Where to start?
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unclutterThis is a request for tips and advice!
I was making good headway on decluttering about a year ago. Then I moved, and then I moved back and immediately started a new job. I'm drowning in paper (the amount of paper I acquire in a year is mind-boggling, and I don't have the storage space for anything but minimal files) and surrounded by chaos and I have no real idea of where to start. I'm barely staying on top of my laundry (it doesn't help that my current job is part-time and inadequate, so I'm still job-hunting at the same time).
Any ideas for how to get started/make headway on this kind of chaos? 15 minutes at a time does do it, because there's no "away" to "put" most of the stuff at this point. It lives in piles, and our apartment isn't that big.
My other issue is craft supplies: the bulkiest is the fabric. I should probably go through and see if there's any I can sell/give away, but for the most part the solution is going to be to do projects that actually use stash...and get finished, instead of sitting around forever in pieces. Do other crafters have any tips on motivating ones' self through using stash and NOT acquiring more supplies at an equal or greater rate? I mean, my stash problem isn't bad...compared to my friends with houses. But it's a lot of supplies for a small apartment.
ETA: I do historical costuming, so any project is a Project, which is part of my problem--right now my issue is not so much acquisition as lack of motivation to actually project. My last finished project took about half a year. So IDK, does anyone know of stash challenges/support communities that might help provide some incentive to just do the darn sewing?
I was making good headway on decluttering about a year ago. Then I moved, and then I moved back and immediately started a new job. I'm drowning in paper (the amount of paper I acquire in a year is mind-boggling, and I don't have the storage space for anything but minimal files) and surrounded by chaos and I have no real idea of where to start. I'm barely staying on top of my laundry (it doesn't help that my current job is part-time and inadequate, so I'm still job-hunting at the same time).
Any ideas for how to get started/make headway on this kind of chaos? 15 minutes at a time does do it, because there's no "away" to "put" most of the stuff at this point. It lives in piles, and our apartment isn't that big.
My other issue is craft supplies: the bulkiest is the fabric. I should probably go through and see if there's any I can sell/give away, but for the most part the solution is going to be to do projects that actually use stash...and get finished, instead of sitting around forever in pieces. Do other crafters have any tips on motivating ones' self through using stash and NOT acquiring more supplies at an equal or greater rate? I mean, my stash problem isn't bad...compared to my friends with houses. But it's a lot of supplies for a small apartment.
ETA: I do historical costuming, so any project is a Project, which is part of my problem--right now my issue is not so much acquisition as lack of motivation to actually project. My last finished project took about half a year. So IDK, does anyone know of stash challenges/support communities that might help provide some incentive to just do the darn sewing?
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Date: 2012-01-21 12:32 am (UTC)For fabric I also still have a large plastic storage box full, but my way of not acquiring any more was just not going to the fabric market anymore (the market is on Tuesday morning so I plan other appointments then (though this past half year was easy as I had classes almost all the time on Tuesday morning), so I have no possibility to go to the fabric market).
My sister uses up her fabric by randomly making skirts, dresses and t-shirts of her own designs (mostly adapting existing patterns).
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Date: 2012-01-21 02:03 am (UTC)I'd say my stash problem at this point is less acquiring new stuff (I'm not) as...not doing anything with the stuff I do have. And since I only really do historical clothing, each project is a Project. So I'm trying to figure out ways to motivate myself.