Tomorrow there is a tube strike in London. Rather than risk cycling along the tow path in the dark or frost I am having the day off and hope to do some tidying. I hope that I will find stuff to throw or recycle in my efforts to clear some of the clutter so living in my home will be easier, I will be happy having visitors without notice, that stuff I don't need but others do will find a new home.
I have been trying this for years and it doesn't feel I have got very far. It doesn't help that the number of my books creeps, and sometimes jumps, upwards and upwards.
I haven't got round to putting stuff on Freegle yet, but I have responded to wants. On Friday someone wanted a sledge for her 3 young children for when the snow came. I have had a sledge in the basement that came with me when I moved 14 years ago. I hesitated, but the nearest usable slope is 3 miles away, my friends who would go sledging don't live locally, so I took a deep breath and responded.
I have two main problems. One is all the stuff for the puppet show I have never yet produced. I am not yet ready to admit I never will, so all the material and bits to make puppets are kept.
The second is all the stuff that is not rubbish enough for the bin, but too rubbishy for the charity shop or Freegle, especially it is not something that would be easily replaced if I did want it in the future. I can sort through masses of stuff but get rid of very little.
But I will keep trying......
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