Learning to Let Go

I just learned one is supposed to go slow when it comes to decluttering but my OCD & ADHD (even though I’m on medication) still kick in. I have spent the last 2 evenings in the living room going though my partner’s outdated tax documents. (6 boxes from 1988-2008) while watching (listening to) Xmas movies on W. Before I knew it, it was 4am (hyper focused) but I got 3 boxes separated into 3 bins. Recycle. Shred. Keep. 

Today I got half way through the final 3 boxes & next thing you know, I’m cleaning the office!!  It was upside down after rearranging bookcases & putting up shelves in the closet to make room for pretty, tidy, wicker boxes. It was not put back in proper order since I needed to condense the 6 boxes of old papers first. I’ll mark it down as a bonus because I’ll have accomplished 2 things in 2 days when I was only planning on accomplishing 1. Sometimes ADHD has it’s benefits. 

Now that I’ve joined the Unclutter.com organizing support group on Facebook, I look forward to the guidance & planning that will help me stay focused so I can proceed to declutter in a more organized & efficient pace. Thank goodness for Twitter breaks where I saw Donna Smallin Kuper’s promoted on Twitter. 

Sort of wish I saw it 3 years ago when I started to clean, organize & declutter but apparently moving your stuff from one room to another is not decluttering. You’re just exchanging hot spots. One room clean. Another even messier. You know you have too much stuff when you have to buy more stuff to put your stuff in. I’m not buying anymore bins to hide it all away. When out of sight is out of mind, why keep it if you don’t even use it. Let it go. Let it go. No I don’t want to build a snowman. I want to build a life without clutter.