Posted this in my journal as well, but it might interest people here more.
Super productive weekend so far, though from the looks of my apartment right now, you'd think otherwise. Am in the middle of decluttering heaven/hell, meaning everything I am looking to donate or sell is stacked up blocking the majority of my living room. It always looks worse than before, until you're done. Ha.
Decluttering has been great so far, though:
- Sent off 47 CDs and DVDs to Decluttr (Was quoted 41.36$ payment for these - we’ll see, I’ve read some bad reviews that you get much less than they quote).
- Found Crate & Barrel gift card with 50$ balance on it. Woo! I love when I find money as a reward of cleaning up. Ordered something from my home needs list with it that will help keep my apartment cleaner after reading tips on this forum.
- Recycled about 30 cardboard boxes left over from FBA days.
- Threw out about 10 items that were no longer functional.
- Organized all my Christmas decorations into two large plastic bins. So tempted to put everything up already, but I’ll control myself, haha.
- Defrosted freezer, emptied out freezer/fridge, cleaned both, grocery shopped with a plan + will cook for the week tonight.
- Cleaned shower and stored items I don’t use frequently outside of shower, which was my last step in the bathroom decluttering/clean-up.
- Arranged for pick-up of 3 large Amazon Fresh delivery boxes that I had from trying out their 25$ free on 75$ trial order (after which I canceled the subscription trial, getting stuck with the boxes).
- Have 1 large cardboard box full of Goodwill donation items. Gotta count those out for tax purposes and schlepp them over either today or this week.
- Have 7 large plastic bins worth of FBA items to try to sell on Craigslist in bulk along with a label printer and plastic bags for FBA, or, if nobody bites, try to get a donation pick-up from the Salvation army since I don’t have a truck. This is the part I am dreading the most - even though there is potential to make money, I hate dealing with Craigslist. Oh well, nobody ever said this was going to be easy…
- Have a 6 foot folding table and florist supplies that I’ll also either donate or sell.
- Posted to my FB friends that I'm selling my surplus art work from the days when I used to do galleries/shows for 10$ a piece. A total steal when you consider I used to sell them for 360$ (though to be fair I only sold a handful), but much better than them cluttering up my apartment for more years. I hope someone bites because I'd love for them to be enjoyed, and the extra cash would be nice, too! Every little bit helps, eh?
- Took my clothes to Wasteland, who offered me 31$ for items that originally retailed 700$. Um. No. I'll try Poshmark or something, thanks. I'm willing to discount my art work since I wasn't able to establish a name for myself, but I'm not willing to do that for clothing brands that are still sought after.
- Moving all of the above to the living room temporarily means my main storage closet looks AMAZING now. Have room for my big backpacking gear, the Christmas decorations, bulk paper product, etc. with room to breathe. Before I started the decluttering, the closet was packed to the brim - to the point of having to open the door carefully so you didn't get hit in the head by falling items that were held in place only by the shut doors.
Whew. You can imagine what being in the middle of the above (i.e. having sorted out in the open, but not having yet sold/donated any of the items) looks like for my living room, though.
Gotta keep pushing on!
