Decluttering – One Step Forward Five Steps Back
I'm still with you; but I'm really discouraged. My dear husband and I embarked on a whole house declutter at the same time as I set out on my multi-purpose (MP) office/craft/sewing room declutter. We agreed to spend one hour a day together decluttering "somewhere" in the apartment. He would do the heavy lifting, I would do a quick sort and make the quick keep, toss, donate decisions; then, for the more complicated boxes, I would bring them into the MP room to work on papers and personal clutter until a decision was made. This process usually meant six to eight more hours of work every day for me than for him; but I didn't mind. I was able to clear some of the clutter in the shared areas of the apartment and make progress on clearing the clutter in the MP room. I had even cleared enough flat space that I could craft or sew if I had the notion. Last week we got the entryway closet cleared out and made significant progress getting th...