I read what you said about Flylady's 27 Fling Boogie and looked around, and my eye fell on this pipe-cleaner person and her horse (http://flyaway.smugmug.com/gallery/112289/1/4009437/Medium) that I'd made in the creativity class last spring -- it was just lying around, a bit smushed up, on the edge of the desk. I thought, "I can do this!" I grabbed the pipe-cleaner thing, picked up another couple of things in here, and headed into my bedroom.
I decided that of course papers count -- every single thing I can get rid of counts! Old Newsweeks, the plastic shell my phone headset came in, assorted papers, four cases of eyeshadow (I haven't used eyeshadow in a decade at least, and even if I did decide to use it again, I doubt this ancient stuff is safe), and a bunch of other stuff are all now in the trash or the paper recycling bag!
It's not much -- it hardly made a dent, and a lot of it was easy stuff that I obviously didn't need any more, but it's a start! It sounds weird to be so excited over throwing a few things away, but you know that my issues on this border on the pathological (if indeed they haven't crossed the line), so this is a major accomplishment. I thought about trying to do this every day, but that might be pushing too hard too fast. Maybe I can try a 5 Fling Boogie every day, counting not just trash but anything that I get rid of. It sounds reasonable to manage, and that would be 35 things out the door one way or another every week. It shouldn't matter if it's trashed, recycled, freecycled, given away, or sold ... as long as it's out of the house!
That's just the beginning, of course, but my pack rat/hoarding tendency is the worst problem. Organizing will be doable if I can just get rid of those damn piles of STUFF!
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I read what you said about Flylady's 27 Fling Boogie and looked around, and my eye fell on this pipe-cleaner person and her horse (http://flyaway.smugmug.com/gallery/112289/1/4009437/Medium) that I'd made in the creativity class last spring -- it was just lying around, a bit smushed up, on the edge of the desk. I thought, "I can do this!" I grabbed the pipe-cleaner thing, picked up another couple of things in here, and headed into my bedroom.
I decided that of course papers count -- every single thing I can get rid of counts! Old Newsweeks, the plastic shell my phone headset came in, assorted papers, four cases of eyeshadow (I haven't used eyeshadow in a decade at least, and even if I did decide to use it again, I doubt this ancient stuff is safe), and a bunch of other stuff are all now in the trash or the paper recycling bag!
It's not much -- it hardly made a dent, and a lot of it was easy stuff that I obviously didn't need any more, but it's a start! It sounds weird to be so excited over throwing a few things away, but you know that my issues on this border on the pathological (if indeed they haven't crossed the line), so this is a major accomplishment. I thought about trying to do this every day, but that might be pushing too hard too fast. Maybe I can try a 5 Fling Boogie every day, counting not just trash but anything that I get rid of. It sounds reasonable to manage, and that would be 35 things out the door one way or another every week. It shouldn't matter if it's trashed, recycled, freecycled, given away, or sold ... as long as it's out of the house!
That's just the beginning, of course, but my pack rat/hoarding tendency is the worst problem. Organizing will be doable if I can just get rid of those damn piles of STUFF!
Thank you!!