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  1. 12-31-2004, 08:48 AM #1
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    Default How do you balance decluttering and.....(m)

    ...stockpiling? I am not really a stockpiler, so I don't know. But I can see how it is advantageous to get things on sale and stock up. Doesn't that kind of defeat the declutting thing?
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    To me decluttering means getting rid of items we no longer need/are no longer using - catalogs, junk mail, toys, clothing, magazines, cookware/bakeware/kitchen gadgets, etc.
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    Oh, DUH! LOL!
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    Originally posted by QuilterMom
    To me decluttering means getting rid of items we no longer need/are no longer using - catalogs, junk mail, toys, clothing, magazines, cookware/bakeware/kitchen gadgets, etc.
      Plus, you'll find that many of us stockpilers are very neat with our stockpiles-- having our shelves organized like a store.    There are some stockpile pics here: http://www.frugalvillage.com/supersaverscont.shtml   of village members' stockpiles.   I'll have to post some pics of mine some day soon.   That doesn't mean that I don't have other areas of the house to declutter, though!
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    Well, I guess I don't have to reply since everyone here explained it so beautifully! I'm actually quite anal about the organization of my stockpile! I need it neat and tidy so I can find everything! Since everything is something that we'll use, it's not clutter.
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    You feel good after you start to declutter & toss all the old junk you don't need or use anymore. Before I moved here I had a big three bedroom apt. I had friends who moved out of state & gave me a bunch of things they didn't want anymore plus when my mom passed away I got a lot of her things as well & felt like "things" were taking over but then my oldest DD was moving out & I needed to get a smaller place so I started packing things up & gave a few boxes & bags of things to a friend who was having a yard sale & tossed a lot of things & gave my oldest DD a few things so by the time moving day came we got everything I needed in 1 small U-Haul truck & I have been decluttered ever since. What a feeling of acomplishment that is
    I also just gave a bunch more things away to a family who just moved from out of state & has 4 kids because there were a few more things that I realized I'm not using & they could.
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