Here's the old thread.

Maybe the energizing effect of the cooling after summer will inspire some of us to get more done. I always find fall to feel so good after the heat of summer that I'm amazed not only at how much more I can get done when the days cool, but at how I managed to keep moving at all when it was so hot out. :-/

Several folks are moving in or out of new houses. If we can be the cheering section to help them in the process, that would be great. A few questions to those moving: Are you boxing it all up and going to sort it out when you get there? Let me tell you from experience: it doesn't work as a "system." The less you let into your new house, the better. If you can at least sort and pack things according to "sell later" and "keep," you'll do yourself a favor. I couldn't afford to just dump stuff I don't need, I'm slowly selling it off. I just wish I'd started selling it a long time ago.

And consider the avenues of getting rid of it. Here in the U.S. for many of us who have mortgages and can do itemized taxes, donating stuff (keep a record!) and claiming the eBay or Resale shop price or Thrift Shop price, depending on where you would have sold it if you'd taken the trouble, can add up to considerable savings at tax time.

I have to do a lot of gardening stuff this fall, and I've made progress in added to my home canned supply and to what I have in my freezer. I decluttered in there when I defrosted a while back. Fall is a great time to load the freezer for winter, if you pace yourself.

Good luck all! Keep up the de-cluttering, and make sure that your preparations for the coming seasons don't add to the problem, that they just add to your efficiency!

SRS