I find the easiest tip is to really think before buying something. Sounds silly but with me and my partner both being kinda stingey, especially about games its really helped. We did have a lot of second hand gear (house was inherited from his hoarding grandmother) though to start with. Buying lots of crap all the time is a habit a lot of my family has and it drives me batty as half the time its not needed or used.
Unfortunately this lead to my current wisdom of reducing things I 'want' by buying them second hand. My discovery of second hand book stores was a little too successful. However we are both very avid readers so there are probably worse decorations we could have. :)
I find bulk collections really good for decluttering in australia. The best bit (in my area at least, with lots of students mixed with very well off people) is people are fairly blatent about wandering the streets to pick up gear. So pretty much anything in half-decent nick is taken before the stuff is actually picked up. And if you really don't want to see it head to a landfill you can always move it back in after the weekend. :P
Alternatively my mothers method of decluttering has basically been to keep her normal spending habits but give the stuff away, especially to my little sister and me. Which is... not so good for me keeping things decluttered. I don't really have a need or a use for a silverware collection (but she loves buying the stuff). A more friendly, hey guys this is my stuff who wants/needs it type thing would be more useful.
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Date: 2010-06-18 03:28 am (UTC)Unfortunately this lead to my current wisdom of reducing things I 'want' by buying them second hand. My discovery of second hand book stores was a little too successful. However we are both very avid readers so there are probably worse decorations we could have. :)
I find bulk collections really good for decluttering in australia. The best bit (in my area at least, with lots of students mixed with very well off people) is people are fairly blatent about wandering the streets to pick up gear. So pretty much anything in half-decent nick is taken before the stuff is actually picked up. And if you really don't want to see it head to a landfill you can always move it back in after the weekend. :P
Alternatively my mothers method of decluttering has basically been to keep her normal spending habits but give the stuff away, especially to my little sister and me. Which is... not so good for me keeping things decluttered. I don't really have a need or a use for a silverware collection (but she loves buying the stuff). A more friendly, hey guys this is my stuff who wants/needs it type thing would be more useful.