![]() ![]() If I ever needed information from the user’s guide for our rarely-used desktop computer, I’d search online. And if I needed them, I would never have looked there. WHAT IF I eventually need the item that needs thatcord?īut those cords have been there for a very long time. The random cords gave me heart palpitations.Ĭords stress me out. If that dream ever becomes a reality, I’ll spend less than five dollars to buy some new paper. Well, the two-year-old cornflakes and eBay packing slip holders were easy, but the rest wasn’t.Ĭute Christmas paper for the newsletter I’m sure I’ll eventually write? It only made sense that most of it should go. I didn’t know what was buried within the piles. I knew this stuff had been there for a LONG time. To stick as much as I possibly could in the Donate Box. Not that I really know how to sew, but whatever. one of my two sewing machines) so it can be available for spontaneous sewing projects. ![]() I’m motivated by dreams of having a place to set up my sewing machine (fine. I pretended it wasn’t noticeable by putting a screen in front of it. This corner in my gameroom has been taunting me for over a year now. I may not be totally done with the project, but I’m better off than I was before I started. If I have to stop before I’m finished, I’m automatically at a stopping point because I just need to empty the trash can and put the Donate Box in the Donate Spot. Taking something I’ve decided to keep to its proper home RIGHT NOW means there is no middle of a project. It goes against all Dreams of Efficiency to feel like I’m stopping in the middle of a decluttering project to take one little item across the house, but it’s essential for my distractible personality. The part about “taking it there right now.” (The part that isn’t really a question.) It’s also how I avoid the Keep Box/Pile. The key to not creating a bigger mess comes in the second part of the first question. Second, I use my two simple decluttering questions. WHEN (not if) I got distracted, they morphed into a huge mess that was now in plain sight! Outside of the drawer/closet/cabinet that used to hide the clutter!! Keep Piles caused the most heartache and frustration. My garage has full-to-the-brim Keep Boxes from years past.Įven worse than a Keep Box is a Keep Pile. Since that method rarely/never ended well, I had to come up with a new way.įirst, my only decluttering supplies are a donate-able Donate Box (so I don’t have to go back through the things I’ve decided to donate) and a trash can/bag. I used to be all about maniacal decluttering sessions which involved pulling every last thing out of a cluttered space.Įvery last thing ended up all over my floor, spreading into a bigger mess than I had before I started. To answer, I’ll show my current decluttering project. I totally understand the frustration since it was MY main frustration with organizing and decluttering before I started this blog. ![]()
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