My December decluttering journal

one the first day of Christmas

de Lulu gave to charity

an unopened album from key

on the fifth day of Christmas

de lulu gave to charity

five pre-covid lipsticks

four old blushes

three paint brushes

two worn out socks

and an unopened album from key

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Smh

at least give me something to work with my friend

so I can improve on an already fantastic masterclass levels of rhyming!!!

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So far it's pretty accurate though

You can keep updating your lyrics as I go throw my stuff this December

well I tried my best to interpolate from what you've said so...

I will but you will need to tag me since I don't follow any threads...

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for day 5 I'm raiding my makeup stuff

There are items I got from before pandemic

They can possibly not be any good anymore

Isn't it kind of crazy how fast makeup can apparently turn into petri dishes?

Though, COVID both feels like a blip on the radar and an entire lifetime, so you've made me realize that my makeup from ~3+ years ago at this point is probably not worth keeping...

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I'm really kicking myself

I bought expensive big eye palettes that I never really used right before covid

I'm gonna do this in batches

If I throw everything at once I will have a mental breakdown

Share your strategy with me cause I'm feeling lost

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You're taking the approach I do! Small steps. It doesn't feel like a lot at one time, so it's more manageable in the moment. But all those incremental changes really add up and you can really feel the difference after a while.

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selfmate

I got rid of 6 lipsticks today

what did you throw away on day 5 then since the lyrics need to be updated

on the sixth day of Christmas

de lulu gave to charity

six pre-covid lipsticks

five golden eyeshadows

four old blushes

three paint brushes

two worn out socks

and an unopened album from key

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Eyeshadow sounds right

Tmr will be old notebooks likely

unused right? don't throw away notebooks that contain treasured memories and whatnot

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Used ones but no memory

Scribbles of figuring out math and work meeting notes that have mostly got digital versions of the important stuff

idek why I kept them

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gotcha

sentimental value I guess

I spent the past two years decluttering us "kids" rooms since we're all adults now and my siblings aren't moving back any time soon. Watching a lot of YT channels about decluttering really helped keep the motivation going. Your thread might motivate others (and me) too!

It feels so freeing that I'm trying to stop myself from going further with my clothes lol. I spend 24/7 in PJs, but I do need public facing clothes sometimes

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That's nice

I have so much clothes but I feel like jt will be such a big waste to just throw them all away

I'm trying to sell some

I donated my clothes and am trying to be more thoughtful about what I buy going forward. But you could start with the older clothes or anything that's worn down/has holes/discolored.

I was afraid of wasting money (especially since most of it wasn't my money), but in the end, the stress of seeing all of it every day beat the stress of wasting money. Not having the visual reminder actually lowered my stress about the money.