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Decluttering helps 30,000 people find jobs. The Goodwill Effect
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WHY Can't I think of doing these things straightaway like a normal person?
I mean, really. It was only 14 bux for the 2 stacking shelves, ElJay!!! It didn't break the bank. Doof.
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52 weeks of 2015 - Week #1 "Out with the old"
I know the theme is conceptual, but a literal interpretation was easy for me! We are nearly empty nesters, and 2015 is going to be a year of decluttering and downsizing! Happy new year!
Day 26 of my 30 Day challenge, and today I finally Dealt with a task that I've been ignoring for over a month: replacing the broken toilet seat in my guest bathroom. Because in order to replace the seat, I had to clean around the toilet, and if I was cleaning around the toilet I might as well clean the entire bathroom, and if I'm cleaning that bathroom I should clean the master bathroom, and mop the kitchen floor while I have the mop out. . . . But today I finally dragged out all the cleaning supplies and tools, scrubbed the bathrooms from top to bottom, then replaced the broken toilet seat with a nice new one. And since nobody wants to see a picture of a broken toilet seat, here's the new toilet seat in it's nice cover that matches the curtain and towels in the guest bathroom.
I felt like society would never give me another chance because I had a violent criminal background. I made some terrible choices in my past, and I just didn’t know how to overcome those challenges when dealing with employers or society. It was difficult for me to find the resources to improve myself, my self-esteem as well as my confidence within myself. When I left prison, I knew it was going to be a journey — I just didn’t know where to start.
I found out about Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina’s program through the Darryl Hunt Project for Freedom and Justice. I took a week-long job readiness class. After the class, I started my job search, and it was 9-to-5 every day. I was on foot, of course, and I started at one end of a street and I finished on another.
Luckily, a job posting came open as a machine operator at Carolina Fabric four or five weeks after I finished the job readiness class. I obtained the job; it was only minimum wage at the time, but I went into the job with an attitude of gratitude.
In the past year and a half, I’ve been going to night school for welding, as I aspire to be certified welding inspector.
I would tell people looking for a job that you should never judge what you’ve done in the past. The first step is to forgive yourself — because if you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will.
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The more you know, the less you need.
— Aboriginal proverb
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the solution is hot water, distilled white vinegar, and a few tablespoons of borax (the only product I use that's known to be at all toxic); I also sprayed it down with my all-purpose cleaner, which contains (filtered) water, distilled wh. vinegar, Dr. Bronner's liquid castile soap, and borax.
As anyone who has been into our downstairs bathroom could tell you it was a bit of a bomb site with holes in the walls, plumbing on display and a general lack of "finished-ness".
Well today I have spent 5+ hours making some headway into this issue. The walls are now panelled in tongue and groove (I unleashed my inner teuchter for some inspiration!) and that is all painted in a matt grey which is as close as I could get to the tiled splashback - it is kind of a slatey grey colour (still wet and shiny in this picture). As a bonus I plastered a couple of walls, filled some broken tiles and plastered a ceiling. All that is a first pass though and will need another coat before I can start painting.
All in all things are coming together then! Still need to pop a wee bit of moulding along the top of the panels to tidy them up, paint the walls (refresh the white), paint a couple of other rooms... tidy the garden... declutter.... all hopefully by mid-September!!!!
Declutter time, letting this wonderful camera go. Fantastic, but I just don't need it and my FE2 gives me all the 35mm fun that I need.
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Here are Day 3’s offerings.
7 mugs of varying sizes and patterns. None of these match and yesterday we bought 2 sets of 4 that match, so we don’t need these any more. There are only 2 of us after all! These will be offered on Freecycle – if there are no takers, I’ll take them to the Oxfam charity shop next week.
A dozen plastic plates, not the disposable sort, the kind you use on picnics. I think I had these for when I did refreshments for an annual charity event. Someone else took over and I was left with these. We don’t use them so might as well find them a new home. I’ll Freecycle them or let Oxfam have them.
A box of drawer liners with one missing. These have been in a drawer for ages and have mostly lost their smell. I don’t actually like the pattern on them so wouldn’t use them. I’ll Freecycle them or take them to Oxfam.
A novelty headband with Devil’s horns. This was given to me by my sister for a charity tombola, but I don’t think it’s suitable. It needs 2 batteries, and lights up when switched on. As Halloween is coming up, I’ll offer it on Freecycle. Somebody might like it.
A nursery rhyme jigsaw with big pieces. I bought this at a charity shop when I was doing altered art jigsaw pieces. I also bought about 6 other jigsaws with even larger pieces, and have only ever used about 6. So this one can find a new home in Oxfam as I don’t need it.
3 diet books on the GI diet. I haven’t followed this diet, so might as well get rid of these books. I was successful when I went to a slimming club, and when I decide to lose weight again I will follow the club’s diet again.
An empty bathroom cleaner bottle. We had 2 of these on the go in the bathroom at the same time, and this one only had a few drips left in it, so I emptied them into the other one and disposed of this plastic bottle in the local council’s recycling bag.
2 small Tupperware containers. I don’t really need these any more and can’t think of anything to do with them except offer them on Freecycle, or give them to Oxfam.
A jumper that has stretched in the wash. It doesn’t fit me any more, it got stretched widthways and looks far too baggy, so I will put it in the textile recycling bag. Our local recycling facility has a bin for textiles so next time I am passing I will put it in.
And finally – a cat identity tag. Don’t ask me why I’ve even got this because I don’t have a cat! I think I bought it for some craft project or other and it seemed a good idea at the time! I think Oxfam will benefit from this item.
Just goes to show what weird and wonderful stuff I hang onto that I don’t need any more. Thank goodness for Freecycle and charity shops is all I can say!
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ha! the other photo was a tease. this is how we really had to leave things. there are still stacks of things, and other stuff that was being staged elsewhere in the house (some stuff did stay in the hall for the week) that we will get to next week
So far so good: I’ve managed to declutter at least 10 things a day for 5 consecutive days, even with going out. Still lots of little bits that have been laying around. This lot has been in our study since June, which is when I did the last declutter! They got put in a crate under the desk in the study, ready for the next declutter, and ever since then we’ve been hitting our legs on it whenever we’ve used the computer! They were earmarked to go but not included, so this time they’ve gone! The crate will be put (empty) back in the loft!
Clockwise from top left:
Two maps of New England that are out of date now. In the paper recycling.
A Spanish grammar book. Got rid of the other Spanish books in the summer. This will go to the charity shop.
A pink car tax disc holder. I had this in my car but it kept falling off. Putting in the charity bag.
4 file folders full of info from an OU course I did in 2004. I kept these in the loft for a few years, then got them out last summer. Despite numerous appearances on Freecycle they’re still here, so I’m recycling the paper and will offer the empty files on Freecycle.
A Skype telephone that came from somewhere, hubby probably. Put this in the charity bag.
2 novelty notepads. We’ve got paper coming out of our ears in this house so I can lose these 2. Gone in the charity shop bag.
Various DVDs that were given away free in newspapers. We’ve either watched them or are not interested in them, so they’ve gone in the charity bag too.
A fold up ruler. No idea where this came from or why we’ve got it, because it’s not accurate! Gone in the charity shop bag.
A pack of file dividers for folders. Hubby got these from work but never used them, so they’ve gone in the charity shop bag too.
A disposable camera, with a ‘develop by’ date of June 2005! This has had to go in the bin.
Another 10 or so things gone from the house forever!
My journey started with handshakes and smiles from two ladies, Clarice and Diane. I was led into a room with just a table, chair and telephone. What I didn’t know was that the telephone was going to be the tool of my trade at Goodwill Industries of Tulsa (OK).
So what is the result of all these phone calls? Well, for one thing we met our quota for the month of September and then some. But is it really about numbers? No. It’s about helping people and changing lives that matters.
Having lunch with Diane, Paul and Greta every day was the high point of my day — there was always joy and laughter around the lunch table. But the biggest gift I received was knowing I made a difference in someone’s life — to hear the joy in a person’s voice when I told them, “Come in and get a $35 clothing voucher for your new job,” or to have someone stop by your desk and say, “thank you,” with a smile on their face.
I never can say thank you enough to the people at Goodwill® for showing me how to really care about someone else’s life. It was and always will be a positive and life changing part of my life.
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