I did check in during the big server problem but Mudcat ate my post!

Main accomplishment on the declutter front was scanning and purging many files, shredding the sensitive stuff. Unfortunately it 'doesn't show' since they were all hidden away.

I started on the visible pile and got led down a garden path of health research, making one folder fatter rather than disappearing! But that's okay, it needed doing too.   

I read an odd little book by a Japanese lady: "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up". She's got some crazy ideas I don't subscribe to, but has a few very good insights to share.   One is to fold clothes so they 'stand up' in the drawer and you can readily see everything you have, instead of making little layer-cake piles. This is great.

A key concept she has is that as you sort your things, hold each item in your hand and ask yourself if it gives you joy. If not, thank it for its service to you, and bid it goodbye, then send it on its journey to a new home where it can be of use to someone else, even if it's at the landfill or recycling mill.   

Basically she uses this to thin the herd of things down to things she uses and loves, and therefore there is plenty of room in the house for everything to have its place.   Sounds so simple, hope I can eventually get there!