Viewing post #1295234 by Legalily

Just found this thread - thanks Rosie! I found out the best way to de-clutter and downsize is to move! When we moved from one side of town to the other I started off with packing up the boxes very neatly that I wanted to donate and DH took them to our local thrift center. Then it got closer and I just crammed stuff in boxes and he hauled it there. Then it got REALLY close and I said what the heck just take it along and I'll go through it later and send it to the thrift center then (I used to have garage sales and now I donate because I don't want to mess with pricing, sitting there for hours if no one is showing up - etc.) . The stuff is STILL in my basement and we moved in 2011! I have a box upstairs that is supposed to go to the thrift store - just have to bring it down and have DH take it over. Then after mom passed away in April I was the person in charge of selling/donating her entire household, other than what the siblings wanted. I had to bring BOXES of things back to Iowa from Colorado that I didn't have time to go through out there but knew I couldn't just throw things out on some of it (lots of pictures, etc.), and it is STILL in the bedroom upstairs I figure I will get to it when the weather turns bad and I can no longer go outside! I have Pottery Barn picture hangers in the corner of the dining room still in the boxes from 4 years ago that I still need to hang Last year at Christmas I just put a sign on them that said "I'LL DO IT LATER" and everyone laughed! Just as soon as I de-clutter inevitably I realize I just got rid of something I want back But now that it is getting cooler I'm going to have to follow Rosie's lead and start working on it again I do go through my closet on a regular basis though and get rid of clothes and shoes - makes more room for the new stuff and DH doesn't notice so much if the closet isn't crammed full