Author Archives: john graham

SCRAP Step 29 Clutter Census

Posted on March 30, 2017 by john graham

I have had an idea that might help me with my decluttering and it is one that I haven’t seen in Walt and George’s book.    I have always liked numbers. — facts and figures — and my management experience … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 28 Stamps

Posted on March 28, 2017 by john graham

I have been de-cluttering books in the study for the last 5 hours, that is covered in my earlier blogs.   But I found one nice surprise at the end. Just when I was getting hungry, exhausted and fed up. … Continue reading →

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Welsh Housing Report 4

Posted on March 26, 2017 by john graham

“Older people at Home in Wales” This is the fourth of my series of comments on the report entitled “Our Housing Agenda:  Meeting the Aspirations of Older People in Wales”.  (You can see my earlier posts by clicking Welsh Housing … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 27- All Tied Up

Posted on March 21, 2017 by john graham

Back in October last year I started to write about de-cluttering and one of my first references was to my ties.  (Look up “Clutterhead” in the Archive for October 2010 to see the post ).     My attachment to my … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 26 Taking Stock Again

Posted on March 19, 2017 by john graham

It is now three months since I started my war on clutter.    It is time to review how I am getting on, because it is taking a lot of time and effort and things don’t seem a lot different. … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 25 – Books

Posted on March 16, 2017 by john graham

The Japanese method of de-cluttering suggests you start with books.    I didn’t do that because I have so many books and such a strong attachment to them, that it would have been too difficult.     Add to this, … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 24 – Cards

Posted on March 14, 2017 by john graham

Today  I am sorting a drawer full of cards that my wife Mo buys with her shopaholic skills —– everywhere she goes. Mo has cards for every occasion  :- Birthdays —  from giving birth, to first baby, grandson, granddaughter, then … Continue reading →

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Welsh Housing Report 3

Posted on March 12, 2017 by john graham

Over the past two weekends I have been offering my thoughts on the recently published report ” OUR HOUSING AGENDA: MEETING THE ASPIRATIONS OF OLDER PEOPLE IN WALES “.     It is a comprehensive and ambitious effort to build a … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 23 – Screwdrivers

Posted on March 9, 2017 by john graham

You can never have too many screwdrivers.    I have probably got more screwdrivers than I have got screws. Most rooms in our house have a drawer with a screwdriver in it somewhere.    The trouble is that when you … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 22 Cleaning Materials

Posted on March 7, 2017 by john graham

It is March and I am forging on with my de-cluttering with some spring cleaning.      You would think with all this clutter we might have a cleaning problem, but as they say “ours is a clean house ours … Continue reading →

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