Clutter's Last Stand
#11
I have his book and have read it several times. When we moved this last time, I got rid of tons of stuff that I had no room for and decided to let them go. I still look at an object and if I feel my heartstrings sing, I keep it. It's my house and my stuff and I clean it and I'll keep it ! My fabric and books are the biggest obstacles to having a really simple home.
#12
As I see my clutter, some of it has to do with inflation and the fact that everything's packaged. You can't just buy one of what you need. It must be purchased in a package of 87!!!!.....(eh...slight exaggeration). And that package costs an arm and a leg. So, you use the one that you needed and you're left with the remaining 86 which you now have to create a space for because somewhere down the road you'll need one or two another time and by then those 87 will cost twice again as much!!!!
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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Stored stuff is just organized clutter. My sewing room being the exception or course. Clean a clean house and you never have housework. I don't spend all day cleaning. About 30 min a day for upkeep. I hire someone do the bigger labor chores now that I'm older. I'll read this book. Thanks for posting.
#14
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 5,572
I'm pretty good about picking up after myself. DH on the other hand...not so much. He was really good when we had regular cleaning people after I explained to him they could put his stuff where he'd never find it again or he could put it away himself. Now that we don't have external cleaning folks, I don't get the same level of response from him. It's a challenge.
#15
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
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That being said, I have a picture of sort of ancestor who is possibly one of the homeliest women I've ever seen and reportedly not all that nice, but I still have it. Granted its in the closet behind the clothes, but it just seems sort of sacrilegious to just toss her out! I may have Grandma Brue around forever.
#16
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Michigan Thumb
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I'm pretty good about picking up after myself. DH on the other hand...not so much. He was really good when we had regular cleaning people after I explained to him they could put his stuff where he'd never find it again or he could put it away himself. Now that we don't have external cleaning folks, I don't get the same level of response from him. It's a challenge.
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