continue to take precautions though unfortunately too many people have chosen to ignore that. I have made plans which, if they work out, allow me to complete the decluttering so fingers are crossed that the end is in sight.
Hope you have a lovely weekend too xx
How lovely for you that the end of your decluttering is in sight, I have some way to go, but everything is going in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteMy hardest things are the things I have had passed down to me from my Mum and other family members. The other area are my crafting things, I have to say I have a lot of STABLE, (stash acquired beyond life expectancy). My husband says if I live to 150 years I will not run out of card making things.
Like you we are also still taking precautions, we had to do a small amount of shopping on Thursday and I was rather alarmed at how few people had masks on. As soon as I got into the car out came the hand spray to clean my hands until I could get home. Helen S.
The end is in sight but it's taken me almost nine years to get there!! I am so glad though.
DeleteI've found it really difficult to let my late partner's things go but as time has passed it has become slightly easier to deal with.
It's the same here with so few people wearing masks. I'm trying to go out more but am being very selective about what I do and where I go.
Sending hugs. The world has changed in all sorts of strange ways with Covid. I hope that you find things that bring you joy.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lyssa. I just need to find my new normal but at the moment, Covid is definitely still setting the boundaries. xx
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