Category Archives: SMILES

Tidy Bears Open Box 1

Posted on April 25, 2017 by john graham

Today the Tidy Bears have started to de-clutter the first of the many boxes around the house.    They can safely start with the blue box in the main bedroom because it is full of John’s stuff.   It is the … Continue reading →

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Clutter Boxes or Tidy Boxes

Posted on April 20, 2017 by john graham

One way of de-cluttering is emptying boxes (for that include cardboard boxes, wooden boxes, chests, ottomans, baskets, etc).  It is not really de-cluttering, in fact it is just “out of sight, out of mind” cluttering.   You put things in … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 31 —- Clutter Lessens

Posted on April 18, 2017 by john graham

I seem to have been at this de-cluttering lark for an age.    What have I learned so far ? FOCUS —- stay on a narrow track when you are de-cluttering.    It is all too easy to get deflected … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 30 – Travel Books.

Posted on April 13, 2017 by john graham

Walking through your travel books is like walking through the leisurely chapters of your life.    Whenever we go on holiday I always collect tourist books and maps either before we travel or more likely when we get there.   … Continue reading →

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Clutter Bears and Cleaning Materials

Posted on April 6, 2017 by john graham

Way back on Step 22 of John’s de-cluttering journey he thought he had de-cluttered the clutter of  cleaning materials.    How wrong can you be? The clutter Bears have now taken over and are going to be much more thorough than … Continue reading →

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Clutter Teddies

Posted on March 30, 2017 by john graham

Following on from my last post.   Seems like these little guys rather like Georges’ idea of a cushion crash pad, although they definitely don’t want it to be in the garden shed. That would be cruelty to animals ! … Continue reading →

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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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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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