Tag Archives: Clutter

What’s Clutter ?

It seems like I have to return to the theme of clutter every year at about this time. 77 blogs already, one for every year of my life. It’s a never ending story. Clutter gets everywhere. Most of all inside … Continue reading

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Still Cluttered.

77 blogs on clutter and still cluttered. It seems I am better at blogging about clutter, than I am about decluttering. I think it must be a disease. A blemish on my mental health. A fear of letting go? Or … Continue reading

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Trousered !

When I was a child I remember growing out of my trousers quite quickly. I my early years my trousers were frequently too tight in the waste or too short in the leg or often both. In no time at … Continue reading

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Trousered !

When I was a young lad, I was forever growing out of my trousers. Much to my mother’s dismay, either the legs were too short or the waist was too tight, or sometimes both at the same time. Which ever … Continue reading

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Pots of pots.

Every gardener knows this story. Come the spring it is time to start sowing seeds in pots 🪴and for a short cut, to buy some plants at the local garden centre already in pots🪴. So over the years you accumulate … Continue reading

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Put another sock in it.

I’ve found another draw full of socks! Bringing my total sock collection to 67 pairs. It’s time to look on excess socks as an opportunity to save the world. If I wear a different pair every day throughout the rest … Continue reading

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Make Paper Disappear

My last post complained about the mountain of paper that you accumulate in a lifetime. It’s an Everest ! But, of course there is a modern way of dealing with it. Just do all your business on line. The much … Continue reading

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Sock it to me.

In my seemingly endless pursuit of decluttering I have had several attempts at “desocking”, but without much success. However many socks I get rid of, I still accumulate more. It doesn’t help that my brother-in-law used to dye socks by … Continue reading

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Paper Chase.

I hate paperwork and yet I don’t seem able to get rid of it. I have had numerous decluttering attempts over the last few years. I have shredded it until my shredder gave up. I have burned it in an … Continue reading

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Bogged Down

Back in the early days of COVID; or was it the war in Ukraine; or some other recent crisis; queues began to form in Tesco’s, as soon as people were told not to “panic buy”. Strangely enough, when you tell … Continue reading

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