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SPRING-Clean Declutter - Need Help

SPRING-Clean Declutter - Need Help

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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While it's a lovely thought @Former-Member, the problem area in Melbourne are everybody else's mess ..... and there is nowhere to put it if it is unpacked from where it is ..... so Melbourne is a bit of a sanctuary for me in that regard. Have bought books to read ..... if my mind-chatter will down-volume enough ..... but like exercising with a troublesome ligament, it might have to harden in bite-sized increments ......

I have had 30-odd years of digging my way out of avalanches of stuff in the wake of house moves, renovations, extensions, holiday packing, endless flood of new toys, clothes, ornaments from rellies who like their homes filled to overflowing, 2 x house floods, roof leaks, repairs from the same .... life so chaotic from education issues, health issues and injury, and multiple schools to drop off and collect from (one in ed support at a different school from boys school and girls school) ..... I am not able to look a piece of clutter in the eye very well these days ......

I am sitting here watching from the sidelines and needing to catch a breather. I have gone on strike from clearing the clutter of those responsible and old enough to see to their own ......

I'm semi retired .....

Love hearing about everyone else's progress ..... I love order and functionality, without being obsessive about it ..... I live with Mr Obsessive ..... lol ....

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Yes @Former-Member. Rugs were washed yesterday including two handknitted ones that my mother made.

Washed all the winter hoodies this morning so I can put away the cold weather gear.

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@Former-Member @Former-Member
The table top ..... hmmmmmm...... it seems to be growing.
I haven't done anything yet.
Okay .... it will be my project today.
I'll get it done!

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Wtg @utopia .... ❣️

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As a teenager we had a break in at our place @Faith-and-Hope my mum was that embarrased as entry was through my sisters & my shared extremely messy bedroom. I don't think we could really tell if anything had been stolen but mum said the police had asked her "did they do all this???" to which mum, feeling completely mortified, had to reply "No" She had long given up on cleaning our rooms - said she would only vacuum if the floor was visible.

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Yep .... that's the scenario around me in any room I am not directly responsible for @Former-Member .....

I found a gem of a book in anbookshop one day ..... it's called A Perfect Mess ..... and it really helped me to settle with my house looking half-burgled and half pretty neat.

It talked about different types of order, and the fact that the owner of a messy desk actually has a fair idea of what is where, and how deep in the pile of papers to search for a particular page ..... it's a system .... just not one that is kind to the eye.

Same, the messy desk owner is good at re-tracing where they last used the stapler so they know exactly where it is buried under all the crap ..... which is not actually crap ..... its just a cluttered looking dorm of vertical filing .... lol ....

Me ? I like that feeling of how you clean up your car for sale, and then wonder why you didn't keep it looking and feeling that good for all the years you owned it, for yourself to enjoy. But I don't want things so pristine that you're afraid to touch anything ..... things are there to be used !!

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@utopia atta girl @Former-Member @1stepup61 @soul

@Kurra have you got a specific project you are working on?

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ha ha @Former-Member, my next shelf is makeup, bags and etc xxxx

Hello @Former-Member, @Faith-and-Hope, @utopia, @soul

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Onya @Shaz51
1/2 box assorted stuff sorted here. Magazines in one pile and old papers no longer needed put in the wood heater, note pads put in the note pad draw.

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Woo-hoo @Former-Member ..... ❣️
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