It may not look like it yet, but I am finally making some significant headway! I have finally realized that it is just not about the clutter. It is much deeper than that. It is about my procrastination and why I cannot come to terms with why I feel the need to have so much stuff. I have had two big cloth bags of stuff for 2 years that I finally tackled. Whenever company comes and I have to clear the kitchen counter as well as the stuff in this room, I dump it all into bags. I finally sat down and went through them and I had stuff from 2009! Fortunately, it was nothing that would get me into trouble but it was very disturbing to face the fact that I should have either dealt with the stuff or thrown it away! I also overbuy all of the time. I have too many greeting cards, too much wrapping paper, too much scrapbooking material, etc. There have been times when I have just bought compulsively!
I took a big leap yesterday and finally donated all of my video VCR tapes. I finally admitted to myself that because I have a DVD player, the likelihood of my hooking up my old VCR and watching any of these tapes is nil. I feel so ashamed and embarrased at the number of movies I had that weren't even taken out of the plastic wrap. I don't know why I felt the need to have these movies, even though most were classics, because I am not one to watch a movie twice and I can't even keep up with what is currently on tv! That was a big step for me to admit this and actually donate them to Goodwill.
I still have clutter but I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel. It is still taking me a long time to find a home for everything. Things are going slowly because I look at every piece of paper and ponder what to do with it! I would drive Peter Walsh crazy!
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