4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Lesley]

A man in the US is going to try and live his life with just 100 personal items......

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1812048,00.html

The Rules

http://www.guynameddave.com/100-thing-challenge.html

 

What would you leave out and what would you not live without?

 

I know I couldn't live without books (....or family )

 

.....Im still thinking about it......

[Egluntyne]

Books

Family

chickens

Crocs

electric toothbrush

computer

Eglus, Cube and WIR

radio

greenhouse

[Mrs Frugal]

I couldn't be without

 

everything in the house as I am the world's worst declutterer . I'd regret getting rid of most things even if they seemed trivial or worthless to most people and have never forgiven myself for having a radical clear out when we moved here.

[Charlottechicken]

Ooh, how interesting!

 

I remember seeing the 1900 House programme, where they said in 1900 each person had just 200 items, and 100 years later we each had 20,000. I could do 200 of most things quite easily (I imagine my shed has more than 200 items in it), but thankfully doing 'buy nothing new' last year knocked some of the consumerism out of me! (am still finding it hard to buy clothes from clothes shops )

 

I know what he means though, how much stuff do we really need or do we just want it? It does become quite stifling once you notice it all, and it is taking me years to declutter effectively.

 

I might have to bookmark his blog, thanks for posting this Lesley!

[Couperwife]

oh, no something else that I feel the need to get involved in

 

I have "stuff" kevs calls it rubbish mum calls it clutter

 

I could probably bin 100 items and not actually miss anything

 

I am seriously considering having a go at this (the get rid of 100 items - rather than living with 100 items )

 

cathy

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[Cooks]

hmmm let's see

 

Family

Pets

Purse

Pictures

Phone

Gifts people have bought me

Cube/WIR

My house as I love it and dont want to live anywhere else.

Troll bracelet as it was a present from my children/hubby

Their memory boxes and baby trinkets/shoes/first babygrow

ipod

books

my teddy bear hubby bought me

 

 

still adding so I will come back to my list...

Edited July 27, 2009 by Guest

[lisaroo2]

Hubbie and I de-cluttered our garage last week. There was stuff in there that we've not used for years so we didn't even think about it, we rang a local charity shop and they came and collected it all. A much tidier garage for us and some 'stock' for them!!

 

The spare room is next up for de-cluttering and I can hear it shivering with anticipation

[bigmommasally]

DD2 is doing a boot sale today to try and get rid of some of our clutter and make some herself money, somehow though I think most of it will be coming back home with her and going straight down the charity shop!

 

Other than the obvious family, pets etc. I couldn't live without my laptop, mobile phone, camera, sewing machine, my ever growing fabric stash oh and my lovely new wok!

[Lewis]

Family

Friends

Pets and everything that goes with them

My Laptop - all my music, contact with people, photos, calendar (I should really back it up )

Mobile

Radio

My desk - it has everything on it!

Digital Camera

Not a thing as such, but work experience just because its fun

[Geoid]

My Laptop - all my music, contact with people, photos, calendar (I should really back it up ))

Yes, you should! Buy some blank DVD's and back up NOW!

[Lewis]

My Laptop - all my music, contact with people, photos, calendar (I should really back it up ))

Yes, you should! Buy some blank DVD's and back up NOW!

The music is all done, will do it all later

I have an external HDD

[Happy chickens!]

Love de-cluttering, but didn't realise was supposed to get rid of stuff - am addicted to storage, love box files, drawers, shelves, cupboards...... Guess I keep everything, except I do use my shredder for lot of stuff at least.

[Olly]

Gosh. This is quite pertinent, I've just returned from a weekend with my sister who hardly ever throws anything away! I found it quite frustrating, they have a lovely home but you can barely see it through the clutter.

 

She can't bend down at the moment, she asked me to find one of her slippers at the back of the wardrobe, and there must have been 20 pairs of shoes, all nearly identical, stuffed in there! I'm not a saint but I realised a long time ago that Stuff can hold you back in life and I try not to keep too much. Couldn't cut down to 100 things, but I like the idea of throwing 100 things out!

 

Car

Sabatier kitchen knife

iPod

Hairdrier

Cube and chickens!

Garden shredder

TomTom satnav

mobile phone

Duo leather boots

memory-foam mattress topper

 

... those are the first 10 things that spring to mind, that I would be clinging on to kicking and screaming if you tried to take them away!

[Cinnamon]

Assuming this is about things,not people,that I couldn't live without.........................

 

Books

Crocs

John Friedas Frizz Ease

My Kipling handbag

My make up

My fuzzy dressing gown & toasties

My extra deep double ended bath

My bed & memory foam matress

TV

Sky+

My new phone (HTC Magic)

My computer

My chilli cat & the hens

Marge the Panda

Digital camera

Roomba

Tassimo

 

 

Goodness, there is a lot I could never part with really

[Old Speckled Hen]

Hey,

I love the way that 35 pairs of shoes can be one item

Can 10 black jackets be another?

25 white tee shirts yet another?

If that's so then I could really enjoy this.

 

I dream of minimalist heaven but my hubby would live in cluttered chintz hell

I could throw out soooooooooooooo much of his stuff

We rub along

[bluekarin]

I would keep

 

Family and friends

Pets

photos

my bed

Ellie (toy elephant I've had since I was one)

Moisteriser (face and body. This is my desert island one thing)

Duo boots (I so agree with you on that one Olly)

books

pictures the kids have drawn since they were tiny (yes, I keep almost everything )

kids first shoes and clothes and their keepsake boxes (only special clothes, to pass on)

two necklaces I chose and was given of my Grandmas things after she died. They are only glass, but she made them and they have poppers for the fasteners (she was Polish and 'made do' with everything, but and Incredible hoarder. She'd wipe the floor with all of us)

passports

new car (when we get it for Tuesday)

wedding and engagement ring

purse

 

umm . . . . can't think of anything else right now

[Lesley]

As soon as I left for another day gardening, I remembered my memory foam topper - I definitely wouldn't want to do without that!

 

....and a big, squashy sofa - comfortable and big enough to strew with papers and books.

 

I think I would be better getting rid of 100 items as well and am with the person who said they did declutter but were into storage.......I love storage - Staples is one of my favourite shops.....I hate shopping with a vengeance but will always pop into Staples to look at boxes and files

 

Apparently, you can make a Memory Box and keep little bits in there and it counts as one item.

[BarbaraJ]

Though i seem to have a fair amount of clutter i'm not really attached to much of it lol

 

photos

My E-reader

laptop

camera

troll bracelet (kids bought me it)

jeans

 

think thats about it

[Valkyrie]

I'm very much like Kate, very torn between knowing I must get rid of things, but can't - just in case. My dad was exactly the same - all the totally useless bits of wood and nails, screws in little tins and boxes that filled up the garage. But if my son continues down the path he's treading at the moment - it will be him!

[Bassett]

I'm pretty good at decluttering and have fairly regular clear-outs. Much to the horror of my children who dread me going into their rooms with a big black rubbish sack!

 

Some of the things I couldn't chuck out are:

 

Dodo pad

Kipling bag

Kipling purse (the only purse that stays organised)

Birkenstocks

Wedding Ring

My favourite Watch

Photos

My memory boxes for each child

Ipod

Mobile phone

L'Oreal 6hr glam Shine

Eyeliner

Boots gorgeous foot cream

Pedegg

12x mini mirror

Denby dinner set

Wedgewood dinner set

Waterford glasses

Emma bridgewater jugs/vases

Piano

My collection of cookery books

Bicycle

[Lesley]

"Ooops, word censored!"ody seems to value clothes very highly!

[Happy chickens!]

Lesley wrote

I love storage - Staples is one of my favourite shops.....I hate shopping with a vengeance but will always pop into Staples to look at boxes and files

 

Yes, yes yes! If you ever come to Chester, they have a shop called 'store' fabulous ideas, always pay a visit

[Lesley]

- we could go that way to Anglesey later this year

[carrie]

Having had a major clearout today I have put some thought into this.

 

Piano

Grandma's wardrobes

Grandma's display cabinet

1 litle tea cup (you guessed it-from my Grandma)

A ring which used to belong to my Dad

Laptop

Chickens

Woodburner

Factor 50 suncream (I burn incredibly easily)

My craft stuff

[Valkyrie]

My clothes are positively antique. I would never throw away that dreadful tunic that my grandmother crocheted. And my mum's skirt that she had when she was 18 (making it something like 62 years old now) is still in use. It was a gathered skirt to be worn with frilly petticoat - she was anorexic before they knew what anorexia was - she lived on an egg beat up in milk (it's ok with a teaspoon of sugar or a bit less). I do kind of appreciate the extra yardage. The clothes size 10 are a reminder of how I used to be before I go and stuff my face to comfort myself. Nope, it has to be the boy first.