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Toss Ten -- the list
OK, years ago I ran across a decluttering "meme" called Toss Ten.
The idea is that each day, you eliminate ten things.
The way I decided to interpret it is that each day, you get to define what a "thing" is. On tough days, you can say "each individual pencil counts as one." On days when you're raring to go, you can say, "this pile of pencils counts as one."
Also, "toss" means: out of your house. Trash, recycle, regift, donate, Freecycle, whatever. Out. Gone. NOT stashed somewhere else. The idea is not to bog the discussion down w/ rhetoric about recycling, and landfills, etc.
So, that's my new goal. I'm going to Toss Ten every single day.
The tough part is going to be donating stuff, bcs I can't really take it somewhere each day. So I'm going to allow myself to count those each day, as long as they LEAVE on the weekend.
And I'm going to come to this thread and tell you what they are.
Today's Toss Ten:
-leftover box from the mini dehumidifier
-pile of junk mail
-outgrown suit of DS's
-outgrown black jeans of DS's
-old bridesmaid dress of mine
-Ants in the Pants game
-stack of outgrown uniform shirts of DS's
-bunch of books to give to DS's school
-wooden cutlery divider scavenged from work
-Dick Blick art catalog
Wanna play?
Would love to, as soon as I get home. Am staying with my DD and a new grandbaby. Does it count if I threw away probably 100 plastic WalMart sacks at my daughter's house!? LOL
Will let you know how I'm fareing with this when I get home.
Sounds like a good plan to me.
I remember the Toss Ten strategy and this is why you are my Organizing Hero! I have been doing my scaled down version ever since the first introduction.
Between Freecycle and various donations, I have been tossing. Of late I have been evaluating purchases so I will have a net loss in the toss strategy.
i'll play too. Decluttering a cabinet shelf today to make room for teapots and new teacups (gift), I found 5 good condition cook books that I do not want and will donate to library book sale tomorrow, now that I have seen your toss ten post I will add paperbacks to make my quota for today.
thanks for the idea
OK, today's list:
1. -DS's outgrown suit
2. -DS's outgrown black jeans
3. -Mr. Mouth game
4. -"V is for Vendetta" graphic novel
5. -"Twenties Girl" bySophie Kinsella
6. -"Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
7. -bowlful of pistachios
8. -"The Bad Guys Won!" by jeff Pearlman
9. -green T-shirt that accidentally snuck into our laundry (took it downstairs to the laundry-room shelf for its owner to claim)
- -random blue picture frame, unused, that was hiding among the cookbooks
I donated two shoeboxes and two Fiestaware boxes to my ds's teacher. I didn't make it further than that other than to discard several pages of classwork that my kids brought home. Maybe tomorrow, I will get further. Today I mop the kitchen floor.
I'm going to stick with ten.
Today's list:
1. handwriting notebook
2. toothbrushes from the little bathroom
3. toothbrushes from the big bathroom
4. two steno notebooks
5. 3/4-full box of coin envelopes
6-20. books (14 in all)
I suppose I could have saved some of those for tomorrow, but that doesn't really help. My goal is to be steady, with things going out each day.
OK, except I think I would have eaten the pistachios for breakfast...
As a variation, for awhile I was keeping a "diary" with just 2 columns--stuff in and stuff out. Did not have to keep it every day, but you have to do it often enough so you don't conveniently forget. I have fallen off the wagon on it and think I should get back on. It is a lot like keeping a spending record where you write down every expenditure, so you can see why it is easy to fall off!
It is so telling--you make a trip to Wal-Mart or Target or the department store (or all 3) and wow, if you write everything down ( and exclude use-uppables, like food, shampoo, paper towels), you can really tell what is going on. So it's a variation on the OP in that, to make headway or stay even if you're happy where you are, then you can't toss 10 but bring in 12!
Another thing for folks who have trouble breaking with things is to make a "target 10 list". I have done that sometimes to good effect. You write down a number of things that you have been thinking about getting rid of. You know, the contemplation phase!
The variation of just putting them in a box is a delay tactic but can still be good if you are prone to tossing frenzies that you later regret, since the idea is to make good choices, keep what is truly useful or pleasurable, or if you just need some distance to help let go. So talley__ sue__nyc you are putting the bar higher, or trying to allow for a goal for "serious runners," which is a good option, especially since you offer the "out" of counting one pencil! I think that makes it fun and also practical.
In theory you can look at it as it is most logical to focus on one in/one out as like in/like out--clothes are the best example, or dishes, in the sense that one thinks of one's clothes closet, or kitchen storage, as fixed, so each addition needs to shove something out. But it doesn't have to be that rigid--someone might determine to have a large wardrobe but only one set of towels and sheets, no sporting goods, whatever, and so commandeer other spaces; or collect Christmas decorations stored in the closet and have a minimalist wardrobe.
So that gives a more generic value to talley_sue_nyc 's approach, that if you keep moving stuff out, even in random patterns, maybe it won't always help a particular shelf or closet right away, but somehow "stuff" will be reduced, and you'll have a better chance of being uncluttered in the long run. If overall I have more uncluttered spaces, that helps me deal with specific projects or areas that need work, or suggests new ways to enjoy a space, or to enjoy free time.
"You're right Frankie, can't make any headway if more is coming in than going out. I have a friend who had no clutter. Really, none. She said she had a rule that nothing came in unless something else went out."
That's us at this point in our lives.
Really makes you think about a purchase when you know something at home has got to go....
I just tossed three pairs of outgrown kids shoes and picked three pairs to donate. I went to the playroom and collected three of those junk toys that are half broken. Then I went through some of my flower bulb tags and tossed them since I have the bulbs in the ground and it will either grow or not next year.
Tomorrow I may tackle newspapers for recycling.
Frankie, I love your "in and out list"; I think that needs to go on my Strategies Shortlist (along with Toss Ten; Do a Dozen; and Innoculate a Petrie Dish).
Here's today's list:
1. crank pencil sharpener (it has weirdly angled grinders, and messes up the lead so it breaks too easily)
2. bag of catnip
3. 5 pieces of candy
4. "Last Man on the Mountain" book
5-7. 3 science-fair boards
8. square tissue paper & the oversize envelope they were in
9. 2 papers from DS's school
- 1 logic-puzzle book
Frankie is right that this strategy is all about simply reducing clutter overall. I'm jumping all over the place (today's list came from: the bookshelves in my room; the drawer of the buffet; the top of my dresser; and the corner by the piano). I haven't emptied an "entire" anything. I haven't cleared off a shelf, or emptied a drawer.
On the other hand, the corner by the piano looks a lot better! And my bookcase is getting noticeably closer to having a single layer, instead of books w/ stuff sitting on front of them.
But it's also about a long, subtle retraining of attitude.
In the very beginning, I just pick the stuff that's obvious, or easy. But as I go along, I find myself each night having to look a little harder to find No. 9 and No. 10.
This strategy is also about momentum, and motivation and encouragement. It's a bit like the Weight Watchers program that restricts salt alot, so that you lose water weight right away. This seems like cheating--and it is, sort of. But what happens is that there seems to be instant progress. And so people are encouraged to keep trying, and to come back. And by the third week, when they start to ease ketchup, etc., back into your diet, the *real* weight loss is starting to kick in, so the progress seems steady. It's very motivating, and very rewarding.
So that's part of what I'm trying to do as well--to encourage myself into sticking with the decluttering concept.
And, there is something to be said for simply calming the visual noise in my house.
Thanks for the company, everybody!
(Oh, and I didn't eat the pistachios, bcs they'd been sitting out in a dampish clime for several days, and they were too soft to be enjoyable.)
I got up at 4:00am and cleaned out a laundry room drawer--pitching about 30 items and organizing what was left. I had the courage to pitch some things that I couldn't identify (like parts to ??) and others that I didn't know I had. I hope I don't go back and retrieve items before garbage time.
Okay, now back to bed for awhile.
So far I'm sticking to it. Of course it's only been three days. LOL 90% of the contents in the garage belong to my husband. On Monday I went out there and threw something away. I told my husband if he would throw something away I would pick a second one. Well guess what, we cleaned one side of the garage. Threw lots away. Two more days/sides to go. Judy
I'll play. What a super motivating thread! I know I'll only be able to keep it up for my few days off, but at least that's better than nothing.
Here's mine for today:
1) 3 winter coats we've outgrown
2) 1 issue of BHG from 2006
3) 5 curtain sheers
4) Old sheets
5) DD's school papers/drawings from 2007
6) 3 pairs of DH's pants
7) Box of ~ 20 paperback books
8) Empty amazon boxes sitting on the porch for the past 2 weeks
9) Strange bits of toy parts to toddler toys (DD is a pre-teen now)
- Several issues of my professional journals that are now all online
jkayd, 90% of the contents in the garage belong to my husband. Just had to comment as the reverse is true about my garage. DH doesn't know a hammer from a saw nor where they are stored.
Since these are large items, I'm going to take double credit; I Freecycled:
PC monitor
12 Gardening books
VHS player
Tony Little Gazelle
I didn't toss anything yesterday. I went to the mall and hit the end of season clearances. Dillards had 70% off of dh's favorite shirts and 40% off of that so I bought ten work shirts. Can't beat $6 and $7 shirts. Dh wants to rotate his work shirts every two years or so. It's his job to get rid of his old stuff. And he probably will here in the next couple of weeks.
I also bought dd a few things for next year. I'll pack them away. The old stuff will be tossed or donated when we do her laundry.
All was not a loss. I did manage to unpack a box of decorations from when we moved. I put out seven decorative items. I convinced the kids to ride their bikes to school today so I walked the dog there and back and will do it again this afternoon which gives me two miles of walking.
OK, I missed the 29th & 30th.
I have an excuse; I folded 8 loads of laundry.
But on the 29th, I tossed:
1-3. Three things that I wrote on an envelope (to keep track of them to post here), but I can't find the envelope (DD says, "maybe you tossed it--would it count?")
So, here' s a list for the 29th:
4-10. kids' books
And being tossed today in honor the 30th:
1-5. adult books
6. an old issue of Hallmark magazine
7. Staples receipt on the piano
8. Duane Reade receipt on the end table
9. film-canister lid on the piano
- The books "Potato" and "Night"
And for today, Oct. 1:
1-37. A bunch of papers, envelopes leftover after filing bills, catalogs, etc., from the pile of papers in the bedroom.
marti8a, I think you got a lot done by planting those bulbs! I think that counts as "out of the house"!
jkayd_il5--your DH is playing too? Yay! And congrats on the garage.
(I find that happens with "Do a Dozen." I'll say, "just fold 12 items of clothes, then you can stop" and before I know it, the whole basket is done.
Thanks for playing along w/ me, everyone!
I'll play too.
Today I tossed...
1. outdated barrette
2. some no longer fragrant sachets
3. expired OTC medicines
4. a pair of glasses
5. beautiful candlestick (that reminded me of past hurt feelings)
6. charger for old cell phone
7. expired inhaler
8. four pkgs shoelaces
9. a few mystery keys
- blue crocheted doily
Today I tossed:
1. annoying belt that's also wearing out
2. years-old box of ice cream cones--nobody eats them
3. years-old gingerbread cookie mix--I'm never going to make it.
4. hand-held battery-powered fan that doesn't work
5. tiny cheap-o pedometer that doesn't work
6. plastic jellybean dispenser
7. remainder of a role of post-it-note tape
8. a second cheapo pedometer
9. an elastic toddler belt
- a plastic bag of scallop shells (took that one to church)
Alrighty, ladies, I'll play too! Inspired by this thread, this morning while gazing into my pathetic laundry room/office I made a decision to dejunk. I cleared two bags and a good sized box, all filled to the brim with PAPER (receipts, kindergarten art work. EOB [wow I hate these], a $20 check, a brand new black satin beaded evening bag I bought for my daughter for Homecoming LAST YEAR, letters from my daughter at college, the list goes on and on). Besides the $20, I also found a CD-ROm of Boy Scout information that is rather important.
Most of this is in the trash. I realized that one bag contains stuff that was hurriedly swept off of my husband's desk about a year or so ago, he will want to see this and more importantly (at least to him, anyway), shred it.
So that's three things (more or less, I've at least shifted the responsibility for my husband's stuff onto him). Let me find seven more....
1. A flyer on a symposium at a girls high school that we did not attend (the science symposium that is) yesterday.
2. Two worthless binder pockets that can't even hold a full sheet of paper.
3. A half carved bar of Zote soap that my Cub Scout son (who's artwork I found in the papers) carved a pink duckie out of, then got bored carving soap. I can't really use the remaining soap or the duckie, so out they go.
4. Two dated post-it notes.
5. A coupon for $50 off a pair of glasses that has been sitting here. We never ever use this optical shop.
6. A white lanyard that really will never be used again.
7. A lovely blue plastic blue measuring scoop that came in a jumbo Sams Club box of Cheer laundry soap.... but I can not find Cheer in powder form any more, so why am I keeping this?
Thank you for the support and encouragement to overcome my inability to make a decision and act on it.
I need to live my life, not archive it!
Church rummage sale next weekend, so some of these are not officially tossed yet but are in boxes for the sale:
On 10/2:
--6 throw pillows--I have been changing over completely to washable removable covers.
--1 electric mug warmer
--1 music CD
--1 state travel book
--2 torn maps
--1 weight lifting book
Day 8 and still going strong. I can't list what I have throw away because it's not really Toss Ten but more like Toss Thirty. I have cleaned drawers, bookcases, took two bags of clothes to an individual, filled another for Goodwill. I have a chair in my bedroom where I read and watch TV. Behind the chair I had stacked magazines and books. This morning I took everything out, vacuumed, threw away the magazines, am going to offer friends the books. I feel so good about cleaning the clutter. Thanks Tally Sue, I really needed this. Judy
Today I joined you by tossing 15 old software discs from my old computer (1998-2008). Then I had second thoughts. Can I do this or can someone pick them out of the trash and use them? DO I CARE? Is there even any use for these?
The second thing is those old square floppy discs - some of them have personal info on them (genealogy & favorites list, eg). What do I do to destroy these? You can see I'm not a very trusting person when it comes to personal info. The drawer has more stuff, but I better leave it till later. I'd appreciate your answers.
I tossed a lot today but the big ticket items (as far as reclaimed space is concerned) were resume writing, job interviewing skills, and cover letter writing books--37 in all. These were from my executive consulting job.
I contacted a large church in my area that sponsors weekly job search workshops. I thought that perhaps they could create a lending library for their participants. They responded that they would love to have them.
Yesterday I tossed three old glass ceiling fan shades, a pair of black shoes, an old worthless sweater that the crew-neck collar had been cut out of (teenagers!), and a lot of small pieces of papers like receipts, a large cardboard box holding a new Vera Bradley tote, and a couple of magazines.
It may not be a perfect 10, but I'm not striving for perfection. I simply want to keep the momentum going but not overwhelm myself with expectations that I cannot reach.
Of course! It's too adorable to toss! I could live in a world covered in Vera Bradley.
Yesterday I tossed lots of those junkly little things that are really to stupid to list (receipts, clothing tags, post-it notes to myself, plastic button bags) that cluttered up my bathroom countertop. I'm sure it was at least ten and now my countertop is clean for the first time in months. Made a decision to get rid of a Chiccos shirt I no longer care for. Got rid of a basket that I cannot use, though it is a nice basket. However, I am debating about whether I should give away a Vera Bradley cell phone case that is so bulky it doesn't make sense to use in a small purse (like those I carry). So I gave it to my teenage daughter. She can give it away if she can't use it. That's all for today!
Wow! Fantastic idea. So today was the first day and it wasn't too hard.
1. Recycling
2. 3 old sweaters
3. 2 t-shirts
4. old magazines
5. moldy fruit in the fridge
6. old baking pan
7. ripped socks
8. cardboard boxes from packing
9. jeans that don't fit anymore
- 2 trash bags
not bad for my first attempt!
I've got a new motivation now! We're having our house appraised for a mortgage refi next next Monday. I've got a lot of work to do. Today's list:
1. Two plastic boxes that held my very old hand mixers-nice boxes but rather impractical so I tossed them.
2. Old make-up, lotions, toiletry items
3. Two t-shirts that are still usable, but we have too many-donated
4. Broken office equipment
5. A nice pair of pink and orange ladies flip flops-donated
6. My friend's copy of Eat, Pray Love that I borrowed two months ago
7. An old pacifier (egads-what was I thinking?)
8. Various cardboard boxes to recycling from jewelry sized to shipping size
9. A cute plastic 3 x 5 index card holder shaped like an envelope-donate
- The ratty J Jill bag that I emptied that contained most of this junk which had been sitting in my closet for months quietly waiting for action.
My bathroom is far cleaner now (at least my side!), but we still have a long way to go. Thanks for your support and for "listening."
I've been busy, but not doing a lot of tossing right now. I finally bagged up all of the newspapers I had saved ...two paper bags worth... and took them over to the school and dropped them in the recycle bin.
I have gotten good at throwing away junk mail as it comes in. At least I don't have it lying around.
I'm sure the "Toss Ten" term is for alliteration value and posters are Freecycling, donating, or whatever it takes to redistribute items that warrant being saved from the trash.
I'm blowing and going. I'm afraid if I list them then I will have a record of what I've tossed then regret it! LOL
1. seven more magazines
2. four magic markers that were partially dried
3. cloissonne collector thimble
4. an old electric weed-eater (we took out the lawn months ago!)
5. some shirts that DH will never fit into again, and a couple that he just doesnâÂÂt wear
(Why is it so much easier to get rid of his too-tight clothing than mine?)
6. a piggy bank that heldâ¦
7. a couple hundred wheat pennies (gave to a relative)
Well, I didnâÂÂt get to ten, but at least I got rid of some stuff today.
Sorry to have dropped out! (I did spend an entire evening folding 6 loads of laundry. . . .
Thanks for keeping the spirit going.
(LOL, mustangs, for your "don't make me list them" spirit, and Judy for your "it's too many, I can't keep track"--I may borrow that from time to time, just because it gets tiring to keep the list going. So, I might do some highlights now and then)
also: animalnut, those 7 magazine can count individually, remember, so you're actually ahead! (Of course, you're also allowed to define them as a single item, if you think that'll motivate you more.)
Anyway, today is an at-home straightening-up sort of day. So I'll probably make up for it numerically.
I also know that I hit a bit of a wall; many of the easy things were gone, and I was looking at things that took a bit more nerve or steel in my spine to toss.
So, I chickened out. Anyway, you guys are all inspiring me, so here I go again!
So far today:
-DS's worn-out swim trunks
-a penguin stocking cap w/ a ding on the nose (so it looks funny) and some stains
-some stupid pieces of paper; I don't even remember what they were.
-a clock I bought to go in the bathroom
I'm seeing some lessons about clutter, and discarding, etc., in so many of your examples. To make this fast, I'm not going to ID the member, but you know who you are!
-broken office equipment: Why do we do this? I do it to. It's busted--throw it out? Do we sit around and hope it'll heal? Is it that we can't bring ourselves to admit that this expensive item is now garbage? Does it seem too substantial?
-the plastic cup from the detergent: Me too with stuff like that. I think it's that it was so very handy, and then we didn't want to admit we can't find Cheer in powder form. And then we sort of stop thinking about it.
-that Chicco shirt and my clock: Purchases made w/ good intent that turn out not to be to our taste, or aren't useful.
("we can't admit" . . . a refusal to give up on hope? Maybe we need more confidence that the future will bring us good things--better office equipment, or a well-designed scoop in the new detergent?)
From my original post
Also, "toss" means: out of your house. Trash, recycle, regift, donate, Freecycle, whatever. Out. Gone. NOT stashed somewhere else. The idea is not to bog the discussion down w/ rhetoric about recycling, and landfills, etc.
So, let's not bother with that. I'm sure everyone here is responsible enough to figure out where each unwanted item ought to properly end up. If we're going to discuss those issues, let's move that to a different thread.
I also find that once someone starts talking to me about whether these things still have any value (i.e., they start lecturing me that I should donate or recycle them), it actually slows me down and de-motivates me.
Those things are ALREADY being disposed of properly; to be asked to stop and dwell on that just short-circuits the mental processes.
(though I will admit that many of these things I'm tossing go straight into the garbage--because they are garbage. And I think, "why didn't I throw these out a while ago?" I guess it's because I never really looked at them before.)
I'm noticing that a lot of these things we're tossing are sort of the result of inertia, or of simply not keeping up with time.
(clothes kids have outgrown, toys they don't use anymore)
So, it's good we're getting them out finally--this isn't failure, or irresponsibility. This is "systems working *as they should*."
OK, I'm up to about 47 or so. (seriously, I have no idea, but it's a big list)
Some highlights:
-a bolt of fabric I once had a plan for but am not really ever going to do anything with
-a bunch of freebies from work, all of them unused. (tote bags, umbrellas, etc.)
-a bunch of decorative storage boxes. I haven't actually used them. I suppose a year or more from now I might actually find myself buying them all over again, but oh well . . . at least I won't have to store them in the meanwhile.
-a ton of shoes that are really worn out. I have hard-to-fit feet, so I tend to hold onto the shoes that do fit, even if they are too worn out.
Tossed today:
* 6 no-longer-favorite eye shadows
* handful of lipsticks not liked enough to finish with a brush
* 2 DH's underwear that I wouldn't wear if I were male (yes, behind his back)
* rinsed and discarded a huge, almost-empty liquid laundry detergent jug -- such space I gained!
Small steps, but I'm determined to keep going.
Rule interpretation--does consolidation count?
Assuming you discarded the empties, you tossed 2 jam jars, 2 lids for the jam jars, 3 moisturizer bottles, 3 nozzles or lids for the moisturizers, one empty paint can, one paint can lid, and one empty pasta box = THIRTEEN ITEMS!
I don't want to hijack this thread, but just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration! I have a big clean out project going right now, and I am trying to get through that harder stuff Talley Sue was talking about earlier. In my case, I feel so much lighter after dealing with this stuff, that if I were counting, I'd count it as 2 - once for the stuff and once for the emotional weight I was free of!
I haven't been here in a while - Talley Sue you've given me a good reason to come by more often! I am going to join you. This is a GREAT idea!
1. Pile of kids books that none of mine want (about 20 books)
2. Pile of adult books I don't want (6 books)
3. 3 Bags of newspaper to the recycling bin
4. BIG bag of cans & bottles to the recycling bin
5. Almost empty conditioner bottle - it's out of the shower!
6. Face scrub I tried but didn't like
7. Almost empty tube of shower gel (don't like it anyway!)
8. Pair of high-waist Mom shorts that make me look like a soccer mom
9. WAY worn out pair of tennis shoes
- Snap-Hooks that looked great "as seen on TV" but don't actually work.
OK cupofkindness, you made me do it. My Vera Bradley tote box was upstairs in a closet. Several days ago I looked at it and then closed the closet door. Well yesterday I cleaned out my pantry and have many kitchen things for Goodwill. I didn't have enough boxes to put them in so went and got the Vera Bradley box. But-t-t it is a nice box. LOL The VB box was sitting on an empty mattress topper box so it goes too. Why do we save boxes?? Judy
LOL I do not havce time to read all the way through this right now but had to comment on this comment from frankie_in_zone_7 said."It is so telling--you make a trip to Wal-Mart or Target or the department store (or all 3) and wow, if you write everything down ( and exclude use-uppables, like food, shampoo, paper towels), you can really tell what is going on. So it's a variation on the OP in that, to make headway or stay even if you're happy where you are, then you can't toss 10 but bring in 12!"
My biggest purchase in Walmart is cat food and cat litter. There is no way I am going to keep track of that one in a book.Hehehehe
Gotta get back to work. Great thread Tally Sue.
Someone brought this thread to us at the Smaller Homes forum, where we always are conscious of space issues in our homes. So tossing is an ever-present activity if we want to stay comfy in our smaller spaces.
Today before I read this thread, I began tossing
1. Four cocktail glasses....we never used them anyway.
2. Four heavy bottomed water glasses, which DH seems to always drop on the granite floor, and which become a hazard to my diabetic feet....safety issue.
3. Junk mail
4. Last year's yellow pages for my home town
5. Envelopes w/ flaps stuck down and no longer useful
6. Empty CD cases
7. Scratched music CDs that are too too dirty
8. Combined doggy treats into 1 jar, tossed the empty.
9. Used the 2 tick collars and tossed the box and packaging.
- Tossed the empty huge liquid detergent bottle.
- 3 pair DH briefs that were losing elasticity in the band..no baggy briefs around here please.
There was more, and will be much more, but some things require meditation before disposing of. Great thread, BTW.
Oh boy, I had a great day; I toss 4 X Ten. I even Freecycled:
Highchair (I checked with DGD first to see if she was a big girl now)
4 AC filters
27 books
**Update on the 37 resume writing/interview skills/cover letter books that I donated to a church sponsored weekly networking workshop: Based on a phone conversation, the facilitator has asked me to be a consultant to the group. I will observe tomorrow night to see what the agenda is and what I can contribute.
even though Ive purged so much stuff over the last few years this topic has inspired me to "dig deeper" :)
I havent kept track of a few things I purged this week but today I pulled about 30 balls of good quality yarn out of the cupboard that I was never going to use and I'm donating them to an animal shelter that has someone who knits up blankets for the animals. They're not technically out of the house yet but I've boxed them already and Monday they are heading to the post office!
I feel good about it and Im counting it as 30 LOL. I also tossed some other things like bags they were in and half finished knitting projects I found as well.
I've been following this thread with joy in my heart.
I'm a modified version of a FLYbaby. I have some daily schedules and chores. I swish and swipe; I keep the kitchen sink clean. I'm always at least thinking of decluttering. Still, I need "help!"
We're trying to fix up the old place. It can be a mess. Thankfully I'm no longer a shopper; "things" don't interest me except for the few furniture pieces I'm seaching for.
This thread has been an extra boost to my motivation. I've haven't gotten rid of 10 items every day, but I have sent more things out the door than before...and some days I toss more than 10 items.
This week's focus has been in my sewing/craft/ladies' parlour room. It's a small (12x12) room with two windows, two closets, and beautiful morning light. It was also becoming a "catch-all" since I don't have chairs in there right now. I've not been sewing/crafting/or visiting in there, it was easy to "set it in here for now".
My goal is to consolidate the sewing/crafting items to where I can remove the old put-it-together-yourself white storage pantry. I think having an antique chest-on-chest, and two closets, each nearly 5-ft wide and fitted from floor to ceiling with adjustible shelves, should be enough "crafting" storage for anyone.
I've "shared" at least 1/3 of my beads and beading supplies with another crafter.
I FreeCycled an excellent, 1970s sewing machine and cabinet to a lady who has time and space to sew...but no machine.
I've sent snippets and scraps on to better homes, and now I'm down to the "big" decisions. I need to "declutter" one more working but not-overly-valuable sewing machine, and let go of one box of fabrics. Oh...and those two stacks of 1980s shoes, still in the boxes and no longer fit...and never will...? I think they need to boogie on down the highway! LOL Thanks to you, today is the day!
I had several boxes on the 2x4 work table filled with items I'm mailing to people. I got two of them finished and sealed last night. They go out in the mail Monday. Hopefully I'll have all of them ready by then.
Thanks to you people; it's starting to look like my "Ladies Parlour" again. I plan on furnishing the room with two small wing chairs, a tea table with lamp, a tall bookcase, along with the sewing cabinet, and a folding sewing table, (stays in the closet when not in use). It will look "roomy" and "airy." Conductive to creative thinking.
The room is big enough a twin bed can be added if we have a guest that does not want to stay downstairs. DH can bring up the bed in no time, and I don't have to work around it in my "it's not a bedroom" craft room.
I forgot to report-Monday I tossed 18 pairs of new and nearly new underwear. The collection was like rings on a tree in that it told a story i.e. going from sexy, lacy, size small to medium size bikini, to large granny panties. Okay, a little too much information!
You've inspired me-again! I backslid from the last time we did this - thanks, Talley Sue for prodding us. One of the things that's helping me is a rule I made up that I can never go down to the basement without bringing up anything I can grab to get rid of. So this is what I got out of the house in the last week:
china platter
large vase
log cabin tin
old gift
1962 World Book Encyclopedia (26 volumes plus index)
computer discs & floppies
garden hose
tea kettle
oriental rug (I must admit I stalled around on this, but decided I just couldn't deal with selling, so I donated)
large tray
plastic box
2 kerchiefs
Hallowe'en decorations (7)
straw filter for pool (didn't work)
Easter decoration
electric can-opener/knife sharpener
2 really old folders
blanket(one of those "gifts" that charities send you for contributing - wish they wouldn't do that)
4 new calenders (how many can I use, anyway?)
I now look around the house through different eyes. Everything is now fair game, so watch out, DH, your stuff is also moving out! Actually he doesn't care what I do, especially with things he hasn't seen for years.
I've been playing along this week, but haven't gotten a chance to post my results. Not sure if I can sustain this with 10 items *every* day -- but it's a good organizing tool!
Saturday -- mailed out three sets of three home made jams along with sachets from my garden to friends who enjoy my crafty efforts.
Sunday -- Took 7 empty paint cans, and 4 dubious garden sprays found in the basement to the hazardous dump-off place.
Monday --- bagged up 10 items -- shirts still in good shape, belts I've never used, some pants I'll never fit again -- and dropped them off at the clothing recycling bin.
Tuesday -- took at good 20 battles, cans and boxes to the recycling dumpster.
Wednesday -- threw out a dozen blueberry and raspberry containers I had thought to use to sort little craft pieces, but were ending up just taking up space.
Thursday -- posted a bag of fabric on Freecycle and said good-bye to several dozen pieces. Used up some fleece piecess and old, stained towels to make quick doggie beds, and dropped them off at the pet shelter.
Friday -- Took nearly 30 political yard signs collected by my neighbors to the recycling center.
I'm out of town this weekend, but I start out Monday morning by taking sseveral dozen Christmas items to the consignment sale shop -- whicch will leave me with only 97 million more to get rid of! (That's a long story in itself!)
I'm still bringing more into my new house than I take out, but it's kind of a nice feeling to know I'm pruning some stuff as well.
Thanks for the inspiration Talley Sue. I'm sticking to your rules because they are so flexible: counting each item individually if need be to make 10 works for me!
My house & garden are have been neglected for so long that I'm going to try and apply your Ten method to some other areas that need daily attention:
Toss Ten
Put away Ten
Clean Ten
I'm telling myself it's possible as long as I keep the rules flexible the way you intended. So washing one load of laundry could count as Cleaned 10 (at least, but I won't list each piece) and putting it away could count the same way. If I get up early and do these, I won't run out of time at the end of the day(s) and have such a pile up. By Gosh, I may even develop good habits.
Also, Talley Sue, regarding your comments about us NOT judging each other for HOW items are tossed: I just read that if we start judging and evaluating our performance WHILE we are performing, it will stop us dead in our tracks. It has something to do with our brains not being able to perform/evaluate at the same time. I think that is what gets me in trouble in the first place! My instinct says "toss", my head starts second guessing, progress stops and clutter results.
This may be the way to my goals of having a neater, cleaner, clutter-free house & garden.
Results of my 1st attempt:
Old jar candle
Ineffective tile spray
Thank you note received last summer
2 Junk Mail
5 duplicate copies
+1-7 Dishes
Smooth Stove top
Litter box
Put Away:
+1-4 Unloaded Dishwasher
+5-8 Folded Dryer Load
Coat & scarf
box cutter
The hardest was the Tosses! Hmmmm... I think this can force me out of my All or Nothing Mindset and into taking little bites on a regular basis.
I like the idea of 3,650 less pieces of clutter in my house a year from now.
I like the idea of 3,650 less pieces of clutter in my house a year from now. That really puts this in a different light. Thanks!
But...I'm having to calculate a net toss as I am bringing stuff into the house. Granted, the purchases are more calculated than before.
I read this thread this morning and thought about doing it. Then I read lov2garden's post that said "I like the idea of 3,650 less pieces of clutter in my house a year from now" and I knew I HAD to do this, so begin I did...
And I'm going to do it everyday for a year...though some days will be more than 10. So today was living room/entry room...
I got rid of the following:
*6 ac adapters that I have kept putting back thinking someday I'd figure out what they went to.
*a bunch of clutter paper, just stuff that I was saving because someone might ask me about it.
*a reduce, reuse, recycle project that my son made a while back and was just taking up space.
*3 or four pairs of shoes
*pampered chef mandolin gifted to a friend.
*10 issues of various magazines gifted to my mom who will recycle them after she reads them.
*a bunch of miscellaneous cardboard boxes from things that I bought and thought for some reason I might use the box.
*4 or 5 telephone books (really, why did I have so many?)
*1 broken window blind
I know there was a bunch of other stuff, but these are the big things. I'm going to post everyday from now through the night before thanksgiving about the items I am getting rid of each day. (Tuesdays are hard for me because I'm only home about an hour that night, so I may miss those, but I'll do 15 items the following two nights to "make up" for it. So it's like 170 items gone before that day. That's going to make a HUGE difference in my house.
Talley Sue are you still doing the Toss Ten? I didn't see any recent postings from you. I think this is an excellent idea and I am going to join in, at least until all my excess "baggage" is gone. That will be years from now!
I finished cleaning out our garage and it is the first time since we owned a house that we are able to actually park a car in there. I'm talking about 40 years of marriage here. It feels so good to have at least one car that will not have snow on it this winter.
I'm not going to count stuff that goes out to the garbage...that would be too easy. I am going to count only the stuff that I put in a box that will be going to our Big Brothers/Sisters Consignment shop. The boxes as they fill will go into the trunk of my car and will be dropped off as the trunk fills or if I am down that way.
Having cleaned out the garage, I feel so good and am now starting on the house. I actually came to this forum for hints on how to organize the stuff I am keeping. We have moved from a very large house down to one that is only 1000 square feet but with deaths in our family we accumulated others belongings as well. As we age, I can see us having to move to something even smaller in the future and I want to make it easier for me while I still have the health to do it.
I'm off now to get started but have to do some outside work first before the snow comes. Then it's down to my basement to find 10 things.
This thread is great! I am so looking forwarding to starting this. My DH will be hunting this weekend, so I will start my toss ten this evening!! We just finished a small kitchen remodel, so we have tons of stuff just sitting around, and I have about had it!! I honestly don't know how just two people who don't have any kids can accumulate so much stuff!!
I'll start with these:
*light fixture boxes
*glasses that we don't use anymore
*phonebooks from the past 10 years
*3-4 pair of shoes (maybe more!)
*clothes that I don't wear
*clothes that DH doesn't wear
That's all I can think of for now. Can't wait to get started this evening!!
I haven't been posting my Toss 10 but I've been doing it and I can see a difference. Mostly it's been catalogs and magazines and the odd cleaning product or cosmetic item that never lived up to its promises.
Wish I could say I've Cleaned 10 and Put Away 10 each day too but I keep running out of time! The +10 Cleaned and Put Aways daily have been washing and putting away dishes but I'd like to expand beyond that.
Oh, well...one bite at a time. Meanwhile, the Toss 10 is becoming a habit. Yayyyy!
I'm working on the garage ... with some "Toss 10" and some "put away 10 things where they belong" I've been making steady progress.
Saturday is the a charity collection day, so the bench outside the house is getting piled with the usable stuff.
at least 10 pieces of fleece outerwear
lighting fixtures we removed recently
small electric appliances the kids used in college and left
I'm now turning this into a habit (beginning to be aware of what I actually need), but this is so SLOW! The other day I threw out 20 things from the basement, and, other than the lid to the 1950's diaper pail, the rest would have fit in a plastic food bag. I've got to aim for the big stuff first - more satisfying.
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We refer to it as "cubage". Reclaiming several cubic feet of space at once is a good feeling.
I'm opening boxes that have been sitting there for a couple of years and deciding if they can be tossed, consolidated with similar objects, or put in a smaller container.
I'm sorry to say that I've sort of fallen off the wagon.
I'm restarting, though--I think I hit a sort of wall. Lots of easy stuff was gone, and I felt like I needed more steel to tackle some of the rest.
But you guys are inspiring! I'll try to check back in here more often to catch some of the energy.
I just discovered this thread about the toss ten game and I want to play! I need to get back in the habit of regular decluttering. I have been tossing and giving away lots of little things this past week but I didn't keep count. When my new vacuum cleaner arrived DH took the old one out to the curb. I didn't feel it was reliable enough to donate but it disappeared from the curb within an hour. Efficient recycling! Next DH took out an old TV we have not turned on for months, and then a computer desk, with the same result. I'm looking around for the next item to make a trip to the curb where the garbage men will haul it away - that is, if no on picks it up before hand!
I need to get back in the habit of eliminating and simplifying. Lately there have been more things coming in than going out. Not good in a house I still find much too cluttered despite past purges.
Tomorrow I am going to clean out the medicine cabinet and maybe a drawer or two.


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Do you ever wish?
Please don't assult me with "you knew what you were getting into".
Today I just hate that she (the ex) exists.
Today I wish I could erase those years from my DH's life.
Anyone else ever feel that way?
Yeah, I hear you there, but there is not much we can do as step parents. I know that there will always be things that bother us, but we have to take it day to day and hold our breath when we are feeling angry.
Lucky for me, I get along well with BM, but not so well with sons SM. I sometimes think she is hindering sons dad from being a good father. She wrote me a nasty letter telling me that he is not son's babysitter. I know that in the end he is the resposible one for his decisions, but I still believe she comes in between them.
ME ME ME!! I think of this all the time!
It's wrong, I know but I wish that WE were the nuclear family, and not a stepfamily. I also can't stand to see pictures of the skids with their mom and thankfully, they don't have many. She took off and abandoned them and hopefully she will just fade out of their memory the less and less she is mentioned. My problem is that DH's mom will bring her up often (she thinks it's important for them to remember her - why I don't know when the woman is a total deadbeat that abandoned her kids, doesn't pay any support and doesn't even call to speak to them).
Ah, it feels good to know I'm not alone.
I'm pretty sure my thoughts have stemmed from resentment when she cashed that CS check covering the two weeks I had him across the country on vacation that he tried his hardest to ruin with his negativity and bad attitude. Oh, and while I took the problem child cross country she threw the rest of her kids in the car and enjoyed a roadtrip with her family.
So, for a couple days I just wondered how life would be had my DH not had those years of his life.
Me too me too!! And I know he wishes it about my ex as well ;)
But then I realize that without that experience we would not be the people we are today. His ex is an awful woman, but he learned a lot from her. My ex is a loser, but I learned patience and to trust my instinct with him.
So, yes I do, but I'm grateful for the person I have now and wouldn't trade him for "10 years ago guy" for anything.
NO, I'm GLAD that my DH was married to such a stupid, selfish, self-centered person, since it makes me look even better! :-) I say this half-jokingly, as I definitely wish that part of his life never existed and that DSSs were ours together, but we do try to appreciate what we have together. Both DH and I wonder how he ever ended up with that woman and chalk it up to him being young and stupid!
I am not married but every time SO's X sends ridicilous letters (no emails anymore lol) or upsets his DDs I do feel how much I dislike her. But i don't think every X is this way. I don't bother my X wiht anything and even get along with his wife, in fact I like her. I hope she does not wish i didn't exist. LOL
Yes, everytime she tells my SD that I'm an a$$h**le; everytime she says "Good" when told that my DD called me a b**ch; everytime she tells my SC that I have no right to punish them (even though they live with DH and me FT, and that means 24/7, with no support, $ or otherwise, and I have to do all the "mom" things she should be doing for her "babies"). Yes, everytime she blows SD off to talk to SS(her favorite), making SD moody and the entire house on edge. She undermines me with all the negative messages she fills the kids heads with. And naturally because they get very little from their mother, they hang onto every word she says. And let's not forget everytime BM tells me that my DH will always be "her Bubba" (BTW...DH has a name, and it's not BUBBA!) I will never understand his attraction to such a loser.
See, when DH and I met, BM was not in the picture. She left them when SC were 3 and 4 yrs. old, moving 1000 miles away. She was a neglectful mother when she was here, so the kids were better off without her. They did not hear much from her, and saw her once about two years later(when DH took them to see her), then nothing. BM might call every few months, but did not visit for years. In that time DH and I met. The children were 10 and 11 at this time. I became close with his children, as that "mother figure" they were missing. Then when BM found out about me and that I would become their SM, she began calling more often, sending little "gifts", and planned a trip here. She decided that she is going to exercise her "parental rights", and DH does not have the b*lls to stand up to her. DH bought plane tickets for SC to spend 3 weeks with BM last summer(BM was going to pay us back for them...still waiting), thinking it would be "good for them". BM will do nothing and then act as if she and DH are acting as a team to raise them. It's been h*ll for me ever since. Add to that the fact that they are teenagers now, we are married, and my SC, DH, my DD and I all live under the same roof...it feels like a recipe for disaster. My relationship with the children has deteriorated to almost nothing now, and it is beginning to affect the relationship DH and I had. I'm frustrated, disappointed and lost...
Oh, did I mention my DD's SM? Oh wait, that's something for another post I guess!
I just wonder how many more years she can carry on with her plan to make everyone around miserable just to make herself happy.
I guess its pretty bad when DCF says you are trying to be supermom by degrading your ex's relationship with his children to prove you are the better parent. :)
At this point ... everyone involved sees through her charade and are now calling her on it. Courts, counselors, teachers, DCF, SS11 but not us we are done calling her on it. We don't have to anymore everyone else is doing it for us.
YES YES and YES!
The only useful thing that woman ever did was have the girls. After she had them she should of just dissapeared. She should of cashed in her chips while she was ahead. She has done absolutely nothing but ruin peoples lives including her children's since.
It's a horrible (but very true) thing to say but had she died while the girls were babies at least they could have positive memories of her. She gave BIRTH to you and then end of story. No abandonment, no dissapointment, no drugs or rehab or abusive boyfriends. No mind games or lies. No explainations needed. They wouldn't have all of these negative mommy issues:( They could just know she loved them and would be proud of them.
When I say she has ruined lives I totally mean it. ANyone who tries to help her or gets involved ends up going down with the ship. She has gotten people fired from jobs. She has pushed good people to the brink of LITERALLY choking the life out of her. She has been a key element in getting more than one person started on drugs and has prevented countless numbers from staying clean. She has broken up relationships between mothers and sons, husbands and wifes, boyfriends and girlfriends....you name it. She has alienated herself from her own family because she steals and lies. She sucks your resources like a sponge. She is a sick person who uses sick games to control people and situations.
She is what is referred to as a poison personality. Anything she touches turns to s***. She takes the beauty out of things and the good out of people. She brings out the worst in everything.
Call me harsh. I don't care. I have known this person for many years and have yet to see her do one bit of good for anyone...not even for herself.
Today is definately one of those days I wish I could erase my hubby's ex! I am frustrated because I was supposed to have a girls night out last Saturday night. Had all the kids going away for the night!!(DH works weekend evenings). So I was excited and all ready to go out...make-up on nicely and nice clothes. Most of the time I am in jeans and long sleeve t-shirts or sweatshirts and the pony-tail no make-up look!
Then my sd texts me and says she needs me to pick her up ASAP from her friends house. I call her and ask her why and she talks to me like I am making her come home because she is in trouble. I knew something was up...so I drove to pick her up.
Seems that her 2 friends wanted to sneak out of her friends home that night and go meet up with some boys. She did not want to be a part of it. I was so happy with her choice to have me pick her up...but bummed that I could not have my night out (though I did not let her in on that).
Times like this I wish BM had to deal with the kids for once and I could have a life beyond the kids!!
But if she was the one raising the kids I doubt my sd would have made the same decision...
"But if she was the one raising the kids I doubt my sd would have made the same decision..."
good point. no night out sucks, but you know that you'd rather have this outcome. it is great that SD made that choice and I hope you told her how proud you are of her. And I hope your DH understands how lucky he is to have you as a wife (yeah men are often too obtuse to get it)


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Scientific coordination Organization Office Prof. Carlo Ruzza Giulia Bigot Prof. Simona Piattoni Milena Bigatto Prof. Vincent Della Sala University of Trento University of Trento Department of Sociology and Social Research Department of Sociology and Social Research Piazza Venezia 41, Trento Piazza Venezia 41, Trento firstname.lastname@example.com The Governance of the European Union: theories, practices and myths (Work Package 38Y) European Commission, DG RTD, Square de Meeus 8, room 0/4 Renaissance Brussels Hotel, Rue du Parnasse 19 1050 Bruxelles 25-26 January 2008 The Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Trento (Italy) and the Institute for Social Research ISF of Oslo (Norway) are pleased to announce the CINEFOGO WP38Y Workshop on "The Governance of the European Union: Theories, practices and myths" that will take place in Brussels on 25-26 January 2008. The workshop aims to shed light on the transformations of European system of governance, paying attention to both political and discursive practices. The workshop will start with an opening plenary session on Friday afternoon, followed by three thematic sessions that will continue on Saturday morning. It will close on Saturday afternoon with an ending plenary. Opening Plenary Session: "The Governance of the European Union: Governance and legitimacy" Since Maastricht new instruments enriched the governance of the European Union, with the aim of narrowing the gap between citizens and institutions and tackling issues that could not be addressed through the conventional "community method". This plethora of new instruments has been accompanied by massive "discursive investment" on the part of the Commission in the creation of "myths" that, too, serve to create both a linkage with citizens and legitimize EU activities. The plenary session introduces the discussion that will be developed in three workshops concerning different aspects of the phenomenon. Workshop 1: "Multi-level Governance: theory and practice" The concept of Multi-Level Governance (MLG) has been proposed as a useful concept to understand some of the decision-making dynamics within the European Union. It has been applied to an increasing number of policy areas (not only regional policy, but also environmental policy) and different settings (not just within the European Union, but also in the wider international context), and the number of scholars using it has veritably exploded. The concept of MLG proved useful to address a wide range of questions about the working of European institutions and inter-institutional dynamics, the new opportunities for sub-national actors and civil society organisations. The term has aptly provided a descriptor for a set of phenomena which would have been, otherwise, unnamed. As such, it has been deemed as a useful "heuristic" concept: a concept which allows us to see developments which challenge our conventional wisdom about the nature of current decision-making processes and the location and the wielding of authoritative power. This session would like to bring together a group of scholars who, in their respective fields of expertise, have tried to assess the magnitude and the depth of the changes brought about by MLG in the ways in which authoritative decisions are made, participation is elicited, representativeness is ensured, efficacy is pursued and legitimacy is sought. Workshop 2: "Mythologizing the European Union" Like all polities, the European Union has had to construct a mythology to mobilise support, legitimize political rule and provide a sense of purpose for a structure that increasingly governs large parts of the lives of close to 500 million citizens. However, the EU is distinct in that it does not have many of founding myths that have been part of the national state experience and, more importantly, its mythology might even be in competition with the latter. In addition, the construction and narration of the EU's mythology is in the hands of a range of actors, from the Commission to civil society organizations to the member states themselves. The aim of this session is to examine the interaction between the creation of European myths at the European level, and their narration at the national level. It will focus on a select group of foundational myths that have been central to the European project: democratic Europe; peaceful Europe; social Europe; liberal Europe; green Europe; a Europe of regions; gender equality. The conference (and subsequent publications) would be structured around these themes, with contributions looking at both the European construction (who are the actors, what are the discursive arenas, what are the discursive practices…) and how these are then narrated in national settings (who are the actors, what are the discursive arenas, what are the discursive practices…). The central question to be explored is whether there is a disjuncture between the European construction and the national narration of these myths, and what might be its source. Clearly, not all national cases can be considered but select cases appropriate to theme being discussed will be examined. For instance, in the case of democratic Europe, one or more of the recent enlargement countries would seem appropriate. Workshop 3: "Social Movements Institutionalisation and the European Union" Social movements and public interest groups are becoming increasingly prominent actors at EU level. The literature highlights that over recent decades many social movements groups underwent processes of professionalization and institutionalization, which have put them in collaborative but also competitive relations with public interest groups and other advocacy-oriented organizations. This has lead to the formation of mixed advocacy coalitions, and to the emergence of articulated action repertoires and complex relations with policy makers. We are interested in assessing the contribution of social movements and social movement-related advocacy coalitions to policy making at EU level. This section will therefore explore the discourse, political opportunities, action repertoires and outcomes of social movements at EU level. We will focus both on textual analysis of the production of social movements in their attempt to shape EU policy and on examinations of policy events that have attracted significant efforts from social movement groups and public interest groups with a social movement back ground such as the women movement, environmental movement and consumer movement. It will also explore variables that orient the choices of action repertoires. The first day of the conference will explore the impact of EU level social movements on policy making in Brussels, their constraints and political opportunities. The second day of this session will focus on the institutionalisation of social movements, their professionalisation and their relations with state authorities at various levels of governance – not only at the EU level but also examining the role of the EU and its multi-level governance structure. Speakers will address this issue with reference to key examples ranging from urban anti-poverty grassroots movements in the UK to environmental movements in Norway. Closing Plenary Session: "The White Paper on Governance: Seven Years After" and final round table discussion The White Paper on Governance represents one of the most discussed policy documents of the recent years. From 2001 onwards, a growing number of scholars with an interest in European studies highlighted its potential for innovation as well as its ambiguities. It has been related to the EU discourse on citizenship, participation, processes of policy-making, the inclusion of civil society. In short, its impact on academic literature has been remarkable. Seven years after its appearance it is time for some reflection on the impact of the White Paper on European governance and on its future prospect. This session will address the current relevance of the ideas of the White Paper, investigate its influence, and assess whether it needs to be updated it in the light of recent events and recent academic debate. In this context, the reflections of the thematic groups who worked in preparation of the white paper will also be examined. 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On Bloomberg TV, "Political Capital" host Al Hunt asked Geithner if he believes "we ought to just eliminate the debt ceiling."
"Oh, absolutely," Geithner said.
"You do? Will you propose that?" Hunt asked.
"Well, this is something only Congress can solve," Geithner said. "Congress put it on itself. We've had 100 years of experience with it, and I think only once–last summer–did people decide to use it to threaten default on the American credit for the first time in history as a tool for political advantage. And that's not a tenable strategy."
Hunt then asked: "Is now the time to eliminate it?"
"It would have been time a long time ago to eliminate it," Geithner said. "The sooner the better."
In August 2011, President Barack Obama and Congress agreed to lift the legal debt limit by another $2.4 trillion–allowing the government to borrow up to $16.394 trillion. However, as of the close of business on Thursday, the Treasury had only $154.3 billion of that $2.4 trillion in new borrowing authority left.
Every time the US hits the debt ceiling they just vote to raise it. But at least once in a while it forces the public's attention on the level of the crippling level of debt, which is not something "Lights Out" Geithner or the "you gotta spend money to keep from going bankrupt" politicians want to happen — unless the other party's in power, of course.
Back in March, Geithner was asked what debt limit increase would be required to make it large enough for all current and future obligations:
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