Comments on: Sorting

By: Karen Bell

Karen Bell — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:28:09 +0000

Sorting is good once it’s done, you’re right x

By: Andie

Andie — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 23:48:42 +0000

You could try your local Freecycle page which is handy as people actually come and collect it from you. Or how about your local hospital. They are always after toys for their waiting rooms.

Sorting is so therapeutic isn’t it? x

By: Karen Bell

Karen Bell — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:20:13 +0000

It does feel good once it’s done!

By: Karen Bell

Karen Bell — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:19:02 +0000

Yes, it does start to build up very easily

By: Karen Bell

Karen Bell — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:18:36 +0000

I feel good once I have completed the sorting x

By: Karen Bell

Karen Bell — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:17:59 +0000

I need to deal with items as soon as they are finished with, rather than putting them away until ‘I have more time’. as I never have more time!

By: Karen Bell

Karen Bell — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:16:34 +0000

Thanks for the advice, I’m going to tackle some more again tomorrow

By: Mama H

Mama H — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:15:49 +0000

Bet you feel great for this! We had a good sort recently too and for 5 minutes the house was tidy…

By: Sara (@mumturnedmom)

Sara (@mumturnedmom) — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:30:51 +0000

I desperately need to do a bit of this! I became a lot more ruthless when we relocated, but it’s starting to build up (and I just don’t think about the attic full of stuff in Edinburgh!). #WotW

By: Alexandra Mercer (Broody Me)

Alexandra Mercer (Broody Me) — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:02:53 +0000

Oooh I love sorting! I keep all the clothes my children have grown out of to pass on to possible future babies I may have. I don’t really have a problem with toys because I got fed up with them a long time ago and threw them out! x #WotW

By: Amanda Masters

Amanda Masters — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:56:49 +0000

Wowzers!

You need to be ruthless, set emotions to the side and just plough through.
Separate everything in to ‘keep, donate, recycle and bin’ and take the items to where they need to go straight away before you get emotionally reattached to anything!

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:45:47 +0000

Unfortunately I think slow is always better with these things otherwise it can become totally overwhelming! Big/decent things offer on freecycle… and once it’s done try not to just put stuff up there – think ‘will i need this again?’ and if yes ‘WHEN will i need it?’ if it’s not anytime soon do you really need to keep hold of it? – smaller items you can get 4 empty boxes and as you’re going through sort into ‘keep, give away, throw away’ unsure’ and when you’ve finished make sure you sort out the unsure box before doing anything else!! Think – have I used this in the last year? Do I love it? Does it improve my life? Will I definitely be using it soon? If no to them questions get rid, even though it may be painful! Plastic boxes are awesome. I think we have one for everthing in the house! They also still work in attics etc because you can get the same type in different sizes, so we stack them up widest at the bottom getting narrorwer at the top to fit with the slopes. We also label them all and put them away in catagories. So all my christmas/halloween/birthday stuff boxes are together, the kids clothes boxes are together and all labelled like 3-4, 4-5, memory clothes, outdoor clothes, shoes and boots. We mainly get rid of clothes the youngest has worn but keep lots of future clothes (we have boxes up to 7-8 and our eldest is 4!).

By: Karen Bell

Karen Bell — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:45:24 +0000

Yeah, I need to take them places as they are finished with rather than putting them in the loft to sort another time…..lesson learned

By: Karen Bell

Karen Bell — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:44:15 +0000

I wanted to do a car boot sale all last summer, but never found the time, so I think I might give the clothes to charity, but maybe try to find time to car boot some of the toys, then the rest for charity

By: Karen Bell

Karen Bell — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:43:03 +0000

I need to find a decent local charity that can make use of it I think

By: thereadingresidence

thereadingresidence — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:21:18 +0000

That is a serious amount of sorting! We have recycle bins near us that take books and clothes to charities, and we’re lucky to have a re-use centre next to our tip so a load of toys went there before Christmas, too. I tend to do it in stages, so it never gets to the loft (that said, I know there are some of Little Man’s clothes up there that I still haven’t sorted!) Good luck with it all, and thanks for sharing with #WotW x