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lemon_tree_7I've been fighting a battle with clutter for years, at snail's pace progress, and hope that joining this community will help me to free myself and let go of more 'stuff'.
My problem areas are books, piles of assorted papers/notes, clothes, and craft stuff for painting/drawing and for sewing/knitting. I tend to find it hard to get rid of things because it might come in handy , a kind of apoca-anxiety that civilisation may collapse and I'll be really glad I kept that old woollen jumper/copy of a classic novel etc. This, I know, is not very rational , and means that my house is full of stuff from the past which often doesn't serve me any more.
So, I don't know if I can manage one thing a day, but I really hope that in a weekly review I'll be able to report some progress here.
Recent decluttering to report now - last week, we cut down a walnut tree in front of our house. It hurt to do it, but it was necessary for practical reasons, and my goodness it lets more light into the place! This afternoon, I clear out lots of Stickies on my Mac, which will declutter the screen when I use it.
My problem areas are books, piles of assorted papers/notes, clothes, and craft stuff for painting/drawing and for sewing/knitting. I tend to find it hard to get rid of things because it might come in handy , a kind of apoca-anxiety that civilisation may collapse and I'll be really glad I kept that old woollen jumper/copy of a classic novel etc. This, I know, is not very rational , and means that my house is full of stuff from the past which often doesn't serve me any more.
So, I don't know if I can manage one thing a day, but I really hope that in a weekly review I'll be able to report some progress here.
Recent decluttering to report now - last week, we cut down a walnut tree in front of our house. It hurt to do it, but it was necessary for practical reasons, and my goodness it lets more light into the place! This afternoon, I clear out lots of Stickies on my Mac, which will declutter the screen when I use it.
