Let it GO! Decluttering (simplifying) your life of (people, places or things) success stories?

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  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,410 Member
    BexB42 wrote: »
    Update: Still decluttering. I had a few months to recover my exhausted body between jobs and I mostly rested. I did a few decluttering days. Now, I realize I have more stuff than I thought. As a mother, I kept a lot of the kids' artwork, schoolwork, etc. I have decided to put them in separate totes, take them out with the boys and sort them out. Perhaps they may want some of it back, who knows? I have a lot of ideas and zero motivation, unfortunately. My dresser is my first task. I ordered a new one, filled it and stopped progress. My follow up stinks. So, New goal? Finish one project at a time!

    Anyone else overwhelmed with nostalgic stuff and want to let it go? I don't like letting the memories go, but the actual items are probably not as important as I think.

    You can take pictures of the work and create an album. Then, you can purge. I found that even my kids don't want their childhood art work. I saved some- but just enough to fit in a small storage box.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,057 Member
    In my house, 3/4 of the clutter actually has a designated place for it already, it's just a matter of getting my teenagers to actually put stuff away in the first place! If/when that happens, we'll be ready to ask questions about the remaining stuff not yet accounted for in terms of allocated storage.
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  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,410 Member
    Regarding Flylady! That is terrible to be spammed! I never joined her email list- I guess I'm lucky- but I look at her website sometimes. What a shame she sold out to spammers!
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  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,189 Member
    There are many Christmas decorations that I could do without, including a very large fake tree that takes a lot of room in the garage and in the hallway when it is up. My husband is more of a Christmas person than me and he is in charge of setting the tree. Something that we haven't done since 2019 (I wonder why :/ ....). I am trying to convince him to get a smaller one and donate the old one, but so far no luck.
    I may do an inventory of Christmas decorations after the holidays and decide what to keep and what to give away. I don't think that he will notice if something is missing.
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  • GoblinQueen999
    GoblinQueen999 Posts: 1 Member
    I honestly prefer Unf*ck Your Habitat to Flylady. The lady who wrote UFYH is much more understanding of the issues that come with chronic physical or mental illness, and of the paralysis of STUFF EVERYWHERE. Flylady felt very cutesy and a little overly religious to me. I'm sure that works for some people, but it doesn't fit comfortably for me.

    Since I had Covid my house got out of control. There were piles of stuff everywhere just building up. I couldn't keep up with dishes and laundry. It was like that for ages because I was just too tired, overwhelmed and didn't even know where to start. I had read all the decluttering/tidying bits and pieces, Marie Kondo, FlyLady etc etc, it made no difference.

    When I read your post I decided to check out UFYH. The sheer understanding of being unwell, tired and overwhelmed was definitely a first.3 weeks later my house is in pretty good shape. No more piles, dishes and laundry are all dealt with, a car load went to the dump/recycling/charity shop/clothesbank/foodbank. I also got rid of all the knick knacks people kept giving me from their own clearouts or dead relatives and from now on there will be a firm 'no, not taking those things'.

    I'm extremely grateful to you for mentioning UFYH as I hadn't even heard of it before. It has definitely improved my life, improved my house and I think it'll keep me good from now on!
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,410 Member
    LoveyChar wrote: »
    I am off of work this week until Saturday. So, I'm going to try and declutter/purge/organize papers (recycle, and trash what I can't recycle). Stacks of papers, sadly, that have accumulated over several months to possibly include years.

    I've said it fifty times before and I'll say it again; but, I need to do this on a daily or even weekly basis and not a yearly one. It would not seem so overwhelming if I did...

    I was thinking about something else when I read your post again--It would be so nice if a few friends got together and did a sort of "decluttering and organizing circle," in each other's homes. You take turns helping each other out, crying, laughing, sharing the load, sharing memories, grieving, etc. until each of the friend's homes is done, and there is no more chaos, mess, clutter, etc. to overwhelm the friends! You have a potluck in each home at the end of the job for each friend! Good food, and some nice wine...

    I would love to be able to do that, but I currently don't have a group of friends that I know well enough within a reasonable drive to pull this off.

    To those people that do have a close group that are nearby (or sisters, Moms/daughters, etc.), I think it would be a great help and bonding experience.

    What a great idea~~ And what a wonderful way to spend time together and help each other. I love. this idea!
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