I feel overwhelmed! I look around at all this stuff....and wonder how did I let it get this way? I also as I have read others say have the feeling of "where do I begin"?
I have a very small house, and it is full, and I mean full of stuff. I know that lots of it can be thrown away, but it is getting to it that seems to be the problem.
I have only recently come to that conclusion, though, because before, I needed everything in my house, for one reason or another, and because it might be useful one day, you know, all the reasons we have.
Anyway, when I decided to admit I had a problem and started doing a little research, I found Flylady online, but didn't really like her regimen and I could kind of care less about the clean sink thing, so I felt that she wasn't right for me.
I went to Borders and found 2 of the most amazing books to start me on the right path. The first one I read..... "Stop Clutter From Stealing Your Life" by Mike Nelson, was the best thing I could have read! I recommend it to everyone! He is funny, and not clnical. He is a reformed clutterer himself, and says he has slipped many times! He gives lots of tips and hints in this book and also goes into some of the reasons why we clutter. Now, not everything in this book pertained to me, as I'm sure it won't to everyone, but what I got out of this book really helped me to get started. One of the best tips he gives is to not go by the rule "if you haven't used it in a year...throw it out" and the reason he says that to us clutterers, is because we probably couldn't find it for more than a year! Anyway, Like I said, I read it, and took what I felt I needed from it, and it at least got me started on cleaning up this mess!
The other book, I have seen mentioned on here before.... Buried in Treasures. I haven't finished that one yet. It is more like a work-book, with excercises in it to help you.
After reading the first book, I have to say that I went to work on my bathroom, and I had so much stuff on the floor that I couldn't fully open or close my door, and you couldn't see the tile. Well, after 2 hours of sorting, throwing away, and putting things where they belonged, I now have a clean floor! Yippee! I can see the tile. I am beaming! I feel so good now! I can't believe how I smile every single time I go in there. What a feeling that is..... I feel like just in that small area, I got so much accomplished!
To outsiders, this would sound silly, but to all of you, I actually feel like I accomplished climbing Mt Everest. It seems like such a small thing, but to me this is HUGE! I have an area that is clean and that I can be proud of.
Now, I have to keep the motivation going.....
Thanks for listening, and for being here for me.......
Kat
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