Too. Much. Stuff.
After The Great Closet Purge of 2011 I felt such relief, but it was short lived, I'm afraid. I'm pretty much right back where I began with that. And I just have so many things, and they aren't making me happy. And I keep making great, exciting plans and elaborately constructed ways of fixing the problem, and they just don't work. I'm too tired, or David is, or Samuel is, or whatever. I can't manage it. I get halfway done and it turns out the project needs more time/money/expertise than I have and it lies unfinished for months. Sometimes longer.
What to do? I'm throwing stuff away. But I'm not doing the all-or-nothing approach, because I've tried that and it doesn't work. I'm just decluttering as I go. Every day, I'm getting rid of something, tossing it or selling it or donating it in some way. It's outta here.
Not a fancy plan, but hopefully a do-able one. A good start. And what did I throw out today? A styrofoam container from my cupboard that I was saving to use as a paint tray, and several random pieces of paper off my fridge.
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Have you ever checked out Flylady.net? It's a whole home organizational approach that focuses on that exact thing- getting rid of clutter.
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