The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. ~ Anna Quindlen
Hello Blog World,
I've decided to go ahead and blog about my progress in letting go of years of stuff/junk/crap. (I know there are treasures in some of my boxes or bags and I will pull them out and honor them -instead of letting them just sit and collect dust.) The past week I've been surfing the net looking for other blogs about hoarding and I'm disappointed at how few I found. At first I resisted the idea of admitting to the world I'm a hoarder. However I feel even stronger about sharing my journey then worrying about the shame.
It's been just a month since I started on this new path. That's when I began therapy (again) and am so fortunate to have found a counselor I'm totally comfortable with. (I've been down this road before and it's a blessing to find one I feel safe with.) Her suggestion was I work on my bedroom for 15 minutes a day. So far, so good. I'm actually noticing a difference. (Whoo Hoo!) What's funny is every time I make some open space on my bed I manage to fill it up with a new pile. (I think that's what you call one step forward and two steps back! lol) But it's the number of bags I've filled with trash that have given an even better indicator of my progress!
I did take "before" pictures and will share them when I get "after".
Goals this week:
1. 15 minutes spent decluttering
2. Take out trash accumulated daily
3. Put donated items in the trunk of my car
This is a good place to stop tonight. Here are a couple of quotes I found when searching for progress not perfection.
Happy Sorting,
Karen
Maybe the most any of us can expect of ourselves isn’t perfection but progress.
–Michelle Burford
Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. ~ Angelique Arnauld
My first unofficial slogan, for me, is WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT! It really helps me make quicker decisions when I'm waffling. I think what does trip me up the most is having to touch every single piece of paper. (No moaning permit by those reading this) I know it's not the greatest way to go wade through my mountains of paper work but it's a must for me. I'm a scrapbooker and always on the lookout for mementos to add to my girl's album. It just how I gotta do it. Some evening I bring a bin filled with paper out to the living room and sort through them while them watching a TV shows. (I use either baskets or small shoe bins and mark them: KEEP, BILLS, and Scrapbooking. If it doesn't belong in one of them then it's straight to the trash bag.
Hello Blog World,
I've decided to go ahead and blog about my progress in letting go of years of stuff/junk/crap. (I know there are treasures in some of my boxes or bags and I will pull them out and honor them -instead of letting them just sit and collect dust.) The past week I've been surfing the net looking for other blogs about hoarding and I'm disappointed at how few I found. At first I resisted the idea of admitting to the world I'm a hoarder. However I feel even stronger about sharing my journey then worrying about the shame.
It's been just a month since I started on this new path. That's when I began therapy (again) and am so fortunate to have found a counselor I'm totally comfortable with. (I've been down this road before and it's a blessing to find one I feel safe with.) Her suggestion was I work on my bedroom for 15 minutes a day. So far, so good. I'm actually noticing a difference. (Whoo Hoo!) What's funny is every time I make some open space on my bed I manage to fill it up with a new pile. (I think that's what you call one step forward and two steps back! lol) But it's the number of bags I've filled with trash that have given an even better indicator of my progress!
I did take "before" pictures and will share them when I get "after".
Goals this week:
1. 15 minutes spent decluttering
2. Take out trash accumulated daily
3. Put donated items in the trunk of my car
This is a good place to stop tonight. Here are a couple of quotes I found when searching for progress not perfection.
Happy Sorting,
Karen
Maybe the most any of us can expect of ourselves isn’t perfection but progress.
–Michelle Burford
Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. ~ Angelique Arnauld
My first unofficial slogan, for me, is WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT! It really helps me make quicker decisions when I'm waffling. I think what does trip me up the most is having to touch every single piece of paper. (No moaning permit by those reading this) I know it's not the greatest way to go wade through my mountains of paper work but it's a must for me. I'm a scrapbooker and always on the lookout for mementos to add to my girl's album. It just how I gotta do it. Some evening I bring a bin filled with paper out to the living room and sort through them while them watching a TV shows. (I use either baskets or small shoe bins and mark them: KEEP, BILLS, and Scrapbooking. If it doesn't belong in one of them then it's straight to the trash bag.
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