Chris thanks for this post. Its nice to know other people have clutter also. I won't let my husband invite people to our house until I get to know them really well and see their house first because we have such clutter in our house. I crochet,quilt,cross stitch and read. My husbands fishes. We have a small house and it is cluttered. I am not willing to give up one pattern or book or magazine. I told my best friend when I died that I did not want people coming to my house afterwards. She said that everyone loved me for me and not what my house looked like. I am like Chris, my house is cluttered not dirty. My daughter comes twice a month to do heavy cleaning and I keep dishes and bathrooms clean in between. We just like our stuff. I have used Nancys tip alot over the past few years and make myself throw away 10 things everyday for a week.
Post Surgical--House Clutter!
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sue943
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I am a paper crafter and as I live alone it has taken over my home - it is a total mess, the whole house.
My name is Bina and I am a clutter-holic.
Same scenario; old farm house, too many auctions, too many hobbies, lots of pets, etc.
I have bought those big Rubbermaid bins and loaded them up.
I've also started putting up notices and ads for stuff to sell or give away.
Once I start doing it, I feel much better about it and try to focus on having a home that is welcoming instead of stressful. Excessive clutter and stress go hand in hand.
Post op I hired a cleaning lady every 2 weeks and I have hung on to her.
With the heavy cleaning done, I can focus on daily de-cluttering.
Same scenario; old farm house, too many auctions, too many hobbies, lots of pets, etc.
I have bought those big Rubbermaid bins and loaded them up.
I've also started putting up notices and ads for stuff to sell or give away.
Once I start doing it, I feel much better about it and try to focus on having a home that is welcoming instead of stressful. Excessive clutter and stress go hand in hand.
Post op I hired a cleaning lady every 2 weeks and I have hung on to her.
With the heavy cleaning done, I can focus on daily de-cluttering.
Andrew'sMom
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for the things you are ready to get rid of (kids clothes, toys) that you hate to see discarded by thrift stores, consider giving them to a local church, women's shelter or crisis pregnancy center. many churches have nurseries, preschools & daycare centers, and would surely love the donation of usable toys. women's shelter's & crisis pregnancy centers can use your no longer needed items to help some folks who really need it.
good luck with the clean-up!
good luck with the clean-up!
H
HeartPart2
Purge!!!
Purge!!!
My theory is that when you look around and see clutter, that is what the inside of your head looks like. Streamline and smoothness .. clean lines and no time to think about where you should put a box that you really dont know what is in it anyway. But maybe you could hire a couple of movers and just have things moved to a storage facility, they're climate controlled and you wouldnt be melting old records or videos that were important to you. I just mean until you get back to being able to tackle it all one on one.
Purge!!!
My theory is that when you look around and see clutter, that is what the inside of your head looks like. Streamline and smoothness .. clean lines and no time to think about where you should put a box that you really dont know what is in it anyway. But maybe you could hire a couple of movers and just have things moved to a storage facility, they're climate controlled and you wouldnt be melting old records or videos that were important to you. I just mean until you get back to being able to tackle it all one on one.
pamela
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acceptance
acceptance
You have come close to losing everything that is important to you and everyone that is important to you has come close to losing you.
Understand that although we can prepare for our eventual demise for our loved ones what really needs to be done is to prepare our loved ones instead. Your most valuable and treasured gift will be to stop saying 'what if' and start believing that what you are doing NOW doesn't matter five seconds ago. You cannot change the past so let the present be content to pass on. The future will become the past five seconds from when it happens and thus be happy to let the present fall away.
Once you realize that the past only matters because you make it an integral part of your present you can begin to define and assign importance to it. Don't let things define their importance instead let importance define the thing.
It all sounds like mouthed platitudes said to be heard but really, live in the now and the past and the future become ephemeral as they should be. I can only love you for this instant and until the next instant occurs, I can't determine if I'll love you then. Since now is all that matters, is how I feel in this now and not the one yet to come.
Clear as mud? Good. Only worry about how you feel about something now and don't worry about how much you'll miss it in the future since you can't control either it or the past. Assign an importance to Now things and let everything else go into those keep, trash or donate. What the recievers do when they're given to them isn't your issue, you've done what's right for you.
1-800-GOT-JUNK
acceptance
You have come close to losing everything that is important to you and everyone that is important to you has come close to losing you.
Understand that although we can prepare for our eventual demise for our loved ones what really needs to be done is to prepare our loved ones instead. Your most valuable and treasured gift will be to stop saying 'what if' and start believing that what you are doing NOW doesn't matter five seconds ago. You cannot change the past so let the present be content to pass on. The future will become the past five seconds from when it happens and thus be happy to let the present fall away.
Once you realize that the past only matters because you make it an integral part of your present you can begin to define and assign importance to it. Don't let things define their importance instead let importance define the thing.
It all sounds like mouthed platitudes said to be heard but really, live in the now and the past and the future become ephemeral as they should be. I can only love you for this instant and until the next instant occurs, I can't determine if I'll love you then. Since now is all that matters, is how I feel in this now and not the one yet to come.
Clear as mud? Good. Only worry about how you feel about something now and don't worry about how much you'll miss it in the future since you can't control either it or the past. Assign an importance to Now things and let everything else go into those keep, trash or donate. What the recievers do when they're given to them isn't your issue, you've done what's right for you.
1-800-GOT-JUNK
PairoDocs
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Progress Is Being Made...
Progress Is Being Made...
Just a quick update. I have been feeling a bit better as of late, so I finally managed to tackle some of the serious clutter issues. I first threw out three large garbage cans full of garage debris, leaving room for boxes of stuff moved from my office--I can see about 80% of the floor now from 20%, and the catch-all 'cat-room' where the 20% figure has improved to about 80% as well, the rest being covered by normal shelves and a now accessible exercise cycle.
I threw out about 20-25 pairs of damaged, worn out, or cat urine destroyed shoes, and paired up about 30 pairs of shoes for Laura and me, and bagged up an incredible 50 pairs of shoes from the kids' early infancy to recent (many were gifts from thrift stores from friends), and gave them to the daycare we sometimes send our kids to. We also donated four large garbage bags of clothes to the same daycare--lots of poor clients' kids there who need the shoes and clothes. A second winnowing of shoes will take place later--but they did not re-enter the house; they're boxed and clearly labeled for each person and in the garage.
So I'm serious about the decluttering. Next on the agenda will be the dining room. I just filled a box with mail tonight, and will sort it tomorrow. Two rooms down, and 10 to go. I'll leave the kitchen to Laura.
I also plan on putting a long shelf up in the laundry room so that non-laundry items we keep in there such as luggage will not get mixed up with the laundry anymore.
With the help of my 7-year-old son (he earned $6 for his very significant help $5 for removal $1 replacement of new shavings) I was able to clean my larger chicken house with 6 months' worth of very stinky damp manure from about 50 chickens. I usually have a mid winter cleaning, but I guess my heart just wasn't in it--as it were. http://valvereplacement.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif This involved 12 wheelbarrow loads removed and wheeled 300 yards to a remote burn area where I'm also piling up tree prunings and other debris. One and a half bales of pine shavings later, and scraping of perches and water bowls (Jane earned $1 for her bit of help there--she didn't stay for the whole job), it was done. Next will be the rooster house. It's smaller and the manure drier, so it should go faster. It felt good that my heart was finally recovered enough to take the aerobic challenge--KC and I both religiously wore our dust masks--and benefited from a nearly cough-free sleep that night. The chest incision didn't bother me, despite the heavy shoveling, either.
If there is further interest, I'll post again when achieving more significant progress. I don't have pictures because I haven't gotten around to decluttering my digital camera's memory (no space currently on 2 gig card). I also am not sure how to upload pictures to this site. Some help here would be much appreciated.
Slightly Less Cluttered,
Chris
Progress Is Being Made...
Just a quick update. I have been feeling a bit better as of late, so I finally managed to tackle some of the serious clutter issues. I first threw out three large garbage cans full of garage debris, leaving room for boxes of stuff moved from my office--I can see about 80% of the floor now from 20%, and the catch-all 'cat-room' where the 20% figure has improved to about 80% as well, the rest being covered by normal shelves and a now accessible exercise cycle.
I threw out about 20-25 pairs of damaged, worn out, or cat urine destroyed shoes, and paired up about 30 pairs of shoes for Laura and me, and bagged up an incredible 50 pairs of shoes from the kids' early infancy to recent (many were gifts from thrift stores from friends), and gave them to the daycare we sometimes send our kids to. We also donated four large garbage bags of clothes to the same daycare--lots of poor clients' kids there who need the shoes and clothes. A second winnowing of shoes will take place later--but they did not re-enter the house; they're boxed and clearly labeled for each person and in the garage.
So I'm serious about the decluttering. Next on the agenda will be the dining room. I just filled a box with mail tonight, and will sort it tomorrow. Two rooms down, and 10 to go. I'll leave the kitchen to Laura.
I also plan on putting a long shelf up in the laundry room so that non-laundry items we keep in there such as luggage will not get mixed up with the laundry anymore.
With the help of my 7-year-old son (he earned $6 for his very significant help $5 for removal $1 replacement of new shavings) I was able to clean my larger chicken house with 6 months' worth of very stinky damp manure from about 50 chickens. I usually have a mid winter cleaning, but I guess my heart just wasn't in it--as it were. http://valvereplacement.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif This involved 12 wheelbarrow loads removed and wheeled 300 yards to a remote burn area where I'm also piling up tree prunings and other debris. One and a half bales of pine shavings later, and scraping of perches and water bowls (Jane earned $1 for her bit of help there--she didn't stay for the whole job), it was done. Next will be the rooster house. It's smaller and the manure drier, so it should go faster. It felt good that my heart was finally recovered enough to take the aerobic challenge--KC and I both religiously wore our dust masks--and benefited from a nearly cough-free sleep that night. The chest incision didn't bother me, despite the heavy shoveling, either.
If there is further interest, I'll post again when achieving more significant progress. I don't have pictures because I haven't gotten around to decluttering my digital camera's memory (no space currently on 2 gig card). I also am not sure how to upload pictures to this site. Some help here would be much appreciated.
Slightly Less Cluttered,
Chris
Good for you Chris.
This is a big achievement for you, but I hope your not over doing it. Them wheel barrels can get heavy.
Slow and steady wins the race and it sounds like your off to a great start.
Carry on Mate
This is a big achievement for you, but I hope your not over doing it. Them wheel barrels can get heavy.
Slow and steady wins the race and it sounds like your off to a great start.
Carry on Mate
Cleaning out chicken coops is the stinkiest, grossest job.....congratulations to you for doing it!
I will shovel horse manure and clean rabbit cages before cleaning the dreaded coop.
Lucky for me my goats are quite clean.
I will shovel horse manure and clean rabbit cages before cleaning the dreaded coop.
Lucky for me my goats are quite clean.
Jkm7
Well-known member
Good for you, Chris. You have made significant progress and your tone indicates you are 'on a roll'. Must be very satisfying when you see the obvious result of your labor. And how fabulous to feel strong and healthy enough for your heart to be up to the task.
Please keep us updated as you get more done. I will be happy to hear as you do more decluttering!!!
On with the spring cleaning. You've inspired me to sort through some closets and donate those thingswe'll never use/wear!
Please keep us updated as you get more done. I will be happy to hear as you do more decluttering!!!
On with the spring cleaning. You've inspired me to sort through some closets and donate those thingswe'll never use/wear!
pamela
Well-known member
The most significant decluttering we've done in my house is to find a new lawyer for my son. It's a huge weight from our shoulders knowing that there is finally someone who understands the insurance and legal procedures involved in a personal injury case. YAY!Jkm7 said:
PairoDocs
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Not so much declutter today, but I did mow about 1/3 acre of lawn with a walk-behind mower today, including ducking under fruit trees. Now the lawn looks nice and presentable--further motivation for me to finish the house so perhaps we can celebrate by having some sort of barbecue--the first since moving to Idaho--for friends and Laura's co-workers. Roses are trimmed (15 mature bushes and five or so recently planted), and chickens are enjoying their new litter.
As for my heart, it did just fine, and despite a lot of sweating, I was never in any trouble--except when I fell behind a bit on my water and got slightly dehydrated--short temper and muddled thinking primary symptom. Two tall glasses of ice water took care of that problem and back to mowing again.
I have to make room in our garage for a top-loading freezer because our local meat locker is going out of business at the end of May and we have a side of beef there--so the garage work continues, too.
Thanks everyone for your encouraging and affirming remarks, they're quite appreciated, and I eagerly await reading the next posts.
That's all for now. God bless,
Chris
As for my heart, it did just fine, and despite a lot of sweating, I was never in any trouble--except when I fell behind a bit on my water and got slightly dehydrated--short temper and muddled thinking primary symptom. Two tall glasses of ice water took care of that problem and back to mowing again.
I have to make room in our garage for a top-loading freezer because our local meat locker is going out of business at the end of May and we have a side of beef there--so the garage work continues, too.
Thanks everyone for your encouraging and affirming remarks, they're quite appreciated, and I eagerly await reading the next posts.
That's all for now. God bless,
Chris
