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The ALL-YEAR-ROUND job of DECLUTTERING and CLEANING our homes is daunting. Especially for those of us who HOARD, or struggle with depression, and decisions, anxiety & other MI. I'm so challenged in this way so reaching out for support. Maybe start an Declutterers Army 💪
If you suffer the same challenge or have some great suggestions - type away... 💙💜💙💜💙💜💙
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
hello @Former-Member, @Former-Member, @Faith-and-Hope, @soul, @Determined
we took a few things to the dump today 
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@Smc you might like this thread. Smc would like a storage wall like this.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
It was good to get rid of @Former-Member, then we forgot a couple of other things , but we had to go and get 2 more sunspots cut out formr shaz
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SmcSenior Contributor
@soul, I ask our kids if I can have a look over their discards before they hit the bin- because sometimes I've given them something that means more to me than it does to them. If so, I'm happy to resume custody. And if nothing else, it means the recycling among it ends up in the recycling bin. 
We had some belongings wrecked by floodwater back in 2011, when a quarter of the state turned into a kind of inland sea. I salvaged a lot of what mattered the most, but there were a few keepsakes that were lost altogether, such as a book that my grandmother gave me as a child. So, while I'd say that most clutter is "just stuff", there's the treasures hiding among the stuff. Unfortunately there's no easy way of extracing those except piece by piece.
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Loooove the storage wall @Former-Member .... ❣️
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SmcSenior Contributor
@Faith-and-Hope@Former-Member, have a virtual look through the rest of her studio. I guess it's unsurprising that an artist should turn her storage into a work of art. 
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