Tag Archives: Clutter

Clutter Bears and Origami

Posted on April 4, 2017 by john graham

In our last Bear blog you may have noticed that Little Ted was not in the photograph.  Actually he doesn’t like cleaning toilets anymore than John does, but Little Ted thinks he knows rather more interesting Japanese tidying techniques than cleaver clogs John. So he sneeked … Continue reading →

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Clutter Bears and Toilet Rolls

Posted on April 2, 2017 by john graham

This time John has a little help from his bear friends, because this de-cluttering is becoming unbearable.    We will continue to apply John’s Japanese management techniques and find a simple bear solution.    This should be interesting because we will use a quality improvement … Continue reading →

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Clutter Bears Take Over

Posted on April 1, 2017 by john graham

George Simons started all this off with his great idea about a crash pad for teddy bears.   Then John suggested the crash pad might be in the garden shed, but we’re certainly not happy with that and before John … 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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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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