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RE: The becoming unmessy support thread! - 4/27/2009 5:46:57 PM
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EclecticJoy
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I don't "qualify" to post in this thread . . . but if y'all want some moral support, I can sure do that. 
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Spring Cleaning!!!! One closet at a time!
At least, that's how I start. It may not sound like much, but I have to do this every year.
Remove everything from the closet - walk-in, accordian door, regular hallway, whatever size - and sort in 3 piles.
TOSS
KEEP
GIVEAWAY
and then I just do it.
It is quite freeing. I'm on closet #3 this coming weekend.
In other rooms that are cluttered or over-crowded, I dvidie it up into sections. For example in my kitchen, I have a cupboard and a bookshelf...each was it's own project. ^^^THIS is excellent!
Over the years, I have developed a system where I do an annual overhaul and go through my entire abode and get rid of things; using "toss, giveaway, keep". For me to keep something, I must have used it within the previous 12 months and must anticipate using it within the coming 12 months (Wall hangings don't count . . . I "use" those every day. LOL).
Then, I also go through things on a monthly basis and do somewhat of the same thing; except not as intense.
Then, I also go through paperwork on a weekly basis and do all my paperwork from the previous 7 days. Everything gets attended to and then the paper is either trashed or filed. Incidentally, regarding paperwork, I only touch a piece of paper as few times as possible. For instance, mail . . . if I know what it is (i.e., a bank statement or a phone bill), I don't open it until the day I do my paperwork. I simply bring it home from the post office and put it (unopened) in my in-basket until paperwork day rolls around.
Incidentally, I actually help people get organized in their homes and in their offices; it's one of my services that I provide through one of my businesses. 
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RE: The becoming unmessy support thread! - 4/27/2009 6:12:37 PM
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EclecticJoy
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Are you asking me, Aga?
I don't put a lot of value into material things. Part of that is because I have lost my possessions on more than one occasion, so I have learned to be able to let go of stuff. "Lost" as in not misplacing them but in having them stolen, etc.
For me, I go by the philosophy that I'll always have my memories; and those are often enough.
You may be familiar with my trike
If so, you may also know that it was the first gift that CS ever bought me when we were first dating. Not only was it a highly useful thing, it also held great sentimental value for me. When I moved back to Jackson, I realized that it was going to cost way more to crate and ship it than I was willing to pay; so I left it in Pigeon Forge.
THAT was hard. I even cried over it. BUT! I got over it; and even though I don't have the trike any longer, I still have the memories; right back to the day I first hopped on it at the pawn shop and (unbeknownst to me) CS went inside and bought it for me while I was riding around playing on it. No matter where I go in life, I'll always have that memory.
As far as things that have no use to anyone but that mean a great deal to you (generically), if it were me, I would need to decide if it was worth my keeping. This is where many people talk themselves into keeping something . . . and pretty soon, they have a lot of other similar things they're keeping.
If you simply cannot part with it, then keep it.
But, I would first encourage you to remember that you can always revisit the memories surrounding the item and you don't need the item to for such memory-lane strolling.
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RE: The becoming unmessy support thread! - 4/27/2009 6:34:56 PM
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EclecticJoy
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I know about your trike, I didn't realise that CS bought your first one though. Yep! 
And so far, it's been my only trike (at the moment, I don't have one).
{{{Aga}}}
In addition to having my possessions stolen, I've also been the personal representative of two estates (my dad and CS). My dad died in '90; and it took me 6 months of going out to his house and working (40 hours / week) to get the house ready to sell. I would say that 95% of that time was sifting through stuff; the other 5% was actually devoted to getting the house ready for market.
It was then that I became a minimalist.
When I met CS, I surprised myself and everyone I knew by getting involved with him . . . he definitely was NOT a minimalist. He was a quite a collector. In fact, museums have told me that one of the best kept secret musuems was his house. It took me a year to go through his stuff (working anywhere between 40 - 80 hours each week); and even then, I wasn't anywhere finished. But, I was working in a very defined time-frame; and so a year is all I had. What I didn't sell, donate or give away, I left at the house.
When I die, my plan is that it will take whoever goes through my stuff no more than a couple of days; 3 at the most. 
I don't want to minimize what you are feeling; that's not at all my intent.
I will however encourage you to realize that the less clutter and stuff one has in their life, the less cluttered their mind is. Truly. There's a quietness and peacefulness surrounding not having a lot of material things.
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RE: The becoming unmessy support thread! - 4/28/2009 12:48:24 PM
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PastorPatricia
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Back in the days when I had five kids at home i was an excellent housekeeper berut now that's there is only DH and me I'm a slob - go figure!!!
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RE: The becoming unmessy support thread! - 4/29/2009 3:00:37 PM
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Everything got done except for the bedroom. Gotta clear some things though in there to prepare for the dresser...which is being delivered on Thursday.
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RE: The becoming unmessy support thread! - 4/29/2009 6:46:03 PM
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agapetos
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No, wasn't the bag... that thing was deader than a dodo! Didn't like it anyhow! I knew about changing bags!
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