Tag Archives: Clutter

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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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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