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The magic of tidying

The magic of tidying

Decluttering and minimising. Taking control of house and garden, nurturing body and soul. I've read Marie Kondo and read a little on a related Swedish method and feel inspired. I've been a borderline hoarder and lived with depression for too long and want to take the initiative. Has anyone done this? Or is there anyone who'd like to try with me?

I've sorted my books and uni notes. I've decided to sell some furniture when lockdown lifts. But the other papers and STUFF in the house and the jungle outside have me beaten atm. Some mutual encouragement and support is the only thing that's going to get me through. I know I'll have to face some decisions like "will I ever use that fabric stash" or "how many books in the TBR ,pile is too many" or "where do I start in the kitchen". Boxing isn't the answer, it was a temporary reprieve.

It's going to be a contest between my commitment to getting sorted and the looming possibility of having to move and downsize for my health. Having control of my space will be a win in either the old space or a new one.

Setting goals. Celebrating achievements. Sharing life hacks. Is anyone on board?

Dimity.

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@Dimity wrote:

I flooded the laundry today, had to move washing machine and dryer to mop


Oh no, @Dimity ! And that's heavy work too 😞

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I'm trying to begin again. At rock bottom basics.

Yesterday I decided to count to 8 items. Rinse, repeat.

Today I did some of the first KonMari category: clothes. I filled a small bag.

Tomorrow? A hat trick?

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sister sort of did that even when 1 parent still at home ok going through other parents stuff and sorting it @Dimity

guess last step is to put it all in a longboat and set fire to it on funeral pyre jk soz lol ..

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A friend just did a massive sort/clearance and downsizing after losing her husband @TAB . Another friend is gradually auctioning off stuff her late husband bought as investments.

I remember my parents got a giant skip when they were moving then my mother died less than a year later.

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yeah my parents moved house like 23 years ago so 80% of stuff for childhood memories went then. but they accumulated way more crap after that that children had no connection to. sister and her family did most of it, would have taken weeks and weeks over a few stages @Dimity

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I've still got stuff I never dealt with @TAB but have been working on it.

You're at an interesting stage of setting yourself up again I guess.

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yeah things dragging a bit here @Dimity it all begins and ends with me. I am the one that if I stay in bed nothing happens, I am planner, budgeter, decision maker, delivery driver , order maker etc etc .

my sister said small goals . I was like oh i can do better than that,, then with time and dealing w stuff and seeing money go in one direction , start to realise place may never be completely how I like it, just be enough to make it comfortable livable and secure...

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@Dimity , we are living at my mum's now , so there is our stuff , her stuff everywhere

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get bobcat @Shaz51 or wait for next flood that will clean it out lol .. the croc in the creek can get a new outfit lol ..

..ok pic is Leatherhead the alligator villain from tv 1987 teenage mutant ninja turtles lol

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