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Thread #109174   Message #2314046
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
12-Apr-08 - 11:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: De-cluttering accountability - heave ho!
Subject: RE: BS: De-cluttering accountability - heave ho!
You have reached a point that I want to--a workspace for beading.

As to the mop action, that's a great image. A little scary, but a great image!

I'm still reading Clutter's Last Stand and seeing new things all of the time. The latest chapter is talking about all of those "perfectly good" things that don't go with anything else any more. Is the appliance gone but the attachments still hanging around? Did you get rid of a warped table but keep the barely-used leaf because it was in great shape (but you can't use it for anything)? I went through a hardware and catch-all drawer in the kitchen and tossed all of the old replaced watch bands, the bits from broken flaslights, the pieces of things that might some day get used if some other thing around the house breaks. I have a tin in the cupboard for screws and washers and I'll drop a few things in there (that is a lifesaver, I've gone to it many times, so it isn't like everything you're not using right this minute is clutter. But if you can't find it when you need it, then that is a problem.)

My office is looking so much better. Tomorrow I'm taking aim at a cabinet in the corner that is full of computer stuff--but it's the kind of thing you need rarely and usually I just toss the extra stuff in there. How many phone cords do I think I'll ever need in a lifetime? I have a lot of cable and cord adapters and at this point quite a few USB cords. Those come in handy, but most of the rest is unnecessary. This cabinet could go out to the garage to hold tools. And I need to decide where stuff will go. I counted--I have four separate places around the house for cable and cords. One will do.

For now, my butt and my back are singing out

♪♪Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight!♪