2 Months Later and 10 Years of Attempted Blogging

Two months later and....no progress. Real life has been kicking me in the ass so I usually come home from work tired and then deal with whatever crisis has arisen while I was at work. At work, the Powers That Be decided to give us new flooring (Hooray!) but that meant moving about 80,000 books and other materials in addition to our offices and then putting them all back together. At home, my 88 year old father got the flu but thanks to Tamiflu, threw if off like a pro.

After my last post, I realized that I started this blog ten years ago. My battle with clutter has lasted more than 10 years but I have reached a tipping point. I have to figure out how to pull my life together. In the next few blogs, I will try to tackle how I got here, books I have read about the issues of clutter and hoarding, and what I need to do. Right now, I need to get some sleep.

The Desk is Clear!

So, it took a week full of procrastination, two bags of garbage, and two cans of recycling, but my desk is finally clear for the first time in a year. I can write and work on my schedule! I don't have to close my laptop to have a bare surface.

The oldest thing I found in my piles of stuff was a coupon from 2013. I also found some old  2014 Christmas cards, more expired coupons, catalogs galore, and lots of actionable items. I have a small box with a handful of things to file and a shopping basket from my old store (pictured below) with actionable items.

Sorting out the actionable items is my next job. I am thinking about using the Sunday Basket method espoused by Lisa Woodruff. I need to read more about it but it seems workable. Any suggestions, great brain?