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Decluttering and home maintenance

Decluttering and home maintenance

When MI crisis happens, keeping house can take low priority. But having a messy house can further dent what is often an already low self esteem. Build up of grime follows and rodents have a field day in inaccessible places.

Getting that 2 minute job done (that has been annoying you for years) can lift ones spirit.

I have slowly been decluttering and tidying up our house. The progress made thus far has been achieved primarily by persistently dealing with one item a day.

What has often kept me going has been the encouragement from others @Faith-and-Hope, @Smc @Determined @Shaz51

This tip passed on to me today. Hang all your clothes in the wardrobe with the hanger back to front. As you wear them, return them with the hanger the right way round. In 6-12 months review all items that remain on back to front hangers with a view to donating/selling them.

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mr shaz has moments to throw things out @Former-Member , but then he seems to stop when I want to do more

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@Shaz51 The ultimate way to declutter is to regularly move house. I've lived in 11 homes in the past 15 years, and whilst that is horrible for my MH, it's brilliant for decluttering. 😂 And currently living in a caravan, so we are down to the very basics. Space is limited, so if it's not 100% essential to day to day life, then it's gone.

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@Shaz51

It is hard if we are the only motivated one.

Sadly avolition and apathy are both symptoms of MI as well as the latter being a side effect of some psych medications.

I just plugged away at dealing with "my" stuff first and other items Mr D had no interest in. Once he could see things looking heaps better, he caught on and dealt with "his" stuff as well as "our" stuff.

Yikes @ETBug , 11 homes in 15 years 😵😵😵 we have recently had our 5th long distance move in 36 years (almost like a 7 year itch) and really do not relish the thought of another move.

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The ultimate way to declutter is to regularly move house.---- my step D1 would totally agree with you @ETBug

my mr shaz`s first marriage , they moved 17 times in 18 years before separating

now with me , we have been in the one house for 13 years soo far

@Former-Member. @Faith-and-Hope , @Determined , @Adge

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Learning new habits and not getting stuff in the first place is hard too ... but I think is an important part of the decluttering process, otherwise we end up in the same mess, something I am trying to avoid.

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very true @Former-Member , forward I go

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Pssst @Determined , wondering if you have any news for us yet (re saucepans)

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Well @Former-Member 2 went with my mum.

The rest are still in a box by the front door.

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That about fits for me too @Former-Member lol

Managed to tak a load of green waste to the tip this morning. Tried last week but discovered they close at 4pm.

Did some mowing and whipper snipping and weeding. Dusted off the ride on and decided again I want to keep it lol. Makes the job so much eaiser.

Over the next couple of weeks I need to reorder the shed to better fit the boat. After uni starts up I wont have much of a chance to use it for rhe next 3 months. I have had it out since start of the holidays. Too hard to put it away each time we use it due to space restrictions.

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