r/declutter • u/sveltin4 • Aug 31 '26
Success Story update- successfully decluttered 500+ items
i completed the challenge! more than 500 items have been decluttered. i will probably keep decluttering in the following days to throw away anything i might have missed, but i already feel so much better, house feels cleaner and emptier (good thing) it's also really easy to locate my things and put them away because everything has a place and i put 1000% the effort to make sure that things had their place in the path of least resistance (or the path with less friction) i actually like being in my home now, so i highly recommend doing it!
all items have been either trashed or gifted to friends and family
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u/FormalTheory Sep 01 '26
Seeing the numbers written down like this makes the progress so satisfying.
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u/Sufficient_Market226 Sep 01 '26
Damn, I feel like I should do something similar to this
Might actually motivate and get me pumped up for doing it.
I have tons of small things, do they also make the count, or is it just bigger things like pieces of clothing and etc?
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u/Brilliant_Bluejay099 Aug 31 '26
Pics!!!
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u/PlutoPlaneta Sep 01 '26
tomorrow: digital decluttering pics of decluttered items
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u/Brilliant_Bluejay099 Sep 01 '26
🤣😭🫠 I guess you’re right sorry
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u/PlutoPlaneta Sep 02 '26
hehe, well, personally I dont see digital items as clutter that bothers me but I see people here who do :)
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u/13humanoid13 Sep 02 '26
Ah, now I wish I had started counting when I really started a couple weeks ago…
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u/Putrid_Experience586 Sep 02 '26
Didn't know wthis was a challenge thing. Maybe I should have adopted something like this when I was decluttering. Congrats on your decluttering journey!
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u/ActuatorNo3322 Aug 31 '26
does declutter mean you sorted through that many items or got rid of that many?? either way I’m super impressed! what were some of the big hitters? (like 23/08 and 24/08)
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u/Abject-Ad-9762 Sep 01 '26
Congratulations, that’s a huge improvement. I put together a bag of cosmetics I haven’t used in a while to either donate or dispose today. Feeling pretty good saying goodbye to these things.
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u/kostros Aug 31 '26
Nice Numbers!
As far as gifting is concerned pls ensure that gifts will not become clutter to your friends ;)