Clutter Control and Organizing Solutions

A couple of years ago, I discovered freecycle. It has been an absolute blessing as we have attempted to declutter and organize our house. Merging two families together who had both been married and both had children was interesting to say the least and his house was C-L-U-T-T-E-R-E-D to the MAX!

Once I discovered freecycle, my mission, my job and the whole process became SO much easier. In fact, the hardest part was convincing him we didn’t need certain things. For instance, we don’t really need three toasters, two microwaves, four couches, two coffee tables, 143 forks, knives and spoons, four dish sets (because apparently it was too difficult to get rid of the other ones before), and a large number of countless other items. Donating the items are fine, but often times donation centers don’t take certain items, and you also have to wait for the company to send a truck out or you have to find a way to get the stuff there yourself.

There is a better way. Enter - Freecycle.org

Basically you join the list for the area you live in, and you receive emails which indicate when someone is getting rid of something or is looking for something. If they are getting rid of something, you can email them (better be fast) and if you are the person they pick, you will get to come get the item from the person. It’s a great way to fill your house up with useless junk you don’t need.

OR you can use it for getting rid of your own stuff - which is a much better use. You need to check out the way that people post the subject and then write a description of the item you want to get rid of. Send it to the group and get ready for the responses. You can to say when you want the item picked up by, etc. You CANNOT sell anything on Freecyle.org. Everything must be given for free (thus FREEcycle) but the beauty is, you just stick it out on your driveway or your front porch and they have to come get it. You’d be amazed at what people are looking for or want.

It has always surprised me but if you knew how much stuff we have gotten rid of - wonderful. I have more items to go on today! YAY!

So if you have never checked out Freecycle.org - do it. You can thank me later.