Hey Jean- I find it easier to throw stuff away if I ask myself this-DO I really NEED it, and if I did, could I find it anyway? Keep a box with you for stuff to save (be hard on yourself!) A clear plastic bag for donation stuff and a black garbage bag for actual curb garbage. I use different bags because once I put a bunch of things together for outreach in black bags and my husband threw it out! Now, anything to keep (or give) goes in a clear plastic bag. I LOVE seeing those black bags piled on the curb and my goal this week is to line up at least 12! Good Luck-you can do it. I find that keeping recipes that I want to try "someday" is dumb because I can just go to the internet and get whatever recipe I need! We even stopped the daily paper since it's on the internet and lately it seem like no one is reading it. I panicked until I realized that if I Need or Want a paper, I can get it at the convenient store! DAH! Onward and upward! Maria NY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Fahey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:36 AM Subject: [JFC]: Hi!
> Hello to everyone on the JFC list, > Guess we all share a common trait.....we like to hoard, save, and find > it extremely difficult to "throw away" anything. I have a perfect day > today to "start" the process of decluttering. It's a day off from work, > and my son is going skiing with his godmother. So,my question for all of > you is "where and how" to start. I know there's no one right answer, but > for any of you who have felt overwhelmed by the prospect of > de-cluttering an entire house(cellar is a repository for "everything" > stored in boxes,storage bins...)my bedroom is cluttered with > schoolwork(mine and my children's)and everything else you can name...I > don't want to find myself moving stuff from one table to the cellar > again...or end up with more of a mess on my bed by sorting there.So,I > would love to hear some suggestions from you of how to begin to make a > dent in the clutter without giving up...Thanks, > Jean in New Hampshire > > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Journey from clutter List Website > http://journeyfromclutter.com > Members Only Page > http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm > > Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. > > To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
